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Land Title Building data from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings (PAB) project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia; Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-1514, "Land Title Bank and Trust Company, 100–118 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA", 2 photos, 1 data page, 1 photo caption page
North Philadelphia Eastern banks of the Schuylkill River: Fairmount Park: First municipal waterworks in the United States. Designed in 1812 by Frederick Graff and built between 1819 and 1822, it operated until 1909. 19: First Bank of the United States
The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1] There are 610 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Philadelphia, including 67 National Historic Landmarks.
August 16, 1683, Pastorius arrives in Philadelphia; October 25, 1683, Lots are drawn for land among Pastorius's followers and settlement begins; 1688, first American anti-slavery protest published; 1690, first paper-mill built in America is built near Germantown
The 40th parallel north passes through neighborhoods in Northeast Philadelphia, North Philadelphia, and West Philadelphia including Fairmount Park. The city encompasses 142.71 square miles (369.62 km 2 ), of which 134.18 square miles (347.52 km 2 ) is land and 8.53 square miles (22.09 km 2 ), or 6%, is water. [ 79 ]
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Blighted land in Philadelphia. Land banking is the practice of aggregating parcels of land for future sale or development.. While in many countries land banking may refer to various private real estate investment schemes, in the United States it refers to the establishment of quasi-governmental county or municipal authorities tasked with managing an inventory of surplus land.
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