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[45] Philadelphia City Hall was occupied by the mayor beginning in 1889 [2] and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania beginning in 1891, [3] and the building was topped out in 1894. [1] City Hall was the tallest habitable building in the world until 1908 when surpassed by the Singer Building.
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Annandale is located at (38.834134, −77.211277). [15] Annandale is mostly traversed by the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495) and Little River Turnpike (Virginia State Route 236). The center of town is considered to be where Little River Turnpike, Columbia Pike, and Backlick Road meet, around two miles (3.2 km) east of Interstate 495 on Little ...
Near Northeast Philadelphia, is a section of the city of Philadelphia. When combined with the Far Northeast, to be "Northeast Philadelphia", the 2000 Census shows that the combined area has a sizable percentage of the city's 1.547 million people [19] — a population of between 300,000 and 450,000, depending on how the area is defined.
Broad Street Station (demolished 1953), NW corner of Broad and Market Streets, before 1901; Philadelphia architect Frank Furness greatly expanded the station in 1893. A 1903 photograph of the train-shed wall on Market Street from 15th Street to 16th Street 1700 block of Market Street in the Penn Center area west of City Hall
City Hall station is a SEPTA subway station in Philadelphia. Located in Center City underneath City Hall, it serves the Broad Street Line. It is the busiest station on the line, serving 57,000 passengers daily. [2] City Hall station is served by local, express, and special "Sport Express" trains. Entrances are located on the east and west sides ...
Consisting of two concrete high-rise towers connected by an atrium, the 1,800,000-square-foot (170,000 m 2) Centre Square is located on Market Street between 15th and 16th Streets in Center City. [6] [8] Located just across 15th Street west of Philadelphia City Hall, Centre Square was designed by Vincent Kling & Associates. The complex was one ...
Avenue of the Arts is a city-designated arts cultural district [1] on a segment of Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States that includes many of the city's cultural institutions, most notably the theater district south of City Hall.