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The parkway is named for Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father greatly affiliated with the city and the successful American Revolution, which led to American independence. The mile-long parkway cuts diagonally across the grid plan pattern of Center City 's northwest quadrant, starting at Philadelphia City Hall , curving around Logan Circle , and ...
Eakins Oval is a traffic circle in Philadelphia.It forms the northwest end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway just in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, with a central array of fountains and monuments, and a network of pedestrian walkways.
View of Live 8 crowd along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. On 2 July 2005, a Live 8 concert was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, with a densely packed audience stretched out for one mile along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. [1] The event was organized by the ONE Campaign.
A dirt bike rides down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia on June 24, 2021. It's a scene that has played out over and over in cities big and small across America, where police have ...
US singer Lady Gaga waves before performing during a campaign rally by US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia ...
The centerpiece of the park is the Logan Circle, a circular area centered on a large water feature, bounded by a traffic circle carrying 19th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway with connections to 18th and 20th streets to the east and west and Race and Vine Streets to the south and north.
Made in America 2022 was held September 3–4 at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. The 2022 festival was headlined by Bad Bunny and Tyler, The Creator. [25] Made in America 2022 was the first major event on the Parkway since the shooting at the Fourth of July fireworks that injured two police officers. [26] [27] Rocky Stage
The Rocky Statue at the bottom of the Rocky Steps View from the top of the steps with runners making the iconic climb up the steps; the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and Center City Philadelphia skyline are in the background. Prior to the 1982 release of Rocky III, Sylvester Stallone commissioned A. Thomas Schomberg to create a bronze statue of ...