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Girard Avenue (US 30) westbound past 38th Street in West Philadelphia. Girard Avenue was named for banker Stephen Girard (1750–1831) who, at his death, was the richest man in the United States [3] – who directed that his fortune be used to found a trade school for orphaned boys.
700-704 S. Front Street in 2013 South Front Street Historic District is a national historic district located in the Queen Village neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.It encompasses seven contributing buildings, including the Nathaniel Irish House, Widow Maloby's Tavern, and Capt. Thomas Moore House, which are individually listed on the NRHP.
A sign for The Philadelphia Inquirer over the building's entrance in 2006 The building's tower as seen from Vine Street near Logan Circle in 2013. Construction began on the building in July 1923. [3] It was designed in the Beaux-Arts style by Rankin, Kellogg & Crane, and was, at the time, the tallest building north of City Hall. [2]
The Christian Street Historic District is an historic district located along Christian Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [ 2 ] : 5 It is also known as Black Doctors' Row . [ 2 ] : 221 The narrow district extends approximately six city blocks , from the 1400 block of Christian Street to the intersection of Christian Street ...
Zanzibar Blue was a jazz club located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known for its live jazz each night and for Sunday brunch, it branded itself as "Philadelphia's Premier Jazz Club". Owned by brothers Robert and Benjamin Jr. Bynum, the club was located in Center City, Philadelphia below the Bellevue on the Avenue of the Arts. Zanzibar Blue ...
The Mikveh Israel Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery known as the Federal Street Burial Ground and located at 11th and Federal Streets in the Passyunk Square neighborhood of South Philadelphia. It was first called Beth Hahayim (Hebrew: בית החיים). It is one of three cemeteries belonging to Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia's oldest ...
The Church of St. James the Less is a historic Episcopal church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, that was architecturally influential. As St. James-the-Less Episcopal Church , it was designated a National Historic Landmark [ 2 ] for its Gothic Revival architecture , which influenced a generation of subsequent churches.
The Comcast Technology Center is a supertall skyscraper in Center City Philadelphia. [5] [6] The 60-floor building, with a height of 1,121 feet (342 m), [7] is the tallest building in both Philadelphia and the state of Pennsylvania and the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere outside of Manhattan and Chicago.