Bella Vista
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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. It was founded in 1930 by the Olivieri brothers, who are credited with the creation of the Philly Cheesesteak.

Located at 39.9332, -75.1592 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Geno's Steaks

Geno's Steaks is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania restaurant specializing in cheesesteaks, founded in 1966 by Joey Vento (1939–2011). Geno's is located in South Philadelphia at the intersection of 9th Street and Passyunk Avenue, directly across the street from rival Pat's King of Steaks, which claims to have invented the steak sandwich in 1933. The cheesesteak has since become a signature dish for the city of Philadelphia.

Located at 39.9337, -75.1589 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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The TLA

The TLA, also known as Theatre of the Living Arts, The Fillmore at the Theatre of Living Arts or Theater of Living Arts, is a music venue located at 334 South Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a venue converted from an old single-screen movie theater. It has a capacity of 1000 and is used for smaller concerts.

Located at 39.9411, -75.1486 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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South Street (Philadelphia)

South Street is an east-west street forming the southern border of the Center City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the northern border for the neighborhoods of South Philadelphia. The stretch of South Street between Front Street and Seventh Street is known for its "bohemian" atmosphere and its diverse and urban mix of shops, bars, and eateries. It is one of Philadelphia's largest tourist attractions.

Located at 39.9418, -75.1507 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Queen Village, Philadelphia

Queen Village is a residential neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that lies along the eastern edge of the city, immediately south of Center City. It shares boundaries with Society Hill to the north, Bella Vista to the west and Pennsport to the south. Historically, the area is part of old Southwark, Philadelphia's first suburb which was incorporated into the city in 1856 and remains the city's oldest residential neighborhood.

Located at 39.9385, -75.15 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Bella Vista, Philadelphia

Bella Vista, Italian for "beautiful sight", is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is bounded by 6th Street, 11th Street, South Street, and Washington Avenue. Annual festivals in the neighborhood include the Italian Market Festival and Bella Vista Festa. Arts and cultural events in Bella Vista are centered around public concerts, coffeehouses, Mew Gallery, and the Fleisher Art Memorial.

Located at 39.9393, -75.1529 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Italian-American culture in Pennsylvania, Little Italys in the United States

Wooden Shoe Books

Wooden Shoe Books & Records is an infoshop run on the principles of consensus decision-making by an all-volunteer anarchist collective in Philadelphia. It has existed for 36 years. The current storefront is located at 704 South Street.

Located at 39.9422, -75.1541 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Moyamensing, Philadelphia

Moyamensing was originally a township on the fast land of the Neck, lying between Passyunk and Wicaco. It was incorporated into the Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania and is today primarily a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Located at 39.9338, -75.1483 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Hawthorne, Philadelphia

Hawthorne is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located between Broad Street and 11th Street, and extends from South Street to Washington Avenue.

Located at 39.939, -75.164 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Populated places in Pennsylvania with African American majority populations

Pennsport, Philadelphia

Pennsport is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Pennsport is home to a large working Irish American population and many Mummer clubs. It was also the site of a controversial push for casinos along the Philadelphia waterfront. Foxwoods Casino was proposed for Christopher Columbus Boulevard at Reed Street.

Located at 39.9275, -75.1506 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Irish-American neighborhoods

Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts

The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts is a magnet school in South Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia. Students major in one of six areas: Creative Writing, Instrumental Music, Visual Arts, Theater, Dance, and Vocal Music. The school, commonly referred to as CAPA, is currently located on South Broad Street, in the old Ridgeway Library.

Located at 39.9395, -75.1658 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Lombard–South (SEPTA station)

Lombard–South is a subway station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line, located at 500 South Broad Street, at the intersection of Broad Street and Lombard Street in the South Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It serves only Broad Street Line local service trains and consists of one platform. Lombard-South station is located within short walking distance of the Philadelphia's South Street neighborhood (approximately 4-5 blocks east).

Located at 39.9447, -75.1653 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Ellsworth–Federal (SEPTA station)

Ellsworth–Federal is a subway station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station opened on September 18, 1938, and is located at the eastern edge of the Italian Market on Broad Street, between Ellsworth and Federal Streets. It is served by Broad Street Line local trains only, with one platform.

Located at 39.9358, -75.1672 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti Catholic High School

Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school located at 1736 South Tenth Street in the South Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

Located at 39.9272, -75.1625 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Palumbos

Palumbo’s was an entertainment complex in Italian Market section of South Philadelphia, Palumbo’s included a banquet hall and Nostalgia’s Restaurant. The club was owned by local celebrity/businessman/humanitarian Frank Palumbo. Amid unsubstantiated rumors of mafia connections, Palumbo expanded a boardinghouse started by his grandfather, Antonio Palumbo into the entertainment complex.

Located at 39.9395, -75.158 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Tasker–Morris (SEPTA station)

Tasker-Morris is a rapid transit passenger rail station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line. It is located at 1600 South Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and serves only local trains. The station is named for the nearby Tasker Street to the north and Morris Street to the south. In between the two streets is a customer service office for the Philadelphia Gas Works. The song "Tasker-Morris Station" by The Menzingers is about the station.

Located at 39.9303, -75.1682 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Lombard Street Riot

The Lombard Street Riot, sometimes called the Abolition Riots was a three-day race riot in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1842. The riot was the last in a 13-year period marked by frequent racial attacks in the city. It started on Lombard Street, between Fifth and Eighth streets.

Located at 39.943, -75.152 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Pennsylvania Hall (Philadelphia)

Pennsylvania Hall was a 19th century abolitionist meeting place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed by architect Thomas Somerville Stewart. In the years prior to the building of the Hall, the city's African American population had grown substantially as freed and fugitive slaves began to unite with the city's substantial Quaker population in the struggle to end slavery.

Located at 39.943, -75.152 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Passyunk Square, Philadelphia

Passyunk Square is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia bounded by Broad Street to the west, 6th Street to the east, Tasker Street to the south and Washington Avenue to the north. Passyunk Square is bordered by the Bella Vista, Hawthorne, Central South Philadelphia, Wharton and Point Breeze neighborhoods. The park bounded by 12th, 13th, Wharton and Reed Streets in this neighborhood now known as Columbus Square was formerly known as "Passyunk Square".

Located at 39.933, -75.1652 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Wharton, Philadelphia

Wharton is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia. Its boundaries are difficult to ascertain; the City of Philadelphia states it is along Wharton Street, west of Pennsport, and east of Point Breeze. According to this description, the neighborhood runs from about 4th Street to Broad, with no clear north to south boundaries. By other descriptions, the neighborhood runs from 8th to 13th Streets (east to west) and Wolf to Tasker Streets (south to north).

Located at 39.9323, -75.1657 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Moyamensing Prison

Moyamensing Prison was a prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed by Thomas U. Walter and completed in 1835.

Located at 39.9317, -75.1628 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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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. To date, it is the largest work created by mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar. The Magic Gardens spans three city lots, and includes indoor galleries and a large outdoor labyrinth. The mosaics are made up of everything from kitchen tiles to bike wheels, Latin-American art to china plates. The space is open for public view.

Located at 39.9428, -75.1593 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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List of public art in Philadelphia

This is a list of public artworks in Philadelphia. The Association for Public Art estimates the city has thousands of public artworks; the Smithsonian lists more than 700. Since 1959 nearly 400 works of public art have been created as part of the city's Percent for Art program, the first such program in the U.S. This list contains only works of public art in outdoor public spaces, and not, for example, works inside museums. Most of the works mentioned are sculptures. Other kinds of art, i.e.

Located at 39.9461, -75.1523 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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St. Peter's School, Philadelphia

St. Peter's School is an coeducational, independent day school, serving students in Preschool through Eighth Grade. Founded in 1834 it is located in the Society Hill neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for children ages 3–14. For the 2012-13 academic year, St. Peter’s School enrolled 208 students in grades Preschool through Eighth and had 48 faculty members for a student-teacher ratio of 5:1. On July 1, 2012, Mr. Shawn Kelly became the new headmaster at St. Peter’s School.

Located at 39.9427, -75.1482 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Presbyterian Historical Society

The Presbyterian Historical Society is the oldest continuous denominational historical society in the United States. Its mission is to collect, preserve and share the history of the American Presbyterian and Reformed tradition with the church and broader community. It is a department of the Office of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

Located at 39.943, -75.1501 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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