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Philadelphia Soul win their first ArenaBowl Championship over San Jose Saber Cats Michael Nutter becomes mayor. Comcast Center built. The Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Tampa Bay Rays to win the 2008 World Series. 2010 – Population: 1,526,006; metro 5,965,343. [94] 2011 October: Occupy Philadelphia begins. Population: 1,536,471; metro ...
Called Cooconocon by the native Lenape people, Dock Creek was near the center of William Penn's initial settlement in Philadelphia. [1] [2] The area around the mouth of the creek was marshy, and early Philadelphians referred to it as "The Swamp". [1] The creek's source was near present-day Eleventh Street between Arch and Race. [3]
The European forts and settlements in the Delaware River Valley, then known as New Sweden, c. 1650 A 1683 map of Philadelphia, which is believed to be the first city map created Philadelphia's seal in 1683 Penn's Treaty with the Indians, a 1772 portrait by Benjamin West now on display above the north door of the United States Capitol rotunda
The North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) is a US-based cartographic society founded in 1980. It was founded by specialists in cartography, which included government mapmakers, map librarians, cartography professors and cartography lab directors.
Old City is a neighborhood in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, near the Delaware River waterfront. It is home to Independence National Historical Park , a dense section of historic landmarks including Independence Hall , the Liberty Bell , the First Bank of the United States , the Second Bank of the United States , and ...
The district was at its heyday in the early 20th century when it was a center for homes, businesses, and cultural institutions of African-Americans, with many of its black residents among the city's most prominent. The district was at that time termed "Main Street for Philadelphia's Black Elite." [3]
Belmont & Parkside Ave. N, Philadelphia, PA: Roadside African American, Publishing & Journalism Fairmount Park (Wynnefield Heights) Eddie Gottlieb (1898-1979) May 21, 2014: S Phila. High School, Snyder Ave. & Broad St., Philadelphia
The Fairmount Water Works was initially constructed between 1812 and 1815 on the east bank of the Schuylkill River.The Water Works initially consisted of a 3 million US gallons (11,000,000 L) earthen reservoir atop Faire Mount at the present site of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and a pump house with two steam engines to pump water.