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Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University (PU), founded in 1884, is a private university located in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The university's student body of approximately 3,500 students hail from all 50 states and over 50 countries.

Located at 40.023, -75.192 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Universities and colleges in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Educational institutions established in 1884, Council of Independent Colleges, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities members, Architecture schools in Pennsylvania, Landscape architecture schools, Educational institutions established in 1999, Philadelphia University

Wissahickon Creek

Wissahickon Creek is a stream in southeastern Pennsylvania. Rising in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, it runs about 23 miles (37 km) passing through and dividing Northwest Philadelphia before emptying into the Schuylkill River at Philadelphia. Its watershed covers about 64 square miles . Much of the creek now runs through or next to parkland, with the last few miles running through a deep gorge.

Located at 40.0235, -75.2007 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Geography of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, National Natural Landmarks in Pennsylvania, Rivers of Pennsylvania, Schuylkill River

Elisha Kane

Elisha Kent Kane (February 28, 1820 – February 16, 1857) was an American explorer, and a medical officer in the United States Navy during the first half of the 19th century. He was a member of two Arctic expeditions to rescue the explorer Sir John Franklin. He was present at the discovery of Franklin's first winter camp, but he did not find out what had happened to the fatal expedition.

Located at 40.0039, -75.1875 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1820 births, 1857 deaths, American physicians, Explorers of Canada, Explorers of the Arctic, People from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Navy officers, United States Navy personnel of the Mexican–American War

East Falls, Philadelphia

East Falls is a neighborhood in the Northwest section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. East Falls is located adjacent to Roxborough, Manayunk, and Germantown, and Fairmount Park. The neighborhood runs along a stretch of Ridge Avenue that is only a few miles long, along the banks of the Schuylkill River then extends northeast to Wissahickon Avenue.

Located at 40.0157, -75.1925 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

East Falls (SEPTA station)

East Falls is a station located along the Manayunk/Norristown Line. It is located at Midvale Avenue & Cresson Street and includes a 51 space parking lot.

Located at 40.0114, -75.192 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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SEPTA Regional Rail stations, Stations along Reading Company lines

William Penn Charter School

William Penn Charter School (commonly known as Penn Charter or simply PC) is an independent school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 1689 by William Penn. It is the oldest Quaker school in the world, the oldest elementary school in Pennsylvania, and the fifth oldest elementary school in the United States following The Collegiate School (1628), Boston Latin School (1635), Hartford Public High School (1638), and Roxbury Latin (1645).

Located at 40.0222, -75.1864 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1689 establishments, Quaker schools in Pennsylvania, Public elementary schools in Pennsylvania, Charter schools in Pennsylvania, Public middle schools in Pennsylvania, High schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Public high schools in Pennsylvania

Johannes Kelpius

Johannes Kelpius (1667–1708), a German Pietist, mystic, musician, and writer, interested in the occult, botany, and astronomy, came to believe with his followers in the "Society of the Woman in the Wilderness" that the end of the world would occur in 1694. This belief, based on an elaborate interpretation of a passage from the biblical Book of Revelation, anticipated the advent of a heavenly kingdom somewhere in the wilderness during that year.

Located at 40.0235, -75.2007 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1667 births, 1708 deaths, People from Sighişoara, German religious leaders, German emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies, Radical Pietism, German astrologers, History of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Musicians from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American religious leaders, Transylvanian-Saxon people, Christian mystics

Wissahickon, Philadelphia

Wissahickon is the informal name given to the area of Roxborough close to the Wissahickon Creek section of Fairmount Park in northwest Philadelphia. The boundaries are Ridge Ave. to the West The Schuykill River to the South, East Falls to the east and Germantown to the North at Wissahickon Ave. Many larger Georgian Revival homes sit in the area. Neighborhoods like Blue Bell Hill (Park Line Dr. between Johnson and Hortter Streets. ) Most of the land in this area in on a summit.

Located at 40.018, -75.19 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Chain Bridge at Falls of Schuylkill

Chain Bridge at Falls of Schuylkill was an 1808 iron-chain suspension bridge built across the Schuylkill River, north of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Designed by inventor James Finley, it became the model for his later chain suspension bridges. It collapsed in 1816 under a heavy load of snow.

Located at 40.0064, -75.1927 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Schuylkill River, Bridges completed in 1808, Suspension bridges in the United States, Bridges in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Demolished bridges in the United States, Road bridges in Pennsylvania, Demolished buildings and structures in Pennsylvania

Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Bridge at West Falls

The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Bridge at West Falls is a stone and iron plate girder bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that carries two CSX Trenton Subdivision tracks over Kelly Drive, Schuylkill River, and Martin Luther King Drive (formerly West River Drive). It was built in 1890 by the Reading Railroad, and forms a "Y" junction with the adjacent Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Schuylkill River Viaduct (1854).

Located at 40.0064, -75.1925 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Bridges completed in 1890, Bridges in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, CSX Transportation bridges and tunnels, Railroad bridges in Pennsylvania, Reading Company, Schuylkill River, Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania

Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania

The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (founded in 1850), also known as MCP, was the first medical institution in the world established to train women in medicine and offer them the M.D. Originally called The Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, the college changed its name to Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1867. The associated Woman’s Hospital of Philadelphia was founded in 1861.

Located at 40.0119, -75.1842 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Hospitals established in 1850, Teaching hospitals in the United States, Hospitals in Pennsylvania, Former women's universities and colleges in the United States, Universities and colleges in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1850 establishments in the United States

Paul J. Gutman Library

The Paul J. Gutman Library is the main library of Philadelphia University, which is located in the East Falls section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Gutman Library opened in 1992 to replace the university's Pastore Library (now the Architecture & Design School). The architectural firm of Shepley Bulfinch was responsible for the building's design. In 1993, the library won the Louis I.

Located at 40.0222, -75.1911 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Library buildings completed in 1992, Libraries in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Buildings and structures in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania