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business district</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Philadelphia_from_Spring_Garden_Street_Bridge_July_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Schuylkill River (foreground) and Center City Philadelphia (background) in July 2016"><img alt="The Schuylkill River (foreground) and Center City Philadelphia (background) in July 2016" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Philadelphia_from_Spring_Garden_Street_Bridge_July_2016.jpg/300px-Philadelphia_from_Spring_Garden_Street_Bridge_July_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Philadelphia_from_Spring_Garden_Street_Bridge_July_2016.jpg/450px-Philadelphia_from_Spring_Garden_Street_Bridge_July_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Philadelphia_from_Spring_Garden_Street_Bridge_July_2016.jpg/600px-Philadelphia_from_Spring_Garden_Street_Bridge_July_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4800" data-file-height="3200" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">The <a href="/wiki/Schuylkill_River" title="Schuylkill River">Schuylkill River</a> (foreground) and Center City Philadelphia (background) in July 2016</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CCPhilaDistrict.PNG" class="mw-file-description" title="Center City within Philadelphia"><img alt="Center City within Philadelphia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/CCPhilaDistrict.PNG/250px-CCPhilaDistrict.PNG" decoding="async" width="250" height="268" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/CCPhilaDistrict.PNG/375px-CCPhilaDistrict.PNG 1.5x, 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other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°57′07″N</span> <span class="longitude">75°09′50″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39.952°N 75.164°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39.952; -75.164</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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title="City">City</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">7.7 sq mi (20 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2020)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">202,000</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">26,234/sq mi (10,129/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">19102, 19103, 19106–19107, 19109, 19146–19147</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Center City</b> includes the <a href="/wiki/Central_business_district" title="Central business district">central business district</a> and central neighborhoods of <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, Pennsylvania, United States. It comprises the area that made up the City of Philadelphia prior to the <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Consolidation,_1854" title="Act of Consolidation, 1854">Act of Consolidation, 1854</a>, which extended the city borders to be coterminous with <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia County</a>. </p><p>The area has grown to the second-most densely populated downtown area in the United States (after <a href="/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan" title="Midtown Manhattan">Midtown Manhattan</a> in New York City), with an estimated 202,000 residents in 2020 and a population density of 26,234 per square mile.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district occupies the old boundaries of the City of Philadelphia before <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Consolidation,_1854" title="Act of Consolidation, 1854">the city was made coterminous</a> with Philadelphia County in 1854. The Center City District, which has special powers of taxation,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> has a complicated, irregularly shaped boundary that includes much but not all of this area and also extends beyond it.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Police_Department" title="Philadelphia Police Department">Philadelphia Police Department</a> patrols four districts located within Center City – the 6th, 9th, 3rd, and 17th districts.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Neighborhood_features">Neighborhood features</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Neighborhood features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Philadelphia_Night_Skyline.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Philadelphia_Night_Skyline.jpg/220px-Philadelphia_Night_Skyline.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Philadelphia_Night_Skyline.jpg/330px-Philadelphia_Night_Skyline.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Philadelphia_Night_Skyline.jpg/440px-Philadelphia_Night_Skyline.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2588" /></a><figcaption>Center City at night in May 2007</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Logan_Circle_Philly.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Logan_Circle_Philly.JPG/220px-Logan_Circle_Philly.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Logan_Circle_Philly.JPG/330px-Logan_Circle_Philly.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Logan_Circle_Philly.JPG/440px-Logan_Circle_Philly.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Logan_Circle_(Philadelphia)" title="Logan Circle (Philadelphia)">Logan Circle</a> in 2011</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CITY_HALL_PHILADELPHIA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/CITY_HALL_PHILADELPHIA.jpg/220px-CITY_HALL_PHILADELPHIA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/CITY_HALL_PHILADELPHIA.jpg/330px-CITY_HALL_PHILADELPHIA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/CITY_HALL_PHILADELPHIA.jpg/440px-CITY_HALL_PHILADELPHIA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5665" data-file-height="3777" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_City_Hall" title="Philadelphia City Hall">Philadelphia City Hall</a> at night in December 2012</figcaption></figure> <p>Among Center City's neighborhoods and districts are <a href="/wiki/Penn%27s_Landing" title="Penn's Landing">Penn's Landing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Old_City,_Philadelphia" title="Old City, Philadelphia">Old City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Society_Hill" title="Society Hill">Society Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Street_(Philadelphia)" title="South Street (Philadelphia)">South Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Square_West,_Philadelphia" title="Washington Square West, Philadelphia">Washington Square West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Market_Street_(Philadelphia)" title="Market Street (Philadelphia)">Market East</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chinatown,_Philadelphia" title="Chinatown, Philadelphia">Chinatown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Logan_Square,_Philadelphia" title="Logan Square, Philadelphia">Logan Square</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Museum_District,_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="Museum District, Philadelphia">Museum District</a> (located along the <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Parkway" title="Benjamin Franklin Parkway">Benjamin Franklin Parkway</a>), <a href="/wiki/Rittenhouse_Square" title="Rittenhouse Square">Rittenhouse Square</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fitler_Square,_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="Fitler Square, Philadelphia">Fitler Square</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Avenue_of_the_Arts_(Philadelphia)" title="Avenue of the Arts (Philadelphia)">Avenue of the Arts</a> (South Broad Street), and <a href="/wiki/Jewelers%27_Row,_Philadelphia" title="Jewelers' Row, Philadelphia">Jewelers' Row</a>. </p><p>Center City is home to most of Philadelphia's tallest buildings, including <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_City_Hall" title="Philadelphia City Hall">Philadelphia's City Hall</a>, the second-tallest <a href="/wiki/Masonry" title="Masonry">masonry</a> building in the world and, until 1987, the tallest in Philadelphia, as well as the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_world%27s_tallest_buildings" title="History of the world's tallest buildings">tallest building in the world</a> for fourteen years (1894–1908). In March 1987, <a href="/wiki/One_Liberty_Place" class="mw-redirect" title="One Liberty Place">One Liberty Place</a> broke the <a href="/wiki/Gentlemen%27s_agreement" title="Gentlemen's agreement">gentlemen's agreement</a> not to exceed the height of the <a href="/wiki/William_Penn_(Calder)" title="William Penn (Calder)">statue of William Penn</a> atop City Hall. Upon the completion of One Liberty Place, no Philadelphia major-league sports team won a world championship for the next two decades, a phenomenon known as the "<a href="/wiki/Curse_of_Billy_Penn" title="Curse of Billy Penn">Curse of Billy Penn</a>". In an effort to reverse the curse, a three-foot statue of Penn was affixed to the top of the <a href="/wiki/Comcast_Center_(Philadelphia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Comcast Center (Philadelphia)">Comcast Center</a> upon its completion as the city's new tallest building in 2007. On October 29, 2008, the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> won the <a href="/wiki/2008_World_Series" title="2008 World Series">2008 World Series</a>, ending the "<a href="/wiki/Curse_of_Billy_Penn" title="Curse of Billy Penn">curse</a>". </p><p>Seven other <a href="/wiki/Skyscraper" title="Skyscraper">skyscrapers</a> now exceed the height of Penn's statue, including One Liberty Place's little sister, <a href="/wiki/Two_Liberty_Place" class="mw-redirect" title="Two Liberty Place">Two Liberty Place</a>. The Comcast Center, which was completed in 2007, became the <a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Pennsylvania" title="List of tallest buildings in Pennsylvania">tallest building in Pennsylvania</a>, 30 feet taller than One Liberty Place. In 2018, the <a href="/wiki/Comcast_Technology_Center" title="Comcast Technology Center">Comcast Technology Center</a> opened, which is now the tallest building in Philadelphia and the tallest building in the United States outside of <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> and Chicago. 1441 Chestnut, which is currently under construction, is also slated to be taller than City Hall. The first publicly accessible vantage point higher than City Hall opened at <a href="/wiki/One_Liberty_Observation_Deck" title="One Liberty Observation Deck">One Liberty Observation Deck</a> on the 57th floor of One Liberty Place in 2015. </p><p>Other Center City skyscrapers include the <a href="/wiki/BNY_Mellon_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="BNY Mellon Center (Philadelphia)">BNY Mellon Center</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Three_Logan_Square" title="Three Logan Square">Three Logan Square</a>, which houses a traffic camera used by the Philadelphia branch of the <a href="/wiki/Westwood_One_(1976%E2%80%932011)" title="Westwood One (1976–2011)">Westwood One</a> MetroNetworks traffic service. </p><p>Across the street from City Hall is the <a href="/wiki/Masonic_Temple_(Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania)" title="Masonic Temple (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)">Masonic Temple</a>, the headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge_of_Pennsylvania" title="Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania">Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania</a>, a legacy of the <a href="/wiki/Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States" title="Founding Fathers of the United States">Founding Fathers</a> and signers of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a>, many of whom were <a href="/wiki/Freemasonry" title="Freemasonry">Freemasons</a>; these include <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> and <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a>. While Philadelphia's population declined between 1990 and 2000, Center City's population increased by 10% over that same period. </p><p>In 2007, the city designated the area bound by 11th Street, Broad Street, Chestnut Street and Pine Street as the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Square_West,_Philadelphia#The_Gayborhood" title="Washington Square West, Philadelphia">Gayborhood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Neighborhoods">Neighborhoods</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Neighborhoods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Callowhill,_Philadelphia" title="Callowhill, Philadelphia">Callowhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinatown,_Philadelphia" title="Chinatown, Philadelphia">Chinatown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fitler_Square,_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="Fitler Square, Philadelphia">Fitler Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Square_West,_Philadelphia#The_Gayborhood" title="Washington Square West, Philadelphia">Gayborhood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Quarter,_Philadelphia" title="French Quarter, Philadelphia">French Quarter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan_Square,_Philadelphia" title="Logan Square, Philadelphia">Logan Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Center_City_East,_Philadelphia" title="Center City East, Philadelphia">Market East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_City,_Philadelphia" title="Old City, Philadelphia">Old City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penn_Center,_Philadelphia" title="Penn Center, Philadelphia">Penn Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penn%27s_Landing" title="Penn's Landing">Penn's Landing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rittenhouse_Square" title="Rittenhouse Square">Rittenhouse Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_Hill" title="Society Hill">Society Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Square_West,_Philadelphia" title="Washington Square West, Philadelphia">Washington Square West</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Comcast_Philly.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Comcast_Philly.JPG/220px-Comcast_Philly.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Comcast_Philly.JPG/330px-Comcast_Philly.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Comcast_Philly.JPG/440px-Comcast_Philly.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3143" data-file-height="4191" /></a><figcaption>The 58-story <a href="/wiki/Comcast_Center" title="Comcast Center">Comcast Center</a> in Center City, the second-tallest building in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> and 23rd-tallest building in the nation</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bassett%27s_Ice_Cream_at_Reading_Terminal.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Bassett%27s_Ice_Cream_at_Reading_Terminal.JPG/220px-Bassett%27s_Ice_Cream_at_Reading_Terminal.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Bassett%27s_Ice_Cream_at_Reading_Terminal.JPG/330px-Bassett%27s_Ice_Cream_at_Reading_Terminal.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Bassett%27s_Ice_Cream_at_Reading_Terminal.JPG/440px-Bassett%27s_Ice_Cream_at_Reading_Terminal.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Reading_Terminal_Market" title="Reading Terminal Market">Reading Terminal Market</a> in Center City in January 2011</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Sunoco" title="Sunoco">Sunoco</a> has its headquarters in the <a href="/wiki/BNY_Mellon_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="BNY Mellon Center (Philadelphia)">BNY Mellon Center</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Cigna" title="Cigna">Cigna</a> has its corporate headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Liberty_Place" title="Liberty Place">2 Liberty Place</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Aramark" title="Aramark">Aramark</a> is headquartered in Center City on the east bank of the Schuylkill River on Market Street.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a> is headquartered in the <a href="/wiki/Comcast_Center_(Philadelphia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Comcast Center (Philadelphia)">Comcast Center</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The law firm <a href="/wiki/Cozen_O%27Connor" title="Cozen O'Connor">Cozen O'Connor</a> has its headquarters in Center City.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kogan_Page" title="Kogan Page">Kogan Page</a> has its U.S. headquarters in Center City.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_National_Corporation" title="Lincoln National Corporation">Lincoln National Corporation</a> moved its headquarters from <a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne,_Indiana" title="Fort Wayne, Indiana">Fort Wayne, Indiana</a> to Philadelphia in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-DelInv_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DelInv-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Philadelphia Lincoln was headquartered in the West Tower of <a href="/wiki/Centre_Square_(Building)" class="mw-redirect" title="Centre Square (Building)">Centre Square</a> in Center City.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007, the company moved 400 employees, including its top executives, to <a href="/wiki/Radnor_Township,_Delaware_County,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania">Radnor Township</a> from <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DelInv_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DelInv-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_infrastructure">Government and infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Government and infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Bank_of_Philadelphia" title="Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia">Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_A._Byrne_United_States_Courthouse" title="James A. Byrne United States Courthouse">James A. Byrne United States Courthouse</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_City_Hall" title="Philadelphia City Hall">Philadelphia City Hall</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buildings">Buildings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Buildings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Center City is home to some of the largest and most prominent buildings in the United States, including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1818_Market_Street" title="1818 Market Street">1818 Market Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centre_Square_(building)" title="Centre Square (building)">Centre Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comcast_Center" title="Comcast Center">Comcast Center</a>, the 23rd tallest skyscraper in the nation</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_Place" title="Liberty Place">Liberty Place</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_City_Hall" title="Philadelphia City Hall">Philadelphia City Hall</a>, the world's largest free-standing masonry building</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Logan_Square" title="Three Logan Square">Three Logan Square</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Custom_House.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/US_Custom_House.JPG/220px-US_Custom_House.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/US_Custom_House.JPG/330px-US_Custom_House.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/US_Custom_House.JPG/440px-US_Custom_House.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2120" data-file-height="1804" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/United_States_Custom_House_(Philadelphia)" title="United States Custom House (Philadelphia)">The U.S. Custom House</a> in <a href="/wiki/Old_City,_Philadelphia" title="Old City, Philadelphia">Old City</a> in July 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Fire_Department" title="Philadelphia Fire Department">Philadelphia Fire Department</a> operates five fire stations in Center City: </p> <ul><li><b>Engine 1, Ladder 5, Medic 35, Battalion 1</b> - 711 S. Broad St.</li> <li><b>Snorkel 2, Medic 44B, Battalion 4, Field Comm. Unit 1</b> - 101 N. 4th St.</li> <li><b>Engine 11, Medic 21</b> - 601 South St.</li> <li><b>Pipeline 20, Ladder 23, Medic 1</b> - 133 N. 10th St.</li> <li><b>Squirt 43, Ladder 9, Medic 7</b> - 2108 Market St.</li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Prisons" title="Federal Bureau of Prisons">Federal Bureau of Prisons</a> Northeast Region Office is in the U.S. Custom House, a part of the <a href="/wiki/Independence_National_Historical_Park" title="Independence National Historical Park">Independence National Historical Park</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Old_City,_Philadelphia" title="Old City, Philadelphia">Old City</a>, Center City.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The William J. Green Jr. Federal Building houses the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a> Philadelphia <a href="/wiki/List_of_FBI_field_offices" title="List of FBI field offices">Field Office</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Diplomatic_offices_and_consulates">Diplomatic offices and consulates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Diplomatic offices and consulates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Italy" title="List of diplomatic missions of Italy">Consulate-General of Italy in Philadelphia</a> is located in the 1026 Public Ledger Building at 150 South Independence Mall West.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Panama" title="List of diplomatic missions of Panama">Consulate-General of Panama in Philadelphia</a> is located in Suite 1 at 124 Chestnut Street.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Mexico" title="List of diplomatic missions of Mexico">Consulate of Mexico in Philadelphia</a> is located in Suite 310 of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Bourse" title="Philadelphia Bourse">Bourse Building</a> off of Independence Mall.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_the_Dominican_Republic" title="List of diplomatic missions of the Dominican Republic">Consulate-General of the Dominican Republic in Philadelphia</a> was located in Suite 216 in the Lafayette Building at 437 Chestnut Street.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It closed on November 7, 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Consulate-General of Israel in Philadelphia was located on the 18th Floor at 1880 John F. Kennedy Boulevard.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Israel closed the Philadelphia consulate in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_schools">Public schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Public schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/School_District_of_Philadelphia" title="School District of Philadelphia">School District of Philadelphia</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nebinger_School_Philly.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Nebinger_School_Philly.JPG/220px-Nebinger_School_Philly.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Nebinger_School_Philly.JPG/330px-Nebinger_School_Philly.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Nebinger_School_Philly.JPG/440px-Nebinger_School_Philly.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3859" data-file-height="2894" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/George_W._Nebinger_School" title="George W. Nebinger School">George W. Nebinger School</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Bella_Vista,_Philadelphia" title="Bella Vista, Philadelphia">Bella Vista</a> neighborhood in May 2010</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Albert_M._Greenfield_School.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Albert_M._Greenfield_School.jpg/220px-Albert_M._Greenfield_School.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Albert_M._Greenfield_School.jpg/330px-Albert_M._Greenfield_School.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Albert_M._Greenfield_School.jpg/440px-Albert_M._Greenfield_School.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Albert M. Greenfield School on <a href="/wiki/Chestnut_Street_(Philadelphia)" title="Chestnut Street (Philadelphia)">Chestnut Street</a> in Center City in April 2019</figcaption></figure> <p>Residents of Center City are included within the <a href="/wiki/School_District_of_Philadelphia" title="School District of Philadelphia">School District of Philadelphia</a>. From the 1940s to the opening of what is now known as the Greenfield School in 1954, many residents attended public schools in other areas and private schools due to the low number of public schools in Center City.<sup id="cite_ref-Greenfieldhist_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenfieldhist-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005, in an attempt to slow the flight of middle-class families, the school district and Center City District, an economic development agency, launched a program that promoted public schools in Center City, including <a href="/wiki/Rittenhouse_Square" title="Rittenhouse Square">Rittenhouse Square</a> and <a href="/wiki/Society_Hill" title="Society Hill">Society Hill</a>, and adjacent areas in <a href="/wiki/Fairmount,_Philadelphia" title="Fairmount, Philadelphia">Fairmount</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Liberties,_Philadelphia" title="Northern Liberties, Philadelphia">Northern Liberties</a>, and <a href="/wiki/South_Philadelphia" title="South Philadelphia">South Philadelphia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>K-8 schools that have attendance boundaries in Center City and areas around Center City include:<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Albert M. Greenfield <ul><li>It opened in September 1954 as the Center City School after the Center City Residents Association (CCRA) advocated for its establishment. It was initially housed in a <a href="/wiki/YWCA" title="YWCA">YWCA</a> and later in the former Jerrold Electronics Building. In 1964 the school district bought the site for a permanent campus, which began construction in 1966 and opened in September 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-Greenfieldhist_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenfieldhist-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson_School_(Philadelphia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew Jackson School (Philadelphia)">Andrew Jackson School</a></li> <li>Bache-Martin</li> <li>Chester A. Arthur</li> <li>Edwin M. Stanton</li> <li>General Philip Kearny</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_A._McCall_School" title="George A. McCall School">George A. McCall School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_W._Nebinger_School" title="George W. Nebinger School">George W. Nebinger School</a></li> <li>James R. Ludlow</li> <li>Laura Wheeler Waring</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_Garden_School" title="Spring Garden School">Spring Garden School</a></li> <li>William H. Harrison</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_M._Meredith_School" title="William M. Meredith School">William M. Meredith School</a></li></ul> <p>Neighborhood high schools for Center City and the Center City area, located outside of Center City, include:<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Highschooldirectory_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Highschooldirectory-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_High_School_(Philadelphia)" title="Benjamin Franklin High School (Philadelphia)">Benjamin Franklin High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Furness_High_School" title="Furness High School">Furness High School</a><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Philadelphia_High_School" title="South Philadelphia High School">South Philadelphia High School</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Other high schools include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bodine_High_School_for_International_Affairs" title="Bodine High School for International Affairs">Bodine High School for International Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_High_School_for_American_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitution High School for American Studies">Constitution High School for American Studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Learning_Center" title="Franklin Learning Center"> Franklin Learning Center High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkway_Center_City_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Parkway Center City High School">Parkway Center City High School</a></li> <li>Philadelphia High School for Business and Technology</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_Leadership_Academy" title="Science Leadership Academy">Science Leadership Academy</a></li></ul> <p>Combined middle and high schools include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Julia_R._Masterman_School" title="Julia R. Masterman School">Julia R. Masterman School</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Charter_schools">Charter schools</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Charter schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Charter schools not operated by the School District of Philadelphia include:<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Grades 1-12: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mathematics,_Civics_and_Sciences_Charter_School" title="Mathematics, Civics and Sciences Charter School">Mathematics, Civics and Sciences Charter School</a></li></ul></li> <li>Grades 7-12:</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Mastery_Charter_Schools" class="mw-redirect" title="Mastery Charter Schools">Mastery Charter Schools</a> system operates the Mastery Charter Lenfest Campus (7-12) in <a href="/wiki/Old_City,_Philadelphia" title="Old City, Philadelphia">Old City</a>. It moved from <a href="/wiki/North_Philadelphia" title="North Philadelphia">North Philadelphia</a> to Old City in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Grades 5-8: <ul><li>Freire Charter Middle School</li></ul></li> <li>Grades 6-12: <ul><li>World Communications Charter School</li></ul></li> <li>Grades 9-12: <ul><li>Architecture and Design Charter School</li> <li>Freire Charter High School</li> <li>Mastery Charter High School</li> <li>Philadelphia Electrical and Technology Charter School</li></ul></li> <li>Grades K-8: <ul><li>Laboratory Charter School of Communication and Languages</li> <li>Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures Charter School</li></ul></li> <li>Grades 6-8: <ul><li>Wakisha Charter School</li></ul></li> <li>Grades K-7: <ul><li>Christopher Columbus Charter School</li> <li>Independence Charter School grades K-8</li> <li>People for People Charter School</li></ul></li> <li>Grades Pre-K-8: <ul><li>Russell Byers Charter School</li></ul></li> <li>Grades K-6: <ul><li>Universal Institute Charter School</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Private_schools">Private schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Private schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Roman_Catholic_parochial_schools">Roman Catholic parochial schools</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Roman Catholic parochial schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Philadelphia" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia</a> operates the following <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> parochial schools in the Center City area <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070706202854/http://centercityschools.com/map_n_info.php">[1]</a>: </p> <ul><li>Grades 9-12: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J._W._Hallahan_Catholic_Girls_High_School" title="J. W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School">J. W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_High_School" title="Roman Catholic High School">Roman Catholic High School</a></li></ul></li> <li>Grades Pre-K-8: <ul><li>St. Francis Xavier School</li> <li>St. Peter the Apostle School</li></ul></li> <li>Grades K-8: <ul><li>St. Mary's Interparochial School</li></ul></li> <li>Grades 1-8: <ul><li>Holy Redeemer School</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_private_schools">Other private schools</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Other private schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Other private schools in the Center City area include: </p> <ul><li>Grades Pre-K-12: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Friends_Select_School" title="Friends Select School">Friends Select School</a></li></ul></li> <li>Grades 9-12: <ul><li>City Center Academy</li></ul></li> <li>Grades Pre-K-8: <ul><li>St. Peter's School</li> <li>The Philadelphia School</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_libraries">Public libraries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Public libraries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Free_Library_of_Philadelphia" title="Free Library of Philadelphia">Free Library of Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Library_Company_of_Philadelphia" title="Library Company of Philadelphia">Library Company of Philadelphia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Parkway_Central_Library" title="Parkway Central Library">Parkway Central Library</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Free_Library_of_Philadelphia" title="Free Library of Philadelphia">Free Library of Philadelphia</a> operates the <a href="/wiki/Parkway_Central_Library" title="Parkway Central Library">Parkway Central Library</a> at 1901 Vine Street,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Independence Branch at 18 South 7th Street,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Philadelphia City Institute on the first floor and lower level of an apartment complex at 1905 <a href="/wiki/Locust_Street" title="Locust Street">Locust Street</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped at 919 Walnut Street.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_institutions">Other institutions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Other institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Middle_States_Association_of_Colleges_and_Schools" title="Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools">Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools</a> is headquartered in Center City.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music_and_theatre">Music and theatre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Music and theatre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Avenue_of_the_Arts_(Philadelphia)" title="Avenue of the Arts (Philadelphia)">Avenue of the Arts (Philadelphia)</a></div> <p>Center City Philadelphia is home to some of the nation and world's leading cultural institutions. <a href="/wiki/Avenue_of_the_Arts_(Philadelphia)" title="Avenue of the Arts (Philadelphia)">Avenue of the Arts</a>, a city-designated cultural district, includes <a href="/wiki/Kimmel_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts" title="Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts">Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts</a>, which houses the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Orchestra" title="Philadelphia Orchestra">Philadelphia Orchestra</a> (a <a href="/wiki/Big_Five_(orchestras)" title="Big Five (orchestras)">Big Five orchestra</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Music_(Philadelphia)" title="Academy of Music (Philadelphia)">Academy of Music</a>, home of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Ballet" title="Philadelphia Ballet">Philadelphia Ballet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Opera_Philadelphia" title="Opera Philadelphia">Opera Philadelphia</a>. The avenue is home to multiple theatres, including the <a href="/wiki/Miller_Theater_(Philadelphia)" title="Miller Theater (Philadelphia)">Miller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Roberts_Theatre" title="Suzanne Roberts Theatre">Suzanne Roberts</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wilma_Theater_(Philadelphia)" title="Wilma Theater (Philadelphia)">Wilma</a> theatres. <a href="/wiki/Forrest_Theatre" title="Forrest Theatre">Forrest Theatre</a> is also located in center city, at 1114 <a href="/wiki/Walnut_Street_(Philadelphia)" title="Walnut Street (Philadelphia)">Walnut Street</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Museums">Museums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Museums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/M%C3%BCtter_Museum" title="Mütter Museum">Mütter Museum</a>, a medical museum, is located in center city at 19 S. 22nd Street. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recreation">Recreation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Recreation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Center City Philadelphia has a vast number of restaurants, bars, and nightclubs. <a href="/wiki/McGillin%27s_Olde_Ale_House" title="McGillin's Olde Ale House">McGillin's Olde Ale House</a>, at 1310 Drury Street, is one of the nation's oldest pubs (founded in 1860). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_Philadelphia" title="Transportation in Philadelphia">Transportation in Philadelphia</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2012_Ben_Franklin_Bridge_and_Race_Street_Pier.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/2012_Ben_Franklin_Bridge_and_Race_Street_Pier.jpg/220px-2012_Ben_Franklin_Bridge_and_Race_Street_Pier.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/2012_Ben_Franklin_Bridge_and_Race_Street_Pier.jpg/330px-2012_Ben_Franklin_Bridge_and_Race_Street_Pier.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/2012_Ben_Franklin_Bridge_and_Race_Street_Pier.jpg/440px-2012_Ben_Franklin_Bridge_and_Race_Street_Pier.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Bridge" title="Benjamin Franklin Bridge">Benjamin Franklin Bridge</a>, a 2,917.86 meters (9,573.0 ft) bridge connecting Center City with <a href="/wiki/Camden,_New_Jersey" title="Camden, New Jersey">Camden, New Jersey</a> in March 2012</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_highways">Major highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Major highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Schuylkill_Expressway" title="Schuylkill Expressway">Interstate 76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interstate_95_in_Pennsylvania" title="Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania">Interstate 95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interstate_676" title="Interstate 676">Interstate 676</a>/<a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Bridge" title="Benjamin Franklin Bridge">Benjamin Franklin Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_30_in_Pennsylvania" title="U.S. Route 30 in Pennsylvania">U.S. Route 30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Route_3" title="Pennsylvania Route 3">PA Route 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Route_611" title="Pennsylvania Route 611">PA Route 611</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Streets_and_bridges">Streets and bridges</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Streets and bridges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Center city streets and bridges include <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Bridge" title="Benjamin Franklin Bridge">Benjamin Franklin Bridge</a>, which connects the city with <a href="/wiki/Camden,_New_Jersey" title="Camden, New Jersey">Camden, New Jersey</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Parkway" title="Benjamin Franklin Parkway">Benjamin Franklin Parkway</a>, a one-mile long parkway that runs from <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_City_Hall" title="Philadelphia City Hall">Philadelphia City Hall</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art" title="Philadelphia Museum of Art">Philadelphia Museum of Art</a>. Three major center city streets are <a href="/wiki/Broad_Street_(Philadelphia)" title="Broad Street (Philadelphia)">Broad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Market_Street_(Philadelphia)" title="Market Street (Philadelphia)">Market</a>, and <a href="/wiki/South_Street_(Philadelphia)" title="South Street (Philadelphia)">South</a> Streets. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_public_transit">Local public transit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Local public transit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/SEPTA" title="SEPTA">SEPTA</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Center_City_Commuter_Connection" title="Center City Commuter Connection">Center City Commuter Connection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SEPTA" title="SEPTA">SEPTA</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Station_(Philadelphia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jefferson Station (Philadelphia)">Jefferson Station</a> (Regional Rail)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suburban_Station" title="Suburban Station">Suburban Station</a> (Regional Rail)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Market-Frankford_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Market-Frankford Line">Market-Frankford Line</a> (<a href="/wiki/2nd_Street_(SEPTA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Street (SEPTA station)">2nd Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/5th_Street/Independence_Hall_station" title="5th Street/Independence Hall station">5th Street/Independence Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/8th_Street_(SEPTA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Street (SEPTA station)">8th Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/11th_Street_(SEPTA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Street (SEPTA station)">11th Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/13th_Street_(SEPTA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="13th Street (SEPTA station)">13th Street</a>, and <a href="/wiki/15th_Street_station_(SEPTA)" title="15th Street station (SEPTA)">15th Street</a> stations)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broad_Street_Line" title="Broad Street Line">Broad Street Line</a> (<a href="/wiki/Spring_Garden_(SEPTA_Broad_Street_Line_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spring Garden (SEPTA Broad Street Line station)">Spring Garden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Race-Vine_(SEPTA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race-Vine (SEPTA station)">Race-Vine</a>, <a href="/wiki/City_Hall_(SEPTA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="City Hall (SEPTA station)">City Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walnut%E2%80%93Locust_station" title="Walnut–Locust station">Walnut-Locust</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lombard-South_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Lombard-South station">Lombard-South</a> stations on main line; <a href="/wiki/Chinatown_(SEPTA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinatown (SEPTA station)">Chinatown</a> and <a href="/wiki/8th_Street_(SEPTA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Street (SEPTA station)">8th Street</a> stations on Broad-Ridge Spur)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Subway-Surface_Trolley_Lines" class="mw-redirect" title="SEPTA Subway-Surface Trolley Lines">Subway-surface trolley lines</a> (<a href="/wiki/13th_Street_(SEPTA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="13th Street (SEPTA station)">13th Street</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=15th_Street_(SEPTA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="15th Street (SEPTA (page does not exist)">15th Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/19th_Street_(SEPTA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="19th Street (SEPTA station)">19th Street</a>, and <a href="/wiki/22nd_Street_(SEPTA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="22nd Street (SEPTA station)">22nd Street</a> stations; all stations on Market Street)</li> <li>Various bus routes</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PATCO_Speedline" title="PATCO Speedline">PATCO Speedline</a> (8th & Market, 9-10th & Locust, 12-13th & Locust, and 15-16th & Locust Street stations)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Transit_Bus_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Transit Bus Operations">New Jersey Transit</a> (various bus routes & stops)</li></ul> <p>There is a 500,000+ sq ft underground pedestrian concourse that connects many of the center city Septa stations to businesses and office buildings. Primarily running under <a href="/wiki/Market_Street_(Philadelphia)" title="Market Street (Philadelphia)">Market Street</a> and <a href="/wiki/Broad_Street_(Philadelphia)" title="Broad Street (Philadelphia)">Broad Street</a>, the concourse spans east to west from 8th street to 18th street and north to south from <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Boulevard_(Philadelphia)" class="mw-redirect" title="John F. Kennedy Boulevard (Philadelphia)">John F. Kennedy Boulevard</a> to <a href="/wiki/Spruce_Street_(Philadelphia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spruce Street (Philadelphia)">Spruce Street</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Intercity_public_transit">Intercity public transit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Intercity public transit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:30th_Street_Station_concourse_March_2019.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/30th_Street_Station_concourse_March_2019.jpeg/220px-30th_Street_Station_concourse_March_2019.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/30th_Street_Station_concourse_March_2019.jpeg/330px-30th_Street_Station_concourse_March_2019.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/30th_Street_Station_concourse_March_2019.jpeg/440px-30th_Street_Station_concourse_March_2019.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Interior of Philadelphia's <a href="/wiki/30th_Street_Station" title="30th Street Station">30th Street Station</a>, one of the nation's busiest passenger train stations</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Greyhound at two locations: <ul><li>618 Market</li> <li>JFK and 30th Street</li></ul></li> <li>Peter Pan, and various Trailways buses at 618 Market Street</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megabus_(North_America)" title="Megabus (North America)">Megabus</a> (30th Street Station)</li> <li>Various <a href="/wiki/Chinatown_bus_lines" title="Chinatown bus lines">Chinatown bus lines</a> (various operators & stops; most stops near 11th & Arch Streets)</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a>'s primary Philadelphia station, <a href="/wiki/30th_Street_Station" title="30th Street Station">30th Street Station</a>, is located immediately west of Center City, just across the Schuylkill River. SEPTA Regional Rail trains, New Jersey Transit <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_City_Line" title="Atlantic City Line">Atlantic City Line</a> trains, Market-Frankford Line trains, and subway-surface line trolleys also service 30th Street Station, and both Megabus and <a href="/wiki/BoltBus" title="BoltBus">BoltBus</a> stop on streets adjacent to the station. </p><p>As of 2016<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> Taiwanese airline <a href="/wiki/China_Airlines" title="China Airlines">China Airlines</a> provides a private bus service to and from <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport" title="John F. Kennedy International Airport">John F. Kennedy International Airport</a> in New York City for customers based in the Philadelphia area. This service previously stopped in Center City in front of the Marriott Hotel.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Center_City_Residents'_Association"><span id="Center_City_Residents.27_Association"></span>Center City Residents' Association</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Center City Residents' Association"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>Center City Residents' Association</b>, originally formed in 1947 to prevent <a href="/wiki/Rittenhouse_Square" title="Rittenhouse Square">Rittenhouse Square</a> from being turned into a parking lot, is a primary advocate for quality of life issues in Center City. Other community organizations of this type include Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Society Hill Civic Association, South of South Street Neighborhood Association, Washington Square West Civic Association, and the Queen Village Neighbors Association. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_City,_Philadelphia&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 188.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 186.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Center_City_East_from_One_Liberty_Observation_Deck.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The eastern portion of Center City from the One Liberty Observation Deck"><img alt="The eastern portion of Center City from the One Liberty Observation Deck" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Center_City_East_from_One_Liberty_Observation_Deck.jpg/280px-Center_City_East_from_One_Liberty_Observation_Deck.jpg" decoding="async" width="187" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Center_City_East_from_One_Liberty_Observation_Deck.jpg/420px-Center_City_East_from_One_Liberty_Observation_Deck.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Center_City_East_from_One_Liberty_Observation_Deck.jpg/560px-Center_City_East_from_One_Liberty_Observation_Deck.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The eastern portion of Center City from the <a href="/wiki/One_Liberty_Observation_Deck" title="One Liberty Observation Deck">One Liberty Observation Deck</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 126.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 124.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CarpentersHall00.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Carpenters' Hall"><img alt="Carpenters' Hall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/CarpentersHall00.jpg/187px-CarpentersHall00.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/CarpentersHall00.jpg/280px-CarpentersHall00.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/CarpentersHall00.jpg/374px-CarpentersHall00.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1556" data-file-height="1748" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Carpenters%27_Hall" title="Carpenters' Hall">Carpenters' Hall</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 188.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 186.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LOVE_Park_Philly.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="LOVE Park with the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the distant background"><img alt="LOVE Park with the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the distant background" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/LOVE_Park_Philly.JPG/280px-LOVE_Park_Philly.JPG" decoding="async" width="187" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/LOVE_Park_Philly.JPG/420px-LOVE_Park_Philly.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/LOVE_Park_Philly.JPG/560px-LOVE_Park_Philly.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/LOVE_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="LOVE Park">LOVE Park</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art" title="Philadelphia Museum of Art">Philadelphia Museum of Art</a> in the distant background</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 178px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 176px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Museum_of_American_Jewish_History.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History"><img alt="Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/National_Museum_of_American_Jewish_History.jpg/264px-National_Museum_of_American_Jewish_History.jpg" decoding="async" width="176" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/National_Museum_of_American_Jewish_History.jpg/396px-National_Museum_of_American_Jewish_History.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/National_Museum_of_American_Jewish_History.jpg/528px-National_Museum_of_American_Jewish_History.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2934" data-file-height="2335" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Weitzman_National_Museum_of_American_Jewish_History" title="Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History">Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 145.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 143.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Friendship_Gate_Chinatown_Philadelphia_from_east.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Friendship Gate in Chinatown"><img alt="Friendship Gate in Chinatown" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Friendship_Gate_Chinatown_Philadelphia_from_east.jpg/215px-Friendship_Gate_Chinatown_Philadelphia_from_east.jpg" decoding="async" width="144" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Friendship_Gate_Chinatown_Philadelphia_from_east.jpg/323px-Friendship_Gate_Chinatown_Philadelphia_from_east.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Friendship_Gate_Chinatown_Philadelphia_from_east.jpg/431px-Friendship_Gate_Chinatown_Philadelphia_from_east.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2302" data-file-height="2245" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Friendship Gate in Chinatown </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 198px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 196px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jewelers_Row.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jewelers' Row"><img alt="Jewelers' Row" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Jewelers_Row.jpg/294px-Jewelers_Row.jpg" decoding="async" width="196" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Jewelers_Row.jpg/442px-Jewelers_Row.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Jewelers_Row.jpg/589px-Jewelers_Row.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="1747" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Jewelers%27_Row,_Philadelphia" title="Jewelers' Row, Philadelphia">Jewelers' Row</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 170.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 168.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Interior_Cathedral_Basilica_of_Saints_Peter_and_Paul_crop.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Interior of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul"><img alt="Interior of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Interior_Cathedral_Basilica_of_Saints_Peter_and_Paul_crop.JPG/253px-Interior_Cathedral_Basilica_of_Saints_Peter_and_Paul_crop.JPG" decoding="async" width="169" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Interior_Cathedral_Basilica_of_Saints_Peter_and_Paul_crop.JPG/379px-Interior_Cathedral_Basilica_of_Saints_Peter_and_Paul_crop.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Interior_Cathedral_Basilica_of_Saints_Peter_and_Paul_crop.JPG/505px-Interior_Cathedral_Basilica_of_Saints_Peter_and_Paul_crop.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2854" data-file-height="2373" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Interior of the <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_Basilica_of_Saints_Peter_and_Paul,_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Philadelphia">Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 188.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 186.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Curtis_building.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Curtis Center"><img alt="Curtis Center" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Curtis_building.jpg/280px-Curtis_building.jpg" decoding="async" width="187" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Curtis_building.jpg/420px-Curtis_building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Curtis_building.jpg/560px-Curtis_building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Curtis Center</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 193.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pennsylvania_Academy_of_the_Fine_Arts.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts"><img alt="Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Pennsylvania_Academy_of_the_Fine_Arts.jpg/290px-Pennsylvania_Academy_of_the_Fine_Arts.jpg" decoding="async" width="194" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Pennsylvania_Academy_of_the_Fine_Arts.jpg/435px-Pennsylvania_Academy_of_the_Fine_Arts.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Pennsylvania_Academy_of_the_Fine_Arts.jpg/580px-Pennsylvania_Academy_of_the_Fine_Arts.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2796" data-file-height="2024" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Academy_of_the_Fine_Arts" title="Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts">Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 188.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 186.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mikveh_Israel_Cemetery.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mikveh Israel Cemetery"><img alt="Mikveh Israel Cemetery" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Mikveh_Israel_Cemetery.jpg/280px-Mikveh_Israel_Cemetery.jpg" decoding="async" width="187" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Mikveh_Israel_Cemetery.jpg/420px-Mikveh_Israel_Cemetery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Mikveh_Israel_Cemetery.jpg/560px-Mikveh_Israel_Cemetery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mikveh_Israel_Cemetery" title="Mikveh Israel Cemetery">Mikveh Israel Cemetery</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 94.666666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 92.666666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Grand_Court.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Grand Court at Macys Department Store (in the Wanamaker's building)"><img alt="The Grand Court at Macys Department Store (in the Wanamaker's building)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/The_Grand_Court.jpg/139px-The_Grand_Court.jpg" decoding="async" width="93" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/The_Grand_Court.jpg/209px-The_Grand_Court.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/The_Grand_Court.jpg/278px-The_Grand_Court.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1496" data-file-height="2256" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> The Grand Court at Macys Department Store (in the <a href="/wiki/Wanamaker%27s" title="Wanamaker's">Wanamaker's</a> building)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 188.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 186.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pennsylvania_Hospital_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pennsylvania Hospital"><img alt="Pennsylvania Hospital" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Pennsylvania_Hospital_2007.jpg/280px-Pennsylvania_Hospital_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="187" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Pennsylvania_Hospital_2007.jpg/420px-Pennsylvania_Hospital_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Pennsylvania_Hospital_2007.jpg/560px-Pennsylvania_Hospital_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Hospital" title="Pennsylvania Hospital">Pennsylvania Hospital</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 136.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 134.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kimmel_Center_exterior-daytime.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Kimmel Center"><img alt="Kimmel Center" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Kimmel_Center_exterior-daytime.JPG/202px-Kimmel_Center_exterior-daytime.JPG" decoding="async" width="135" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Kimmel_Center_exterior-daytime.JPG/303px-Kimmel_Center_exterior-daytime.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Kimmel_Center_exterior-daytime.JPG/405px-Kimmel_Center_exterior-daytime.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1260" data-file-height="1308" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Kimmel Center</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 106.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 104.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Liberty_Bell,_Independence_Hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Independence Hall as seen from the 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Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_Library_of_Philadelphia" title="Free Library of Philadelphia">Free Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Police_Department" title="Philadelphia Police Department">Police Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/School_District_of_Philadelphia" title="School District of Philadelphia">School district</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FACF0B; color: #115AAC;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_neighborhoods" title="List of Philadelphia neighborhoods">Neighborhoods</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Center City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Philadelphia" title="North Philadelphia">North Philadelphia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lower_North_Philadelphia" title="Lower North Philadelphia">Lower North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_North_Philadelphia" title="Upper North Philadelphia">Upper North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olney-Oak_Lane,_Philadelphia" title="Olney-Oak Lane, Philadelphia">Olney-Oak Lane</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Philadelphia" title="Northeast Philadelphia">Northeast Philadelphia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/River_Wards,_Philadelphia" title="River Wards, Philadelphia">River Wards</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Philadelphia" title="Northwest Philadelphia">Northwest Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Philadelphia" title="South Philadelphia">South Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Philadelphia" title="Southwest Philadelphia">Southwest Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Philadelphia" title="West Philadelphia">West Philadelphia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FACF0B; color: #115AAC;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Philadelphia" title="List of museums in Philadelphia">Museums</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Natural_Sciences_of_Drexel_University" title="Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University">Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_American_Museum_in_Philadelphia" title="African American Museum in Philadelphia">African American Museum in Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Philosophical_Society" title="American Philosophical Society">American Philosophical Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Swedish_Historical_Museum" title="American Swedish Historical Museum">American Swedish Historical Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athenaeum_of_Philadelphia" title="Athenaeum of Philadelphia">Athenaeum of Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnes_Foundation" title="Barnes Foundation">Barnes Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartram%27s_Garden" title="Bartram's Garden">Bartram's Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belmont_Mansion_(Philadelphia)" title="Belmont Mansion (Philadelphia)">Belmont Mansion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betsy_Ross_House" title="Betsy Ross House">Betsy Ross House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_War_Museum_of_Philadelphia" title="Civil War Museum of Philadelphia">Civil War Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliveden_(Benjamin_Chew_House)" title="Cliveden (Benjamin Chew House)">Cliveden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_State_Penitentiary" title="Eastern State Penitentiary">Eastern State Penitentiary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebenezer_Maxwell_House" title="Ebenezer Maxwell House">Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe_National_Historic_Site" title="Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site">Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elfreth%27s_Alley" title="Elfreth's Alley">Elfreth's Alley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Fabric_Workshop_and_Museum" title="The Fabric Workshop and Museum">Fabric Workshop and Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairmount_Water_Works" title="Fairmount Water Works">Fairmount Water Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Mifflin" title="Fort Mifflin">Fort Mifflin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Institute" title="Franklin Institute">Franklin Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germantown_White_House" title="Germantown White House">Germantown White House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Foerd_on_the_Delaware" title="Glen Foerd on the Delaware">Glen Foerd on the Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ruan_House" title="John Ruan House">Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumblethorpe" title="Grumblethorpe">Grumblethorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill%E2%80%93Physick%E2%80%93Keith_House" title="Hill–Physick–Keith House">Hill–Physick–Keith House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_Strawberry_Mansion" title="Historic Strawberry Mansion">Historic Strawberry Mansion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historical_Society_of_Frankford" title="Historical Society of Frankford">Historical Society of Frankford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historical_Society_of_Pennsylvania" title="Historical Society of Pennsylvania">Historical Society of Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence_National_Historical_Park" title="Independence National Historical Park">Independence National Historical Park</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Independence_Hall" title="Independence Hall">Independence Hall</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence_Seaport_Museum" title="Independence Seaport Museum">Independence Seaport Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insectarium_(Philadelphia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Insectarium (Philadelphia)">Insectarium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Contemporary_Art,_Philadelphia" title="Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia">Institute of Contemporary Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Johnson_House_(Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania)" title="John Johnson House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)">John Johnson House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ruan_House" title="John Ruan House">John Ruan House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Salle_University_Art_Museum" title="La Salle University Art Museum">La Salle University Art Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lemon_Hill" title="Lemon Hill">Lemon Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_Anderson_House" title="Marian Anderson House">Marian Anderson Residence Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Lodge_of_Pennsylvania#The_Masonic_Temple,_Library,_and_Museum" title="Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania">Masonic Temple, Library, and Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_the_American_Revolution" title="Museum of the American Revolution">Museum of the American Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%BCtter_Museum" title="Mütter Museum">Mütter Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Constitution_Center" title="National Constitution Center">National Constitution Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Liberty_Museum" title="National Liberty Museum">National Liberty Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_American_Jewish_History" class="mw-redirect" title="National Museum of American Jewish History">National Museum of American Jewish History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Academy_of_the_Fine_Arts" title="Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts">Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_History_Museum" title="Philadelphia History Museum">Philadelphia History Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art" title="Philadelphia Museum of Art">Philadelphia Museum of Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia%27s_Magic_Gardens" title="Philadelphia's Magic Gardens">Philadelphia's Magic Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Please_Touch_Museum" title="Please Touch Museum">Please Touch Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powel_House" title="Powel House">Powel House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_RittenhouseTown" title="Historic RittenhouseTown">RittenhouseTown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodin_Museum" title="Rodin Museum">Rodin Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosenbach_Museum_and_Library" title="Rosenbach Museum and Library">Rosenbach Museum and Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryerss_Mansion" title="Ryerss Mansion">Ryerss Museum and Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_History_Institute" title="Science History Institute">Science History Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shofuso_Japanese_House_and_Garden" title="Shofuso Japanese House and Garden">Shofuso Japanese House and Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stenton_(mansion)" title="Stenton (mansion)">Stenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thaddeus_Kosciuszko_National_Memorial" title="Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial">Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penn_Museum" title="Penn Museum">Penn Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wagner_Free_Institute_of_Science" title="Wagner Free Institute of Science">Wagner Free Institute of Science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodmere_Art_Museum" title="Woodmere Art Museum">Woodmere Art Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyck_House" title="Wyck House">Wyck House</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FACF0B; color: #115AAC;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Philadelphia" title="Sports in Philadelphia">Sports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">76ers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Eagles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Flyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Freedoms" title="Philadelphia Freedoms">Freedoms</a></li> <li><a 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class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Template:Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Template talk:Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania"><abbr title="Edit this 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title="Avenue of the Arts (Philadelphia)">Avenue of the Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broad_Street_Historic_District_(Philadelphia)" title="Broad Street Historic District (Philadelphia)">Broad Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinatown,_Philadelphia" title="Chinatown, Philadelphia">Chinatown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fitler_Square" title="Fitler Square">Fitler Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Square_(Philadelphia)" title="Franklin Square (Philadelphia)">Franklin Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewelers%27_Row,_Philadelphia" title="Jewelers' Row, Philadelphia">Jewelers' Row</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan_Square,_Philadelphia" title="Logan Square, Philadelphia">Logan Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_City,_Philadelphia" title="Old City, Philadelphia">Old City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penn%27s_Landing" title="Penn's Landing">Penn's Landing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rittenhouse_Square" title="Rittenhouse Square">Rittenhouse Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_Hill" title="Society Hill">Society Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Street_(Philadelphia)" title="South Street (Philadelphia)">South Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Square_West,_Philadelphia" title="Washington Square West, Philadelphia">Washington Square West</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/South_Philadelphia" title="South Philadelphia">South</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bella_Vista,_Philadelphia" title="Bella Vista, Philadelphia">Bella Vista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_South_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="Central South Philadelphia">Central South Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devil%27s_Pocket" class="mw-redirect" title="Devil's Pocket">Devil's Pocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickinson_Square_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Dickinson Square West">Dickinson Square West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Passyunk_Crossing,_Philadelphia" title="East Passyunk Crossing, Philadelphia">East Passyunk Crossing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fabric_Row" class="mw-redirect" title="Fabric Row">Fabric Row</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt_Park" title="Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park">FDR Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girard_Estate" class="mw-redirect" title="Girard Estate">Girard Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grays_Ferry,_Philadelphia" title="Grays Ferry, Philadelphia">Grays Ferry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg_Subdivision" title="Harrisburg Subdivision">Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawthorne,_Philadelphia" title="Hawthorne, Philadelphia">Hawthorne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Market,_Philadelphia" title="Italian Market, Philadelphia">Italian Market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Saigon,_Philadelphia" title="Little Saigon, Philadelphia">Little Saigon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Moyamensing" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower Moyamensing">Lower Moyamensing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marconi_Plaza" title="Marconi Plaza">Marconi Plaza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moyamensing,_Philadelphia" title="Moyamensing, Philadelphia">Moyamensing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newbold,_Philadelphia" title="Newbold, Philadelphia">Newbold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Packer_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Packer Park">Packer Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passyunk_Square,_Philadelphia" title="Passyunk Square, Philadelphia">Passyunk Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsport" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsport">Pennsport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point_Breeze,_Philadelphia" title="Point Breeze, Philadelphia">Point Breeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Village,_Philadelphia" title="Queen Village, Philadelphia">Queen Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwark,_Philadelphia" title="Southwark, Philadelphia">Southwark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Center_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Southwest Center City">Southwest Center City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Philadelphia_Sports_Complex" title="South Philadelphia Sports Complex">Sports Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Passyunk" title="West Passyunk">West Passyunk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wharton,_Philadelphia" title="Wharton, Philadelphia">Wharton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitman,_Philadelphia" title="Whitman, Philadelphia">Whitman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Philadelphia" title="South Philadelphia">Wilson Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Philadelphia" title="Southwest Philadelphia">Southwest</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angora,_Philadelphia" title="Angora, Philadelphia">Angora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartram_Village" title="Bartram Village">Bartram Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clearview,_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="Clearview, Philadelphia">Clearview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastwick,_Philadelphia" title="Eastwick, Philadelphia">Eastwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmwood_Park,_Philadelphia" title="Elmwood Park, Philadelphia">Elmwood Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hog_Island,_Philadelphia" title="Hog Island, Philadelphia">Hog Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsessing,_Philadelphia" title="Kingsessing, Philadelphia">Kingsessing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Moriah,_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Moriah, Philadelphia">Mount Moriah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschall,_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="Paschall, Philadelphia">Paschall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Schuylkill" class="mw-redirect" title="Southwest Schuylkill">Southwest Schuylkill</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/West_Philadelphia" title="West Philadelphia">West</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avenue_of_Technology_(Philadelphia)" title="Avenue of Technology (Philadelphia)">Avenue of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belmont_Village" class="mw-redirect" title="Belmont Village">Belmont Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_Park,_Philadelphia" title="Carroll Park, Philadelphia">Carroll Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_Park,_Philadelphia" title="Cathedral Park, Philadelphia">Cathedral Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centennial_District_(Philadelphia)" title="Centennial District (Philadelphia)">Centennial District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Park,_Philadelphia" title="Cedar Park, Philadelphia">Cedar Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cobbs_Creek,_Philadelphia" title="Cobbs Creek, Philadelphia">Cobbs Creek</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Powelton_Village,_Philadelphia" title="Powelton Village, Philadelphia">Powelton Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saunders_Park,_Philadelphia" title="Saunders Park, Philadelphia">Saunders Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spruce_Hill,_Philadelphia" title="Spruce Hill, Philadelphia">Spruce Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squirrel_Hill,_Philadelphia" title="Squirrel Hill, Philadelphia">Squirrel Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30th_Street_Station_District" title="30th Street Station District">30th Street Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_City,_Philadelphia" title="University City, Philadelphia">University City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walnut_Hill,_Philadelphia" title="Walnut Hill, Philadelphia">Walnut Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodland_Terrace,_Philadelphia" title="Woodland Terrace, Philadelphia">Woodland Terrace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wynnefield,_Philadelphia" title="Wynnefield, Philadelphia">Wynnefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wynnefield_Heights,_Philadelphia" title="Wynnefield Heights, Philadelphia">Wynnefield Heights</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/North_Philadelphia" title="North Philadelphia">North</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lower_North_Philadelphia" title="Lower North Philadelphia">Lower North</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fairhill,_Philadelphia#Philadelphia_Badlands" title="Fairhill, Philadelphia">Badlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfield_(Philadelphia)" title="Belfield (Philadelphia)">Belfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brewerytown,_Philadelphia" title="Brewerytown, Philadelphia">Brewerytown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callowhill,_Philadelphia" title="Callowhill, Philadelphia">Callowhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_B._Moore,_Philadelphia" title="Cecil B. Moore, Philadelphia">Cecil B. Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairhill,_Philadelphia" title="Fairhill, Philadelphia">El Centro de Oro / Fairhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairmount,_Philadelphia" title="Fairmount, Philadelphia">Fairmount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francisville,_Philadelphia" title="Francisville, Philadelphia">Francisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartranft,_Philadelphia" title="Hartranft, Philadelphia">Hartranft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedarbrook,_Philadelphia" title="Cedarbrook, Philadelphia">Ivy Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Philadelphia" title="Northeast Philadelphia">Ludlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N3RD_Street" title="N3RD Street">N3RD Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Central_Philadelphia" title="North Central Philadelphia">North Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Liberties,_Philadelphia" title="Northern Liberties, Philadelphia">Northern Liberties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Philadelphia_East" title="North Philadelphia East">North Philadelphia East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Philadelphia_West" title="North Philadelphia West">North Philadelphia West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poplar,_Philadelphia" title="Poplar, Philadelphia">Poplar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharswood,_Philadelphia" title="Sharswood, Philadelphia">Sharswood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Centro_de_Oro" class="mw-redirect" title="El Centro de Oro">South Lehigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_Garden,_Philadelphia" title="Spring Garden, Philadelphia">Spring Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Philadelphia" title="Northwest Philadelphia">Stanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strawberry_Mansion,_Philadelphia" title="Strawberry Mansion, Philadelphia">Strawberry Mansion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Philadelphia_East" title="North Philadelphia East">Yorktown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Upper_North_Philadelphia" title="Upper North Philadelphia">Upper North</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_West,_Philadelphia" title="Allegheny West, Philadelphia">Allegheny West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairhill,_Philadelphia" title="Fairhill, Philadelphia">Badlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklinville,_Philadelphia" title="Franklinville, Philadelphia">Franklinville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenwood,_Philadelphia" title="Glenwood, Philadelphia">Glenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_Park,_Philadelphia" title="Hunting Park, Philadelphia">Hunting Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicetown%E2%80%93Tioga" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicetown–Tioga">Nicetown–Tioga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olde_Kensington" class="mw-redirect" title="Olde Kensington">Olde Kensington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swampoodle,_Philadelphia" title="Swampoodle, Philadelphia">Swampoodle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Kensington,_Philadelphia" title="West Kensington, Philadelphia">West Kensington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Olney-Oak_Lane,_Philadelphia" title="Olney-Oak Lane, Philadelphia">Olney-Oak Lane</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Oak_Lane,_Philadelphia" title="East Oak Lane, Philadelphia">East Oak Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feltonville,_Philadelphia" title="Feltonville, Philadelphia">Feltonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fern_Rock,_Philadelphia" title="Fern Rock, Philadelphia">Fern Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Koreatown" title="Philadelphia Koreatown">Koreatown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan,_Philadelphia" title="Logan, Philadelphia">Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogontz,_Philadelphia" title="Ogontz, Philadelphia">Ogontz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olney,_Philadelphia" title="Olney, Philadelphia">Olney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Oak_Lane,_Philadelphia" title="West Oak Lane, Philadelphia">West Oak Lane</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Philadelphia" title="Northwest Philadelphia">Northwest</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lower Northwest</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andorra,_Philadelphia" title="Andorra, Philadelphia">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Falls,_Philadelphia" title="East Falls, Philadelphia">East Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manayunk,_Philadelphia" title="Manayunk, Philadelphia">Manayunk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkland,_Philadelphia" title="Parkland, Philadelphia">Parkland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roxborough,_Philadelphia" title="Roxborough, Philadelphia">Roxborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wissahickon,_Philadelphia" title="Wissahickon, Philadelphia">Wissahickon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Upper Northwest</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beggarstown" title="Beggarstown">Beggarstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedarbrook,_Philadelphia" title="Cedarbrook, Philadelphia">Cedarbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chestnut_Hill,_Philadelphia" title="Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia">Chestnut Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germantown,_Philadelphia" title="Germantown, Philadelphia">Germantown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morton,_Philadelphia" title="Morton, Philadelphia">Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Airy,_Philadelphia" title="Mount Airy, Philadelphia">Mount Airy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wister,_Philadelphia" title="Wister, Philadelphia">Wister</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Philadelphia" title="Northeast Philadelphia">Northeast</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Near Northeast</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burholme,_Philadelphia" title="Burholme, Philadelphia">Burholme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castor_Gardens,_Philadelphia" title="Castor Gardens, Philadelphia">Castor Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crescentville,_Philadelphia" title="Crescentville, Philadelphia">Crescentville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Chase,_Philadelphia" title="Fox Chase, Philadelphia">Fox Chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankford,_Philadelphia" title="Frankford, Philadelphia">Frankford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holme_Circle,_Philadelphia" title="Holme Circle, Philadelphia">Holme Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holmesburg,_Philadelphia" title="Holmesburg, Philadelphia">Holmesburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juniata,_Philadelphia" title="Juniata, Philadelphia">Juniata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawndale,_Philadelphia" title="Lawndale, Philadelphia">Lawndale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington_Park,_Philadelphia" title="Lexington Park, Philadelphia">Lexington Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayfair,_Philadelphia" title="Mayfair, Philadelphia">Mayfair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Circle,_Philadelphia" title="Oxford Circle, Philadelphia">Oxford Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhawnhurst,_Philadelphia" title="Rhawnhurst, Philadelphia">Rhawnhurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryers,_Philadelphia" title="Ryers, Philadelphia">Ryers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tacony,_Philadelphia" title="Tacony, Philadelphia">Tacony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wissinoming,_Philadelphia" title="Wissinoming, Philadelphia">Wissinoming</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Far Northeast</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Academy_Gardens,_Philadelphia" title="Academy Gardens, Philadelphia">Academy Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashton-Woodenbridge,_Philadelphia" title="Ashton-Woodenbridge, Philadelphia">Ashton-Woodenbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bustleton,_Philadelphia" title="Bustleton, Philadelphia">Bustleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byberry,_Philadelphia" title="Byberry, Philadelphia">Byberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crestmont_Farms,_Philadelphia" title="Crestmont Farms, Philadelphia">Crestmont Farms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millbrook,_Philadelphia" title="Millbrook, Philadelphia">Millbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modena_Park,_Philadelphia" title="Modena Park, Philadelphia">Modena Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morrell_Park,_Philadelphia" title="Morrell Park, Philadelphia">Morrell Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Normandy,_Philadelphia" title="Normandy, Philadelphia">Normandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkwood,_Philadelphia" title="Parkwood, Philadelphia">Parkwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennypack,_Philadelphia" title="Pennypack, Philadelphia">Pennypack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerton,_Philadelphia" title="Somerton, Philadelphia">Somerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torresdale,_Philadelphia" title="Torresdale, Philadelphia">Torresdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Holmesburg,_Philadelphia" title="Upper Holmesburg, Philadelphia">Upper Holmesburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester_Park,_Philadelphia" title="Winchester Park, Philadelphia">Winchester Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/River_Wards,_Philadelphia" title="River Wards, Philadelphia">River Wards</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bridesburg,_Philadelphia" title="Bridesburg, Philadelphia">Bridesburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fishtown,_Philadelphia" title="Fishtown, Philadelphia">Fishtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrowgate,_Philadelphia" title="Harrowgate, Philadelphia">Harrowgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington,_Philadelphia" title="Kensington, Philadelphia">Kensington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olde_Richmond,_Philadelphia" title="Olde Richmond, Philadelphia">Olde Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Richmond,_Philadelphia" title="Port Richmond, Philadelphia">Port Richmond</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former<br />Municipalities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Pennsylvania#City" title="Local government in Pennsylvania">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Philadelphia (Center City)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Borough_(Pennsylvania)" title="Borough (Pennsylvania)">Boroughs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aramingo_Borough,_Pennsylvania" title="Aramingo Borough, Pennsylvania">Aramingo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridesburg,_Philadelphia" title="Bridesburg, Philadelphia">Bridesburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankford,_Philadelphia" title="Frankford, Philadelphia">Frankford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germantown,_Philadelphia" title="Germantown, Philadelphia">Germantown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manayunk,_Philadelphia" title="Manayunk, Philadelphia">Manayunk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Philadelphia_Borough,_Pennsylvania" title="West Philadelphia Borough, Pennsylvania">West Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitehall_Borough,_Pennsylvania" title="Whitehall Borough, Pennsylvania">Whitehall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/District" title="District">Districts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belmont_District,_Pennsylvania" title="Belmont District, Pennsylvania">Belmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington_District,_Pennsylvania" title="Kensington District, Pennsylvania">Kensington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moyamensing,_Philadelphia" title="Moyamensing, Philadelphia">Moyamensing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Liberties,_Philadelphia" title="Northern Liberties, Philadelphia">Northern Liberties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penn_District,_Pennsylvania" title="Penn District, Pennsylvania">Penn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_District,_Pennsylvania" title="Richmond District, Pennsylvania">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwark,_Philadelphia" title="Southwark, Philadelphia">Southwark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_Garden,_Philadelphia" title="Spring Garden, Philadelphia">Spring Garden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Township_(Pennsylvania)" title="Township (Pennsylvania)">Townships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blockley_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Blockley Township, Pennsylvania">Blockley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Township,_Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Bristol Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byberry,_Philadelphia" title="Byberry, Philadelphia">Byberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Township,_Philadelphia_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Delaware Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germantown_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Germantown Township, Pennsylvania">Germantown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Philadelphia" title="Southwest Philadelphia">Kingsessing</a></li> 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