Philadelphia
Continent: North America - Region: Pennsylvania
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GitHub username: Aerial views and mapsEdit
Fairmount Park with City Hall tower visible at top center, 1893
Center City, 1930
City Hall, 1965
Landsat, 2002
Center City with South Philly on left and North Philly on right, 2008
First map of the city, 1683
Mitchell map, 1876
A German map, 1888
Street map
Railroad map
satellite image
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Historic sitesEdit
Old CityEdit
Independence Hall, north facade
Independence Hall, south facade
Independence Hall, Assembly Room
Independence Hall, Governor's Council Chamber
Congress Hall, Senate Chamber
Old City Hall and U.S. Supreme Court, 1791–1800
Declaration House
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Society HillEdit
Delancey Street, Society Hill
Other Center City sitesEdit
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MiscellaneousEdit
University of Pennsylvania quadrangle, University City
30th Street Station and Cira Centre, University City
Memorial Hall, west Fairmount Park
Fort Mifflin, adjacent to Philadelphia International Airport
NRHP religious sitesEdit
Church of the Advocate (Episcopal)
Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal)
Germantown Friends Meeting House (Quaker)
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church (Episcopal, formerly Swedish Lutheran)
Grace Church (Episcopal)
Race Street Friends Meetinghouse (Quaker)
Church of St. James the Less (Episcopal)
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Historic imagesEdit
The Birth of Pennsylvania, 1680, by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris - William Penn, holding paper, and King Charles II
Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1683, by Benjamin West
John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence - Committee of Five presents their draft in Independence Hall, June 28, 1776
Battle of Germantown, 1777
Washington's second inauguration, 1793
Library and Surgeon's Hall, Fifth-street engraving, 1800, by William Birch
Celebrating Independence Day, 1812
Election Day, 1815
U.S. Mint, 1827
An anti-Irish Catholic nativist riot in Southwark, July 7, 1844
Independence Hall, c.1858
Great Central Fair, 1864
Opening day ceremonies at the Centennial Exhibition at Memorial Hall, 1876 - first World's Fair in the United States
Map of Centennial buildings in Fairmount Park, 1876
City Hall, c.1899
Automat, 1906
Liberty Bell on parade, 1908
Shibe Park rooftop bleachers, 1913
World War I armistice day celebration, November 11, 1918
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1921
Sesquicentennial Exposition 80-foot replica of the Liberty Bell, 1926
FDR accepts the nomination for the Presidency, Franklin Field, 1936
Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1937
Submarines USS Ulua (SS-428) and USS Trumpetfish (SS-425) under construction, 1945
ENIAC, 1946
Shibe Park, 1955
Dock Street Market, 1957
South Philly Sports Complex, 1973 (demolished & replaced)
Live Aid at JFK Stadium, 1985
Amnesty International Human Rights Now! concert at JFK Stadium, 1988
Live 8 on Benjamin Franklin Parkway, 2008
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MuseumsEdit
Foucault pendulum at the Franklin Institute
Fairmount Park house museumsEdit
Outdoor artEdit
All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors in Logan Square
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Memorial on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
A young Benjamin Franklin at Penn
A seated Franklin at Penn
Washington Monument at Eakins Oval
Joan of Arc near the Art Museum
Auguste Rodin's The Thinker at the Rodin Museum
George B. McClellan at City Hall
John F. Reynolds at City Hall
ParksEdit
Belmont Plateau, Fairmount Park
Boathouse Row, Fairmount Park
Valley Green Inn, Wissahickon Valley Park
Franklin Square fountain
Swann Fountain within Logan Circle
The Washington Monument at Eakins Oval
Dilworth Park during opening
Schuylkill River Trail, Schuylkill Banks
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Performing artsEdit
Academy of Music, home of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1900–2001
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, current home of the Philadelphia Orchestra
Walnut Street Theatre, the oldest continuously operating theatre in the English-speaking world
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Submarine in foreground and crane barge in background, 1912
Hammerhead crane, 1923
Ships ready for launching, 1942
Launching of the USS New Jersey, 1942
Aerial view, 1955
Aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy in drydock, Naval Shipyard, 1968
Aerial view, 1995
Commissioning of the USS Somerset, 2014
Mothballed ships, 2017
Starboard side of the USS John F. Kennedy
Bow of the JFK
and its stern, 2018,
frigate row
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TransportEdit
PHL - control tower
PHL - aerial view
30th Street Station eastern facade
30th Street Station interior
A SEPTA platform at 30th Street Station
Girard Avenue station of Market–Frankford Line
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SportsEdit
2008 aerial view, the Spectrum in northwest quadrant was demolished in 2011
SkylineEdit
From the west end of the South Street Bridge, 2018
From the northwest at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2017
From the north at Temple University's Morgan Hall on Broad Street, 2013
From the west at Belmont Mansion, 2009
From the northwest on Spring Garden Street Bridge, 2008
From the west in Drexel University's campus, 2007
From the west along Baltimore Avenue from 48th, 2007
From the northwest at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2006
From the east before the construction of Comcast Center, 2006
SkyscrapersEdit
Comcast Tech. Center, offices, hotel
Comcast Center, offices
One & Two Liberty Place, offices, hotel, residential
BNY Mellon Center, offices
Three Logan Square, offices
Cira Centre South: FMC Tower, offices/residential (L) and Cira Chestnut Tower, aka Evo (R), residential
G. Fred DiBona Jr. Building, offices
Commerce Square, offices
The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, residential
The St. James, residential
PSFS Building, hotel
PNC Bank Building, offices
Murano, residential
Cira Centre, offices
Aramark Tower, offices
1706 Rittenhouse, residential
PECO Building, offices
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PanoramasEdit
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