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List of sites of interest in Philadelphia

Index List of sites of interest in Philadelphia

This is a list of sites of interest (attractions) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and its immediate environs. [1]

207 relations: Academy of Music (Philadelphia), Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Academy of Vocal Arts, Adventure Aquarium, African American Museum in Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society, American Swedish Historical Museum, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Arch Street Friends Meeting House, Architecture of Philadelphia, Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Awbury Arboretum, Barnes Foundation, Bartram's Garden, BB&T Pavilion, Belmont Mansion (Philadelphia), Benjamin Franklin National Memorial, Beth Sholom Congregation (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania), Betsy Ross House, Boathouse Row, Campbell's Field, Carpenters' Hall, Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (Philadelphia), Centennial Arboretum, Cheesesteak, Chinatown, Philadelphia, Christ Church, Philadelphia, Church of St. James the Less, Church of the Advocate, Citizens Bank Park, Civil War Museum of Philadelphia, Clark Park, Cliveden (Benjamin Chew House), Concord School House (Philadelphia), Congregation Mikveh Israel, Congress Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Daskalakis Athletic Center, Dolley Todd House, Drexel University, Eastern State Penitentiary, Ebenezer Maxwell House, Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site, Electric Factory, Elfreth's Alley, Fairmount Park, Fairmount Water Works, Fashion District Philadelphia, First Bank of the United States, Forrest Theatre, ..., Fort Mifflin, Franklin Court, Franklin Field, Franklin Institute, Franklin Square (Philadelphia), Free Library of Philadelphia, Friends Hospital, Furness Library, Gazela, Geno's Steaks, Germantown White House, Germantown, Philadelphia, Glen Foerd on the Delaware, Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church, Grumblethorpe, Hagan Arena, Hayman Center, Head House Square, Hill–Physick–Keith House, Historic RittenhouseTown, Historic Strawberry Mansion, Historical Society of Frankford, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Independence Hall, Independence National Historical Park, Independence Seaport Museum, Insectarium (Philadelphia), Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Iron Chef, Irvine Auditorium, Italian Market, Philadelphia, Jewelers' Row, Philadelphia, John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum, John Johnson House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), John Ruan House, Jose Garces, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, La Salle University Art Museum, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Lemon Hill, Liacouras Center, Liberty Bell, Liberty Place, Library Company of Philadelphia, Lincoln Financial Field, List of church buildings in Philadelphia, List of museums in Pennsylvania, List of museums in Philadelphia, List of National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania, List of National Historic Landmarks in Philadelphia, List of public art in Philadelphia, Logan Circle (Philadelphia), LOVE Park, Macy's, Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Marconi Plaza, Philadelphia, Marian Anderson House, Masaharu Morimoto, Masonic Temple (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Mütter Museum, McCarthy Stadium, McGillin's Olde Ale House, Mechanics National Bank, Memorial Hall (Philadelphia), Merchants' Exchange Building (Philadelphia), Merriam Theater, Mikveh Israel Cemetery, Morris Arboretum, Moshulu, Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, Mount Pleasant (mansion), Museum of the American Revolution, National Constitution Center, National Liberty Museum, National Museum of American Jewish History, National Register of Historic Places listings in Philadelphia, National Shrine of Saint John Neumann, New Market and Head House, Painted Bride Art Center, Palestra, Pat's King of Steaks, Penn's Landing, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Pennsylvania Dutch, Pennsylvania Hospital, Perelman Building, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia City Hall, Philadelphia Doll Museum, Philadelphia History Museum, Philadelphia Mills, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Naval Asylum, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia Register of Historic Places, Philadelphia University, Philadelphia Zoo, Philadelphia's Magic Gardens, Plays and Players Theatre, Please Touch Museum, Powel House, Prince Music Theater, Race Street Friends Meetinghouse, Reading Terminal, Reading Terminal Market, Rittenhouse Square, Rodin Museum, Rosenbach Museum and Library, Ryerss Mansion, Saint Clement's Church (Philadelphia), Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Science History Institute, Second Bank of the United States, Shofuso Japanese House and Garden, Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum, South Street (Philadelphia), SS United States, St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Philadelphia), St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Society Hill, Philadelphia, Stenton (mansion), Suburban Station, Suzanne Roberts Theatre, Sweetbriar, Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial, The Center for Art in Wood, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, The Horticulture Center (Philadelphia), Theatre of Living Arts, Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier, Tower Theater (Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania), Toynbee tiles, Trocadero Theatre, Tyler School of Art, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Upsala (mansion), USS Becuna (SS-319), USS New Jersey (BB-62), USS Olympia (C-6), Villanova Stadium, Wagner Free Institute of Science, Walnut Street (Philadelphia), Walnut Street Theatre, Wanamaker Organ, Wanamaker's, Washington Square (Philadelphia), Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia), William White (bishop of Pennsylvania), Wilma Theater (Philadelphia), Woodford (mansion), Woodmere Art Museum, Wyck House, Zagat, 2300 Arena, 30th Street Station. 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Academy of Music (Philadelphia)

The Academy of Music, also known as American Academy of Music, is a concert hall and opera house located at 240 S. Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, formerly the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, is the oldest natural science research institution and museum in the Americas.

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Academy of Vocal Arts

The Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) is a school dedicated to providing free higher education to aspiring opera singers.

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Adventure Aquarium

The Adventure Aquarium, formerly the New Jersey State Aquarium, is a for-profit educational entertainment attraction operated in Camden, New Jersey on the Delaware River Camden Waterfront by the Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation.

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African American Museum in Philadelphia

The African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) is notable as the first museum funded and built by a municipality to help preserve, interpret and exhibit the heritage of African Americans.

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American Philosophical Society

The American Philosophical Society (APS), founded in 1743 and located in Philadelphia, is an eminent scholarly organization of international reputation that promotes useful knowledge in the sciences and humanities through excellence in scholarly research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach.

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American Swedish Historical Museum

The American Swedish Historical Museum is the oldest Swedish-American museum in the United States.

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Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts is a theatre, dance and world music venue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Arch Street Friends Meeting House

The Arch Street Friends Meeting House, at 320 Arch Street at the corner of 4th Street in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a Meeting House of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

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Architecture of Philadelphia

The architecture of Philadelphia is a mix of historic and modern styles that reflect the city's history.

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Athenaeum of Philadelphia

The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, located at 219 S. 6th Street between St.

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Awbury Arboretum

Awbury Arboretum (55 acres) is a nonprofit arboretum and estate located at 1 Awbury Road in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Barnes Foundation

The Barnes Foundation is an art collection and educational institution promoting the appreciation of art and horticulture.

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Bartram's Garden

Bartram's Garden is a historic Philadelphia garden and arboretum.

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BB&T Pavilion

The BB&T Pavilion is an outdoor amphitheater/indoor theater complex in Camden, New Jersey, United States, located in the Camden Waterfront entertainment district on the Delaware River across from Philadelphia.

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Belmont Mansion (Philadelphia)

Belmont Mansion is a historic mansion located in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.

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Benjamin Franklin National Memorial

The Benjamin Franklin National Memorial, located in the rotunda of The Franklin Institute science museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., features a colossal statue of a seated Benjamin Franklin, American writer, inventor, and statesman.

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Beth Sholom Congregation (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania)

Beth Sholom Congregation is a Conservative synagogue located at 8231 Old York Road in the Philadelphia suburb of Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.

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Betsy Ross House

The Betsy Ross House is a landmark in Philadelphia purported to be the site where the seamstress and flag-maker Betsy Ross (1752-1836) lived when she sewed the first American Flag.

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Boathouse Row

Boathouse Row is a historic site located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the east bank of the Schuylkill River, just north of the Fairmount Water Works and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Campbell's Field

Campbell's Field is a 6,425-seat baseball park in Camden, New Jersey, United States that hosted its first regular season baseball game on May 11, 2001.

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Carpenters' Hall

Carpenters' Hall is a two-story brick building in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that was a key meeting place in the early history of the United States.

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Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (Philadelphia)

The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, head church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, is located at 18th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, on the east side of Logan Square in Philadelphia.

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Centennial Arboretum

Centennial Arboretum (27 acres) is an arboretum located at the Horticulture Center, Fairmount Park, at the southeast corner of Belmont and Montgomery Drives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Cheesesteak

A cheesesteak, also known as a Philadelphia cheesesteak, Philly cheesesteak, cheesesteak sandwich, cheese steak, or steak and cheese, is a sandwich made from thinly sliced pieces of beefsteak and melted cheese in a long hoagie roll.

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Chinatown, Philadelphia

Philadelphia Chinatown (Simplified Chinese: 费城华埠, Traditional Chinese: 費城華埠, Pinyin: Fèichéng Huábù) is a predominantly Asian American neighborhood in Center City, Philadelphia.

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Christ Church, Philadelphia

Christ Church is an Episcopal church in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia.

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Church of St. James the Less

The Church of St.

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Church of the Advocate

The George W. South Memorial Church of the Advocate, also known as the George W. South Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church, is a historic church at 18th and Diamond Street in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Citizens Bank Park

Citizens Bank Park is a baseball park located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania within the South Philadelphia Sports Complex.

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Civil War Museum of Philadelphia

The Civil War Museum of Philadelphia (formerly the Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia and previously the Civil War Library and Museum) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, claims to be the oldest chartered American Civil War institution in the United States.

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Clark Park

Clark Park is a municipal park in the Spruce Hill section of West Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Cliveden (Benjamin Chew House)

Cliveden, also known as the Benjamin Chew House, is a historic mansion at 6401 Germantown Avenue in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Concord School House (Philadelphia)

The Concord School House is a historic one-room schoolhouse in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Congregation Mikveh Israel

The Congregation Mikveh Israel, (קהל קדוש מקוה ישראל), "Holy Community of the Hope of Israel", is a synagogue founded in the 1740s in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Congress Hall

Congress Hall, located in Philadelphia at the intersection of Chestnut and 6th Streets, served as the seat of the United States Congress from December 6, 1790 to May 14, 1800.

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Curtis Institute of Music

The Curtis Institute of Music is a conservatory in Philadelphia that offers courses of study leading to a performance diploma, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in Opera, or Professional Studies Certificate in Opera.

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Daskalakis Athletic Center

Daskalakis Athletic Center (DAC) is a 300,000 square-foot athletic and recreational facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Dolley Todd House

The Dolley Todd House or Dolley Todd Madison House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is a house once owned by Dolley Madison.

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Drexel University

Drexel University is a private research university with its main campus located in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Eastern State Penitentiary

The Eastern State Penitentiary, also known as ESP, is a former American prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Ebenezer Maxwell House

The Ebenezer Maxwell House, operated today as the Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, is a historic house located in the West Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site

The Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site is a preserved home once rented by American author Edgar Allan Poe, located at 532 N. 7th Street, in the Spring Garden neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Electric Factory

The Electric Factory is a concert venue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, located at 421 N. 7th Street between Willow and Spring Garden Streets in a converted electric factory.

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Elfreth's Alley

Elfreth's Alley is a historic street in Philadelphia, dating to 1702.

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Fairmount Park

Fairmount Park is the largest municipal park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the historic name for a group of parks located throughout the city.

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Fairmount Water Works

The Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was Philadelphia's second municipal waterworks.

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Fashion District Philadelphia

Fashion District Philadelphia is a revitalization zone to be anchored by a renovated mall at the former site of The Gallery at Market East.

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First Bank of the United States

The President, Directors and Company, of the Bank of the United States, commonly known as the First Bank of the United States, was a national bank, chartered for a term of twenty years, by the United States Congress on February 25, 1791.

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Forrest Theatre

The Forrest Theatre is a live theatre venue at 1114 Walnut Street Center City area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Fort Mifflin

Fort Mifflin, originally called Fort Island Battery and also known as Mud Island Fort, was commissioned in 1771 and sits on Mud Island (or Deep Water Island) on the Delaware River below Philadelphia, Pennsylvania near Philadelphia International Airport.

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Franklin Court

Franklin Court is complex of museums, structures, and historic sites within Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Franklin Field

Franklin Field is the home of the Penn Relays, and is the University of Pennsylvania's stadium for football, track and field, lacrosse and formerly for soccer, field hockey and baseball.

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Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute is a science museum and the center of science education and research in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Franklin Square (Philadelphia)

Franklin Square is one of the five original open-space parks planned by William Penn when he laid out the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1682.

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Free Library of Philadelphia

The Free Library of Philadelphia is the public library system that serves Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Friends Hospital

Friends Hospital is a mental hospital located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Furness Library

The Furness Library, officially known as the Fisher Fine Arts Library, is located in Philadelphia on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, on the east side of College Green.

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Gazela

Gazela is a wooden tall ship, built in 1901, whose home port is Philadelphia.

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Geno's Steaks

Geno's Steaks is a Philadelphia restaurant specializing in cheesesteaks, founded in 1966 by Joey Vento.

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Germantown White House

The Germantown White House (formerly the Deshler–Morris House, Deshler House or Perot–Morris House) is a historic mansion in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Germantown, Philadelphia

Germantown is an area in Northwest Philadelphia.

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Glen Foerd on the Delaware

Glen Foerd on the Delaware is a historic mansion and estate located in the Torresdale neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, overlooking the Delaware River.

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Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church

Gloria Dei Church, known locally as Old Swedes, is a historic church located in the Southwark neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 929 South Water Street, bounded by Christian Street on the north, South Christopher Columbus Boulevard (formerly Delaware Street) on the east, and Washington Avenue on the south.

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Grumblethorpe

Grumblethorpe, in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the home of the Wister family, who lived there for over 160 years.

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Hagan Arena

The Michael J. Hagan Arena (previously known as the Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse) of Saint Joseph's University is SJU's home court for Men's and Women's basketball.

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Hayman Center

The Hayman Center, now known as the Trumark Financial Center since 2017, is the indoor athletic arena on La Salle University's campus.

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Head House Square

Head House Square, or Headhouse Square, is a historic district in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Hill–Physick–Keith House

The Hill–Physick–Keith House,, p.30, p.53 also known as the Hill–Keith–Physick House, the Hill–Physick House, or simply the Physick House, is a historic house museum located at 321 S. 4th Street in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Historic RittenhouseTown

Historic RittenhouseTown, sometimes referred to as Rittenhouse Historic District, encompasses the remains of an early industrial community which was the site of the first paper mill in British North America.

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Historic Strawberry Mansion

Historic Strawberry Mansion is a summer home originally named Summerville by Judge William Lewis who had it built sometime between 1783 and 1789.

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Historical Society of Frankford

The Historical Society of Frankford is a historical society and museum is a 501(c)3 corporation located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania is a historical society founded in 1824 and based in Philadelphia.

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Independence Hall

Independence Hall is the building where both the United States Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were debated and adopted.

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Independence National Historical Park

Independence National Historical Park is a United States National Park in Philadelphia that preserves several sites associated with the American Revolution and the nation's founding history.

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Independence Seaport Museum

The Independence Seaport Museum (formerly the Philadelphia Maritime Museum) was founded in 1961 and is located in the Penn's Landing complex along the Delaware River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Insectarium (Philadelphia)

The Insectarium is a museum about insects located in the Northeast part of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia

The Institute of Contemporary Art or ICA is a contemporary art museum in Philadelphia.

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Iron Chef

is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television.

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Irvine Auditorium

Irvine Auditorium is a performance venue at 3401 Spruce Street on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia.

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Italian Market, Philadelphia

The Italian Market is the popular name for the South 9th Street Curb Market, an area of South Philadelphia featuring many grocery shops, cafes, restaurants, bakeries, cheese shops, butcher shops, etc., many with an Italian influence.

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Jewelers' Row, Philadelphia

Jewelers' Row, located in the Center City section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is composed of more than 300 retailers, wholesalers, and craftsmen located on Sansom Street between Seventh and Eighth Streets, and on Eighth Street between Chestnut and Walnut Streets.

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John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum

The John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum is a 1000-acre (4.05 km2) National Wildlife Refuge spanning Philadelphia and Delaware counties in Pennsylvania.

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John Johnson House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

The John Johnson House (also known as the Johnson House) is a National Historic Landmark in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, significant for its role in the antislavery movement and the Underground Railroad.

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John Ruan House

The John Ruan House is a historic mansion in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Jose Garces

Jose Garces is an Ecuadorian American chef, restaurant owner, and Iron Chef.

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Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts is a large performing arts venue located at 300 South Broad Street at the corner of Spruce Street, along the stretch known as the "Avenue of the Arts", in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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La Salle University Art Museum

The La Salle University Art Museum is located in the basement of Olney Hall at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Laurel Hill Cemetery

Laurel Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Philadelphia.

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Lemon Hill

Lemon Hill is a Federal-style mansion in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, built around 1800 on land owned by Henry Pratt.

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Liacouras Center

The Liacouras Center is a 10,200-seat multi-purpose venue which opened in 1997 and was originally named "The Apollo of Temple".

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Liberty Bell

The Liberty Bell is an iconic symbol of American independence, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Liberty Place

Liberty Place is a skyscraper complex in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Library Company of Philadelphia

The Library Company of Philadelphia (LCP) is a non-profit organization based in Philadelphia.

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Lincoln Financial Field

Lincoln Financial Field is the home stadium of the National Football League champion Philadelphia Eagles and the Temple Owls football team of Temple University.

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List of church buildings in Philadelphia

The churches of Philadelphia are numerous and diverse.

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List of museums in Pennsylvania

This list of museums in Pennsylvania encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.

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List of museums in Philadelphia

This list of museums in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.

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List of National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania

This article provides a List of National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania.

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List of National Historic Landmarks in Philadelphia

There are 67 National Historic Landmarks within Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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List of public art in Philadelphia

This is a list of public artworks in Philadelphia.

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Logan Circle (Philadelphia)

Logan Circle, also known as Logan Square, is an open-space park in Center City Philadelphia's northwest quadrant and one of the five original planned squares laid out on the city grid.

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LOVE Park

Love Park, officially known as John F. Kennedy Plaza, is a plaza located in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Macy's

Macy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co.) (stylized macy*s) is an American department store chain founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy.

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Mann Center for the Performing Arts

The Mann Center for the Performing Arts (formerly known as the Mann Music Center) is a nonprofit performing arts center located in the Centennial District of Philadelphia's West Fairmount Park, built in 1976 as the summer home for the Philadelphia Orchestra.

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Marconi Plaza, Philadelphia

Marconi Plaza is an urban park square located in South Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Marian Anderson House

Marian Anderson House is a historic home located in the Southwest Center City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Masaharu Morimoto

is a Japanese chef, best known as an Iron Chef on the Japanese TV cooking show Iron Chef and its spinoff Iron Chef America.

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Masonic Temple (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

The Masonic Temple is a historic Masonic building in Philadelphia.

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Mütter Museum

The Mütter Museum is a medical museum located in the Center City area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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McCarthy Stadium

McCarthy Stadium, The Mac, is a 7,500-seat multi-purpose stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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McGillin's Olde Ale House

Opened in 1860, McGillin's Olde Ale House is the oldest continuously operated tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Mechanics National Bank

The Mechanics National Bank was a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, bank founded by and geared toward mechanics.

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Memorial Hall (Philadelphia)

Memorial Hall is a Beaux-Arts style building in the Centennial District of West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Merchants' Exchange Building (Philadelphia)

The Merchants' Exchange Building is a historic building located on the triangular site bounded by Dock Street, Third Street, and Walnut Street in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Merriam Theater

The Merriam Theater, formerly the Sam S. Shubert Theatre, is Philadelphia’s most continuous location for touring Broadway show theatre.

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Mikveh Israel Cemetery

Mikveh Israel Cemetery is the oldest Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (the oldest in the United States is the first cemetery of Congregation Shearith Israel in New York).

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Morris Arboretum

The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania (37 ha / 92 acres) is the official arboretum of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Moshulu

Moshulu (ex Kurt) is a four-masted steel barque built by William Hamilton and Company on the River Clyde in Scotland in 1904.

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Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church

The Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic church and congregation at 419 South 6th Street in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Mount Pleasant (mansion)

Mount Pleasant is a historic mansion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, atop cliffs overlooking the Schuylkill River.

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Museum of the American Revolution

The Museum of the American Revolution (formerly The American Revolution Center) is a Philadelphia museum dedicated to telling the story of the American Revolution.

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National Constitution Center

The National Constitution Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan institution devoted to the United States Constitution.

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National Liberty Museum

The National Liberty Museum is located at 321 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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National Museum of American Jewish History

The National Museum of American Jewish History (NMAJH) is a Smithsonian-affiliated museum at 101 South Independence Mall East (S. 5th Street) at Market Street in Center City Philadelphia.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Philadelphia

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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National Shrine of Saint John Neumann

The National Shrine of St.

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New Market and Head House

New Market, as it was originally known, and later also known as Head House (or Headhouse) Market and Second Street Market, is a historic street market on South 2nd Street between Pine and Lombard Streets in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Painted Bride Art Center

The Painted Bride Art Center, sometimes referred to informally as The Bride, is a non-profit artist-centered performance space and gallery particularly oriented to presenting the work of local Philadelphia artists, which presents dance, jazz, world, folk and electronic music, visual arts, theatre and performance art, poetry and spoken word performances.

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Palestra

The Palestra, often called the Cathedral of College Basketball, is a historic arena and the home gym of the University of Pennsylvania Quakers men's and women's basketball teams, volleyball teams, wrestling team, and Philadelphia Big 5 basketball.

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Pat's King of Steaks

Pat's King of Steaks (also known as Pat's Steaks) is a Philadelphia restaurant specializing in cheesesteaks, and located at the intersection of South 9th Street, Wharton Street and East Passyunk Avenue in South Philadelphia, directly across the street from rival Geno's Steaks.

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Penn's Landing

Penn's Landing is a waterfront area of Center City Philadelphia along the Delaware River.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is a museum and art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Pennsylvania Dutch

The Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch) are a cultural group formed by early German-speaking immigrants to Pennsylvania and their descendants.

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Pennsylvania Hospital

Pennsylvania Hospital is a private, non-profit, 515-bed teaching hospital located in Center City Philadelphia and affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania Health System.

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Perelman Building

The Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building—originally the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company Building—is an annex of the Philadelphia Museum of Art containing exhibition galleries, offices, conservation labs, and the museum library.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Philadelphia Art Alliance

The Philadelphia Art Alliance is a multidisciplinary arts center located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood.

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Philadelphia City Hall

Philadelphia City Hall is the seat of government for the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Philadelphia Doll Museum

The Philadelphia Doll Museum is located in Philadelphia at 2253 North Broad Street along the Avenue of the Arts.

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Philadelphia History Museum

The Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent at 15 South 7th Street between Market and Ranstead Streets in Center City, Philadelphia was founded in 1938 to be Philadelphia's city history museum.

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Philadelphia Mills

Philadelphia Mills (formerly and still referred to as Franklin Mills) is an enclosed shopping mall located in Northeast Philadelphia, bordering Bensalem in Bucks County and outside Center City.

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Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.

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Philadelphia Naval Asylum

The Philadelphia Naval Asylum is a complex of buildings at Gray's Ferry Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Philadelphia Naval Shipyard

The Navy Yard, formerly known as the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and Philadelphia Naval Business Center, was an important naval shipyard of the United States for almost two centuries.

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Philadelphia Register of Historic Places

The Philadelphia Register of Historic Places (PRHP) is a register of historic places by the Philadelphia Historical Commission.

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Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University (PhilaU), founded in 1884, is a private university in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Philadelphia Zoo

The Philadelphia Zoo, located in the Centennial District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the west bank of the Schuylkill River, was the first true zoo in the United States.

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Philadelphia's Magic Gardens

Philadelphia's Magic Gardens is a non-profit organization, folk art environment, and gallery space on South Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Plays and Players Theatre

Plays and Players Theatre, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is one of the oldest professional theater companies in the United States, founded in 1911.

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Please Touch Museum

The Please Touch Museum is a children's museum located in the Centennial District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Powel House

The Powel House is a historic house museum located at 244 South 3rd Street, between Willings Alley and Spruce Street, in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Prince Music Theater

The Prince Theater is a non-profit theatrical producing organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and specializing in music theatre, including opera, music drama, musical comedy and experimental forms.

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Race Street Friends Meetinghouse

The Race Street Meetinghouse is an historic and still active Quaker meetinghouse at 1515 Cherry Street at the corner of N. 15th Street in the Center City area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Reading Terminal

The Reading Terminal is a complex of buildings that includes the former Reading Company main station located in the Market East section of Center City in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Reading Terminal Market

Reading Terminal Market is an enclosed public market located at 12th and Arch Streets in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Rittenhouse Square

Rittenhouse Square is the name of both a public park and the surrounding neighborhood that is referred to also as Rittenhouse or Rittenhouse Row in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Rodin Museum

The Rodin Museum is an art museum located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that contains the largest collection of sculptor Auguste Rodin's works outside Paris.

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Rosenbach Museum and Library

The Rosenbach is located within two 19th-century townhouses at 2008 and 2010 Delancey Place in Philadelphia.

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Ryerss Mansion

Ryerss Mansion, also known as Burholme Mansion, is a historic mansion in the Fox Chase neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Saint Clement's Church (Philadelphia)

Saint Clement's Church is a historic Anglo-Catholic parish in Philadelphia.

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Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial

Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, also known as Church of the Evangelists and St.

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Science History Institute

The Science History Institute is an institution that preserves and promotes understanding of the history of science.

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Second Bank of the United States

The Second Bank of the United States, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the second federally authorized Hamiltonian national bank in the United States during its 20-year charter from February 1816 to January 1836.

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Shofuso Japanese House and Garden

Shofuso (Pine Breeze Villa), (松風荘) also known as Japanese House and Garden, is a traditional 17th century-style Japanese house and garden located in Philadelphia's West Fairmount Park on the site of the Centennial Exposition of 1876.

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Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum

The Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum is an automotive museum located at 6825 Norwitch Drive in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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South Street (Philadelphia)

South Street is a street in Philadelphia, which was originally named "Cedar Street" in William Penn's original street grid, it is an east-west street forming the southern border of Center City and the northern border for South Philadelphia.

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SS United States

The SS United States is a retired luxury passenger liner built in 1950–51 for United States Lines at a cost of US$79.4 million ($ in). The ship is the largest ocean liner constructed entirely in the United States and the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic in either direction, retaining the Blue Riband for the highest average speed since her maiden voyage in 1952.

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St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Philadelphia)

Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, at 1625 Locust Street in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an Episcopal church in the Anglo-Catholic tradition.

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St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Society Hill, Philadelphia

St.

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Stenton (mansion)

Stenton, also known as the James Logan Home, was the country home of James Logan, colonial Mayor of Philadelphia and Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

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Suburban Station

Suburban Station is an art deco office building and underground commuter rail station in Penn Center, Philadelphia.

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Suzanne Roberts Theatre

The Suzanne Roberts Theatre is a theatre on Philadelphia's Avenue of the Arts.

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Sweetbriar

Sweetbriar is a Neoclassical mansion in the Federal style built in 1797 in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.

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Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial

Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial, at 301 Pine Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, preserves the home of Tadeusz (Thaddeus) Kościuszko.

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The Center for Art in Wood

The Center for Art in Wood is an American educational wood art institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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The Fabric Workshop and Museum

The Fabric Workshop and Museum, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, is a non-profit arts organization devoted to creating new work in new materials and new media in collaboration with emerging, nationally, and internationally recognized artists.

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The Horticulture Center (Philadelphia)

The Horticultural Center in Philadelphia contains an arboretum, greenhouse, demonstration gardens, and a Japanese house and garden.

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Theatre of Living Arts

The Theatre of Living Arts (known commonly as the TLA) is a concert venue located on South Street in Philadelphia, PA.

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Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier

The Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier, sometimes referred to as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the American Revolution, is a war memorial located within Washington Square in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Tower Theater (Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania)

The Tower Theater is a theater located in the Terminal Square section of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania at the intersection of 69th and Ludlow Streets.

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Toynbee tiles

The Toynbee tiles (also called Toynbee plaques) are messages of unknown origin found embedded in asphalt of streets in about two dozen major cities in the United States and four South American cities.

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Trocadero Theatre

The Trocadero Theatre (opened as the Arch Street Opera House) is a historic theater located in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Tyler School of Art

The Stella Elkins Tyler School of Art, also known as Tyler School of Art, is an art school at Temple University.

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University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university located in University City section of West Philadelphia.

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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology—commonly called the Penn Museum—is an archaeology and anthropology museum that is part of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Upsala (mansion)

Upsala is a historic mansion in Mount Airy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that was the site of an American concentration of forces during the Battle of Germantown, used as a staging ground for the attack on British forces at Cliveden across the street.

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USS Becuna (SS-319)

USS Becuna (SS/AGSS-319), a, is a former ship of the United States Navy named for the becuna, a pike-like fish of Europe.

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USS New Jersey (BB-62)

USS New Jersey (BB-62) ("Big J" or "Black Dragon") is an, and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the US state of New Jersey.

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USS Olympia (C-6)

USS Olympia (C-6/CA-15/CL-15/IX-40) is a protected cruiser that saw service in the United States Navy from her commissioning in 1895 until 1922.

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Villanova Stadium

Villanova Stadium is a 12,500 seat stadium located on the campus of Villanova University in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Wagner Free Institute of Science

The Wagner Free Institute of Science is a natural history museum at 1700 West Montgomery Avenue in northern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Walnut Street (Philadelphia)

Walnut Street is located in downtown Philadelphia and extends from the city's Delaware River waterfront through Center City and West Philadelphia.

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Walnut Street Theatre

The Walnut Street Theatre, at 825 Walnut Street on the corner of S. 9th Street in the Washington Square West neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is said to be the oldest continuously operating theatre in the English-speaking world and the oldest in the United States.

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Wanamaker Organ

The Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, in Philadelphia, is the largest fully functioning pipe organ in the world.

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Wanamaker's

John Wanamaker Department Store was the first department store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and one of the first department stores in the United States.

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Washington Square (Philadelphia)

Washington Square, originally designated in 1682 as Southeast Square, is a open-space park in Center City Philadelphia's southeast quadrant and one of the five original planned squares laid out on the city grid by William Penn's surveyor, Thomas Holme.

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Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)

The Wells Fargo Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Philadelphia.

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William White (bishop of Pennsylvania)

William White (April 4, 1748 N.S. – July 17, 1836) was the first and fourth Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States (1789; 1795–1836), the first bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania (1787–1836), and the second United States Senate Chaplain (appointed December 9, 1790).

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Wilma Theater (Philadelphia)

The Wilma Theater is a non-profit theater company located at 265 S. Broad Street at the corner of Spruce Street in the Avenue of the Arts area of Center City, Philadelphia.

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Woodford (mansion)

Woodford is a historic mansion at Ford Road and Greenland Drive in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Woodmere Art Museum

Woodmere Art Museum, located in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has a collection of paintings, prints, sculpture and photographs focusing on artists from the Delaware Valley and includes works by Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Severo Antonelli, Jasper Francis Cropsey (The Spirit of Peace), Daniel Garber, Edward Moran, Violet Oakley, Herbert Pullinger, Edward Willis Redfield, Nelson Shanks, Jessie Willcox Smith, Benjamin West (The Fatal Wounding of Sir Philip Sidney), Philip Jamison and N. C. Wyeth (Anthony and Mr. Bonnyfeather).

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Wyck House

The Wyck House, also called the Haines House and the Hans Millan House, is a historic mansion, museum, garden, and home farm at 6026 Germantown Avenue in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Zagat

The Zagat Survey or was established by Tim and Nina Zagat in 1979 as a way to collect and correlate the ratings of restaurants by diners; for their first guide, covering New York City, the Zagats surveyed their friends.

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2300 Arena

2300 Arena (previously named Viking Hall, New Alhambra Arena, and The Arena) is a multipurpose indoor arena used primarily for professional wrestling, boxing, mixed martial arts, and concert events.

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30th Street Station

30th Street Station is the main railroad station of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and one of the seven stations in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority's (SEPTA) Center City fare zone.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sites_of_interest_in_Philadelphia

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