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Grand Hall at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia in 1993 The back side of the convention center as viewed from Camac Street The new Broad Street façade of the Convention Center. In the latter part of the 20th century, the Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center became outmoded.
For decades the Thrill Show was performed at JFK Stadium (originally Municipal Stadium). When this Philadelphia landmark was torn down, the show moved first to the Civic Center, and then to the Convention Center. It has returned to its old home and is now performed on the grounds of the stadium complex on Broad Street in South Philadelphia.
The Broad Street Historic District is a historic district in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is bounded roughly by Juniper, Cherry, 15th, and Pine Streets, covering an area about one block on either side of Broad Street. [2] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Broad Street is home to several Philadelphia cultural landmarks. Broad Street between Spruce and Market Streets is known as the Avenue of the Arts, and includes the Academy of Music, and the Kimmel Center. Two blocks north of City Hall is the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and further north is the New Freedom Theatre. [12]
The Spectrum (center) was the oldest (1967) of the four venues which made up the South Philadelphia Sports Complex in this 2004 view from the Wells Fargo Center (1996). Citizens Bank Park ( right ) is the complex's newest (2004) facility while Lincoln Financial Field (2003) is just out of view to the far right.
The Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center, commonly known simply as the Philadelphia Civic Center, was a convention center complex located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It developed out of a series of buildings dedicated to expanding trade which began with the National Export Exhibition in 1899.
The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel is a landmark building at 200 S. Broad Street at the corner of Walnut Street in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Constructed in 1904 and expanded to its present size in 1912, it has continued as a well-known institution for more than a century and is still widely known by that original, historic name.
The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts is a large performing arts venue at 300 South Broad Street and the corner of Spruce Street, along the stretch known as the Avenue of the Arts in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.