Philadelphia
largest city in Pennsylvania, United States        | |||||
| Upload media | |||||
| Instance of |
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania | ||||
| Located in or next to body of water | |||||
| School district |
| ||||
| Head of government | |||||
| Founded by | |||||
| Inception |
| ||||
| Population |
| ||||
| Area |
| ||||
| Elevation above sea level |
| ||||
| Different from | |||||
| official website | |||||
 | |||||
| |||||
 | |||||
.svg/18px-Logo_Gemeinsame_Normdatei_(GND).svg.png){kind=logo}
Continent: North America - Region: Pennsylvania
Aerial views and maps[edit]
-
Fairmount Park with City Hall tower visible at top center, 1893
-
_(26218539692).jpg/227px-(Vertical_view_of_Philadelphia.)_(26218539692).jpg)
Center City, 1930
-
City Hall, 1965
-
Landsat, 2002
-
Center City with South Philly on left and North Philly on right, 2008
-
First map of the city, 1683
-
Mitchell map, 1876
-
A German map, 1888
-
Street map
-
Railroad map
-
satellite image
_(26218539692).jpg)
Historic sites[edit]
Old City[edit]
-
-
Independence Hall, north facade
-
Independence Hall, south facade
-
Independence Hall, Assembly Room
-
Independence Hall, Governor's Council Chamber
-
-
Congress Hall, Senate Chamber
-
Old City Hall and U.S. Supreme Court, 1791–1800
-
-
Declaration House
-
-
.JPG/240px-Philly_secondBank_(2).JPG)
-
-
-
-
.JPG)
Society Hill[edit]
-
Delancey Street, Society Hill
-
-
-
-
-
-
Other Center City sites[edit]
.png)
Miscellaneous[edit]
-
-
-
-
University of Pennsylvania quadrangle, University City
-
30th Street Station and Cira Centre, University City
-
Memorial Hall, west Fairmount Park
-
-
Fort Mifflin, adjacent to Philadelphia International Airport
-
NRHP religious sites[edit]
-
-
-
-
-
-
Church of the Advocate (Episcopal)
-
Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal)
-
-
-
-
Germantown Friends Meeting House (Quaker)
-
_Church_from_south.jpg/232px-2014_Gloria_Dei_(Old_Swedes%27)_Church_from_south.jpg)
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church (Episcopal, formerly Swedish Lutheran)
-
Grace Church (Episcopal)
-
-
-
-
-
Race Street Friends Meetinghouse (Quaker)
-
-
-
-
Church of St. James the Less (Episcopal)
-
-
-
-
-
_Church_from_south.jpg)
Historic images[edit]
-
The Birth of Pennsylvania, 1680, by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris - William Penn, holding paper, and King Charles II
-
Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1683, by Benjamin West
-
%2C_by_John_Trumbull.jpg/274px-Declaration_of_Independence_(1819)%2C_by_John_Trumbull.jpg)
John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence - Committee of Five presents their draft in Independence Hall, June 28, 1776
-
Battle of Germantown, 1777
-
Washington's second inauguration, 1793
-
Library and Surgeon's Hall, Fifth-street engraving, 1800, by William Birch
-
Celebrating Independence Day, 1812
-
Election Day, 1815
-
_(14579483480).jpg/299px-Views_in_Philadelphia_and_its_vicinity_-_engraved_from_original_drawings_(1827)_(14579483480).jpg)
U.S. Mint, 1827
-
An anti-Irish Catholic nativist riot in Southwark, July 7, 1844
-
-
Independence Hall, c.1858
-
Great Central Fair, 1864
-
Opening day ceremonies at the Centennial Exhibition at Memorial Hall, 1876 - first World's Fair in the United States
-
Map of Centennial buildings in Fairmount Park, 1876
-
-
City Hall, c.1899
-
.jpg/275px-Automat%2C_ca._1906_(6648420107).jpg)
Automat, 1906
-
Liberty Bell on parade, 1908
-
Shibe Park rooftop bleachers, 1913
-
World War I armistice day celebration, November 11, 1918
-
%2C_circa_in_1920-1921_(S-574-L).jpg/1017px-Philadelphia_Naval_Shipyard_Reserve_Fleet_Basin_with_USS_Ohio_(BB-12)%2C_circa_in_1920-1921_(S-574-L).jpg)
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1921
-
Sesquicentennial Exposition 80-foot replica of the Liberty Bell, 1926
-
FDR accepts the nomination for the Presidency, Franklin Field, 1936
-
_-_NARA_-_518736.jpg/254px-Eddystone%2C_Pennsylvania_-_Railroad_parts._Baldwin_Locomotive_Works._(Man_working_at_machine.)_-_NARA_-_518736.jpg)
Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1937
-
_and_USS_Trumpetfish_(SS-425)_under_construction.jpg/258px-USS_Ulua_(SS-428)_and_USS_Trumpetfish_(SS-425)_under_construction.jpg)
Submarines USS Ulua (SS-428) and USS Trumpetfish (SS-425) under construction, 1945
-
.jpg/249px-Classic_shot_of_the_ENIAC_(full_resolution).jpg)
ENIAC, 1946
-
Shibe Park, 1955
-
Dock Street Market, 1957
-
.jpg/230px-SEPTA_PCC_2570_a_50_Rising_Sun_-_OLNEY_car_on_5th_Street_next_to_Independance_Hall%2C_Philadelphia%2C_PA_on_June_20%2C_1970_(24032596643).jpg)
-
South Philly Sports Complex, 1973 (demolished & replaced)
-
Live Aid at JFK Stadium, 1985
-
Amnesty International Human Rights Now! concert at JFK Stadium, 1988
-
Live 8 on Benjamin Franklin Parkway, 2008
,_by_John_Trumbull.jpg)
_(14579483480).jpg)
.jpg)
,_circa_in_1920-1921_(S-574-L).jpg)
_-_NARA_-_518736.jpg)
_and_USS_Trumpetfish_(SS-425)_under_construction.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
Museums[edit]
-
-
-
-
-
Foucault pendulum at the Franklin Institute
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fairmount Park house museums[edit]
Outdoor art[edit]
-
-
All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors in Logan Square
-
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Memorial on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
-
A young Benjamin Franklin at Penn
-
A seated Franklin at Penn
-
-
Washington Monument at Eakins Oval
-
Joan of Arc near the Art Museum
-
Auguste Rodin's The Thinker at the Rodin Museum
-
-
George B. McClellan at City Hall
-
John F. Reynolds at City Hall
-
Parks[edit]
-
-
Belmont Plateau, Fairmount Park
-
Boathouse Row, Fairmount Park
-
Fairmount_Water_Works_from_the_Schuykill_River.jpg/240px-DSC05845_(1)Fairmount_Water_Works_from_the_Schuykill_River.jpg)
-
Valley Green Inn, Wissahickon Valley Park
-
-
-
-
Franklin Square fountain
-
.JPG/240px-Swann_Fountain_(Philadelphia).JPG)
Swann Fountain within Logan Circle
-
The Washington Monument at Eakins Oval
-
-
Dilworth Park during opening
-
.JPG/240px-Schuylkill_River_Trail_(Philadelphia).JPG)
Schuylkill River Trail, Schuylkill Banks
-
-
Fairmount_Water_Works_from_the_Schuykill_River.jpg)
.JPG)
.JPG)
Performing arts[edit]
-
Academy of Music, home of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1900–2001
-
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, current home of the Philadelphia Orchestra
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Walnut Street Theatre, the oldest continuously operating theatre in the English-speaking world
-
[edit]
-
Submarine in foreground and crane barge in background, 1912
-
Hammerhead crane, 1923
-
Ships ready for launching, 1942
-
Launching of the USS New Jersey, 1942
-
.jpg/177px-Aerial_view_of_the_Philadelphia_Naval_Shipyard_Reserve_Basin_on_19_May_1955_(80-G-668655).jpg)
Aerial view, 1955
-
_IN_DRYDOCK_NO._5_FOR_SERVICE_LIFE_EXTENSION_PROGRAM_(SLEP)._-_Naval_Base_Philadelphia-Philadelphia_Naval_Shipyard%2C_Dry_HAER_PA%2C51-PHILA%2C709E-1.tif/lossy-page1-255px-thumbnail.tif.jpg)
Aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy in drydock, Naval Shipyard, 1968
-
Aerial view, 1995
-
.jpg/271px-USS_Somerset_is_commissioned._(12907353845).jpg)
Commissioning of the USS Somerset, 2014
-
%2C_USS_Mobile_(LKA-115)%2C_USS_Charleston_(LKA-113)_and_USS_El_Paso_(LKA-117)_laid_up_at_the_Philadelphia_Naval_Inactive_Ship_Maintenance_Facility%2C_Pennsylvania_(USA)%2C_21_October_2017.jpg/271px-thumbnail.jpg)
Mothballed ships, 2017
-
Starboard side of the USS John F. Kennedy
-
Bow of the JFK
-
and its stern, 2018,
-
frigate row
.jpg)
.jpg)
,_USS_Mobile_(LKA-115),_USS_Charleston_(LKA-113)_and_USS_El_Paso_(LKA-117)_laid_up_at_the_Philadelphia_Naval_Inactive_Ship_Maintenance_Facility,_Pennsylvania_(USA),_21_October_2017.jpg)
Transport[edit]
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
.jpg/270px-Philadelphia_October_2017_24_(Benjamin_Franklin_Parkway).jpg)
-
-
.jpg/270px-PHL_AIRPORT_(7507146218).jpg)
-
PHL - control tower
-
PHL - aerial view
-
30th Street Station eastern facade
-
30th Street Station interior
-
A SEPTA platform at 30th Street Station
-
Girard Avenue station of Market–Frankford Line
-
.jpg)
.jpg)
Sports[edit]
-
-
-
2008 aerial view, the Spectrum in northwest quadrant was demolished in 2011
Skyline[edit]
-
From the west end of the South Street Bridge, 2018
-
From the northwest at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2017
-
From the north at Temple University's Morgan Hall on Broad Street, 2013
-
From the west at Belmont Mansion, 2009
-
From the northwest on Spring Garden Street Bridge, 2008
-
From the west in Drexel University's campus, 2007
-
From the west along Baltimore Avenue from 48th, 2007
-
From the northwest at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2006
-
From the east before the construction of Comcast Center, 2006
-
Skyscrapers[edit]
-
Comcast Tech. Center, offices, hotel
-
Comcast Center, offices
-
One & Two Liberty Place, offices, hotel, residential
-
-wide.JPG/135px-Mellon_Bank_Center_(Philadelphia)-wide.JPG)
BNY Mellon Center, offices
-
Three Logan Square, offices
-
Cira Centre South: FMC Tower, offices/residential (L) and Cira Chestnut Tower, aka Evo (R), residential
-
G. Fred DiBona Jr. Building, offices
-
-
Commerce Square, offices
-
The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, residential
-
The St. James, residential
-
PSFS Building, hotel
-
PNC Bank Building, offices
-
Murano, residential
-
Cira Centre, offices
-
Aramark Tower, offices
-
1706 Rittenhouse, residential
-
PECO Building, offices
-wide.JPG)
Panoramas[edit]
.jpg)
- 100 most populous cities of the United States
- 1–25
- Austin
- Boston
- Chicago
- Columbus
- Dallas
- Denver
- El Paso
- Fort Worth
- Houston
- Indianapolis
- Jacksonville
- Los Angeles
- Nashville
- New York City
- Oklahoma City
- Philadelphia
- Phoenix
- Portland
- San Antonio
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- San Jose
- Seattle
- Washington, D.C.
- 26–50
- Albuquerque
- Atlanta
- Baltimore
- Detroit
- Kansas City
- Las Vegas
- Louisville
- Miami
- Milwaukee
- Minneapolis
- Oakland
- Omaha
- Sacramento
- Tucson
- Tulsa
- Wichita
- 51–75
- Anchorage
- Aurora
- Cincinnati
- Cleveland
- Corpus Christi
- Honolulu
- Lexington
- Lincoln
- Newark
- New Orleans
- Orlando
- Pittsburgh
- Plano
- Saint Paul
- St. Louis
- Stockton
- Tampa
- 76–100
- Baton Rouge
- Boise
- Buffalo
- Gilbert
- Laredo
- Lubbock
- Madison
- Reno
- Richmond
- Scottsdale
- Spokane