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Pennsylvania - United States

Kingsessing, Philadelphia

Kingsessing is a neighborhood in the Southwest section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, located adjacent to the neighborhoods of Cedar Park, Southwest Schuykill, and Mount Moriah, as well as Yeadon in Delaware County. It is roughly bounded by Cobbs Creek and 60th Street to the southwest, Woodland Avenue to the southeast, 53rd Street to the northeast, and Baltimore Avenue to the northwest.

Located at 39.9392, -75.2216 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Municipalities in Philadelphia County prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854, Populated places established in 1646, 1646 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies

Cedar Park, Philadelphia

Cedar Park is a neighborhood of the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located in the western portion of the larger University City neighborhood, it stretches north to Larchwood Ave. , south to Kingsessing Ave. , east to 46th Street, and west to 52nd Street. Originally outlying farmland, Cedar Park was built between 1850 and 1910 as a streetcar suburb of Center City.

Located at 39.9473, -75.2163 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Streetcar suburbs

Philadelphia Arena

The Philadelphia Arena was an arena used mainly for sporting events located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building, originally named the Philadelphia Ice Palace and Auditorium, was located at 4530 Market Street, next to what would become the WFIL TV Studio which broadcast American Bandstand. It was built by George F. Pawling, of George F. Pawling & Co. , Engineers and Contractors, and opened on Saturday, February 14, 1920.

Located at 39.958, -75.2117 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Defunct sports venues in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Former ice hockey venues, Defunct National Hockey League venues, Basketball venues in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 76ers arenas, Philadelphia Sphas, Philadelphia Warriors arenas, Philadelphia Quakers (NHL), Defunct National Basketball Association venues, Demolished sports venues in the United States, Buildings and structures in the United States destroyed by arson

The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College

The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College was founded in 1974 as America's first private college to offer career training in fine dining and the luxury hospitality industry. The college offers four majors: Culinary Arts, Restaurant Management, Pastry Arts and Hotel Management. The majors are offered at the Associate and Bachelors degree levels.

Located at 39.955, -75.2076 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Universities and colleges in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Educational institutions established in 1974

Cobbs Creek, Philadelphia

Cobbs Creek is a predominantly African American neighborhood located in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States . Cobbs Creek is generally bound by Market Street to the north, Baltimore Avenue to the south, 52nd Street to the east, and Cobbs Creek Parkway to the west.

Located at 39.9529, -75.2359 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Populated places in Pennsylvania with African American majority populations, Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania, Colonial Revival architecture, Historic districts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

49th Street (SEPTA station)

49th Street is a railway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the SEPTA Media/Elwyn Line. Located at 1104 S. 49th Street, on the southwest corner with Chester Avenue, the station is a sheltered shed that sits on one platform; the other platform has a ramp to the Chester Avenue bridge. The station is handicapped-accessible. Chester Avenue carries the SEPTA Route 13 trolley, which is part of the Subway-Surface Trolley system.

Located at 39.9436, -75.2165 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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SEPTA Regional Rail stations, Stations along Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad lines, Railway stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

WPEB

WPEB is a variety formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Due to WPEB's low wattage, the station only serves West Philadelphia and the University City Neighborhood. WPEB is owned and operated by Scribe Video Center, Inc.

Located at 39.9492, -75.2192 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Radio stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Satterlee Hospital

Satterlee U.S.A. General Hospital, which existed from 1862 to 1865 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was one of the largest Union Army hospitals of the Civil War. Founded in 1862 by order of Surgeon-General William Alexander Hammond, the hospital was built in the sparsely developed West Philadelphia neighborhood near the intersection of 42nd Street and Baltimore Avenue. Its 15-acre grounds ran north to 45th and Pine Streets.

Located at 39.9491, -75.211 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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1862 establishments, Pennsylvania in the American Civil War, History of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Hospitals in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American Civil War hospitals, Former United States Army medical facilities, Former United States Army facilities

Spruce Hill, Philadelphia

Spruce Hill is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is between 40th and 46th streets, and it stretches from Market Street south to Woodland Avenue. It has a population of over 16,000. It was built as a streetcar suburb for Center City between 1850 and 1910. It is a racially and ethnically diverse part of the city, where much historic architecture is preserved. Spruce Hill is part of the University City district of Philadelphia.

Located at 39.954, -75.21 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Streetcar suburbs

Mill Creek, Philadelphia

Mill Creek is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It sits between 44th and 52nd Streets north of Market Street and south of Girard Avenue. It is named for the eponymous creek which was buried in a pipe in the 19th century. In 1961, the sewer collapsed, taking homes with it. The neighborhood was formerly home to Mill Creek Apartments, a public housing project designed by Louis Kahn in the early 1950s.

Located at 39.966, -75.216 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dunlap, Philadelphia

The neighborhood of Dunlap is situated in present day West Philadelphia. The neighborhood lies in the vicinity of Haverford Avenue and Market Street and stretches from 46th to 52nd streets. (Philadelphia Almanac and Citizen's Manual). Dunlap is squeezed in between the neighborhoods of Mill Creek (West Philadelphia) and Haddington and situated just north of Walnut Hill (]. The neighborhood is named after the former historic Thomas Dunlap School that was restored into senior homes in 1991.

Located at 39.961, -75.222 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Walnut Hill, Philadelphia

Walnut Hill is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located between 45th Street and 52nd Street, bounded by Market Street and Spruce Street. Most of the neighborhood is in the northwestern part of the University City District. It is northeast of Cedar Park and northwest of Spruce Hill.

Located at 39.9565, -75.2194 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Populated places in Pennsylvania with African American majority populations

Clark Park

Clark Park is a municipal park in the Spruce Hill section of West Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its 9.1 acres are bordered by 43rd and 45th streets, and by Baltimore and Woodland Avenues. The park was established in 1895 on land donated to the city by banker and West Philadelphia developer Clarence Howard Clark, and was known in its early decades as "Clarence H. Clark Park". Today, the park has a basketball court, playground, an open field, and many paths.

Located at 39.9475, -75.21 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Municipal parks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

56th Street (SEPTA station)

56th Street Station is an elevated stop on the Market-Frankford Line, above the intersection of 56th Street and Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Haddington neighborhood lies to the north, and the Cobbs Creek neighborhood to the south. SEPTA bus route at 56th Street is route G. 56th Street Station was built in 1907 by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company and reconstructed in 2005 as part of SEPTA's reconstruction of the Market Street Elevated line.

Located at 39.9608, -75.233 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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SEPTA Market-Frankford Line stations, Railway stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Railway stations opened in 1907

52nd Street (SEPTA station)

52nd Street Station is an elevated stop on the Market-Frankford Line, above the intersection of 52nd Street and Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station lies at the junction of four neighborhoods. Haddington is to the northwest, Dunlap to the northeast, Walnut Hill lies to the southeast, and Cobbs Creek to the southwest. SEPTA bus route at 52nd Street include route 52. 52nd Street is a major shopping corridor.

Located at 39.9597, -75.225 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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SEPTA Market-Frankford Line stations, Railway stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Railway stations opened in 1907

46th Street (SEPTA station)

46th Street Station is an elevated stop on the Market-Frankford Line, above the intersection of Farragut (between 46th and 47th streets) and Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the Mill Creek neighborhood of West Philadelphia. 46th Street Station is one of the original Market-Frankford Elevated stations built by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company in 1907. Immediately east of the station, the trains go underground into the Market Street Subway.

Located at 39.9585, -75.2141 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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SEPTA Market-Frankford Line stations, Railway stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Railway stations opened in 1907

St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia)

St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, founded in 1890, is a Catholic church at 4625 Springfield Avenue in University City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Its cornerstone laid in 1907, the Guastavino tiled dome of the de Sales parish has been an icon in its neighborhood. The de Sales parish was designed by Philadelphia architect Henry D.

Located at 39.9469, -75.2156 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Churches in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Roman Catholic churches in Pennsylvania, Roman Catholic churches completed in 1907, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Neo-Byzantine architecture in Pennsylvania

West Philadelphia Catholic High School

West Philadelphia Catholic High School is a co-educational Catholic high school in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. It is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 45th and Chestnut Streets, the University City neighborhood of West Philadelphia.

Located at 39.9572, -75.2117 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Roman Catholic secondary schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Blue Ribbon schools in Pennsylvania, Educational institutions established in 1916

Belmont Cricket Club

The Belmont Cricket Club was one of the four chief cricket clubs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that played from the end of the 19th century until the outbreak of World War I. It was founded in 1874 in West Philadelphia and was disbanded in 1914. Bart King, arguably America's greatest cricketer during its 1890-1914 golden age, played for Belmont from 1893 to 1913.

Located at 39.9432, -75.2172 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Sports in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American club cricket teams, Sports clubs established in 1874, 1874 establishments in the United States, 1914 disestablishments in the United States

A-Space (community center)

A-Space (est. 1991) is a collectively run anarchist community center and art gallery located at 47th St & Baltimore Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located in the Cedar Park neighborhood, the building is part of the Life Center Association (LCA), a land trust that owns several houses in West Philadelphia. Residents contribute to a common maintenance fund, which is disbursed in accordance with decisions made at a monthly meeting of representatives from the buildings.

Located at 39.9485, -75.2174 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Anarchist communities, Artist-run centres, Buildings and structures in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Culture of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Social centres, Infoshops, Visitor attractions in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Art galleries in Pennsylvania, 1991 establishments in Pennsylvania, Art galleries established in 1991

Calvary United Methodist Church, Philadelphia

Calvary United Methodist Church is located on the southeast corner of 48th St. & Baltimore Ave. at 801 48th St. St. Philadelphia, PA 19143. Rev. John Pritchard is the pastor. The church was founded in 1896 as Calvary Methodist Episcopal and the current structure was completed in 1906. Calvary United Methodist Church rents space in its building to a number of churches and community groups, including the West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship, Crossroads Music, and the Prometheus Radio Project.

Located at 39.9483, -75.2188 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Churches in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United Methodist churches in Pennsylvania

Squirrel Hill, Philadelphia

Squirrel Hill is a neighborhood in West Philadelphia, south of Baltimore Ave and west of Clark Park. It shares a border with the Spruce Hill and Cedar Park neighborhoods. By some accounts, this neighborhood is within the boundaries of the University City district. Squirrel Hill has the distinction of operating its own Police substation staffed entirely by volunteers. "It is estimated that the substation has been responsible for reducing crime in the area by 26 percent."

Located at 39.945, -75.2136 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Boys' Latin of Philadelphia Charter School

Boys' Latin of Philadelphia Charter School is a Pennsylvania approved secondary charter school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Boys' Latin was created by David P. Hardy (CEO) and Janine Yass (founder). It was formerly known as Southwest Philadelphia Academy for Boys but was changed to Boys' Latin of Philadelphia prior to receiving its charter.

Located at 39.9517, -75.2334 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Educational institutions established in 2007, High schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Charter schools in Pennsylvania, Public high schools in Pennsylvania

West Philadelphia Catholic High School for Boys

West Philadelphia Catholic High School for Boys (West Boys, West Catholic, Burrs) opened it doors in 1916, at 49th Street between Chestnut and Market Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school closed its doors in 1989 when the co-educational West Philadelphia Catholic High School opened in the former West Philadelphia Catholic Girls High School building at 45th and Chestnut Street. The school consisted of two connected buildings. The original staff were the Marist Brothers.

Located at 39.9585, -75.2195 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Educational institutions established in 1916, Educational institutions disestablished in 1989, Roman Catholic secondary schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Defunct schools in Pennsylvania

Dickens and Little Nell (Elwell)

Dickens and Little Nell is a bronze sculpture by Francis Edwin Elwell that stands in Clark Park in the Spruce Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The sculpture depicts the 19th-century British author and Nell Trent, a character from his 1840-41 novel The Old Curiosity Shop. The grouping was one of the most celebrated American sculptural works of the late 1800s, but by the early 21st century had become somewhat obscure.

Located at 39.9486, -75.2094 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Outdoor sculptures in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1890 sculptures, Bronze sculptures in the United States, Philadelphia Register of Historic Places