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  2. History of Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    History of Philadelphia. A 1752 map of Philadelphia. The city of Philadelphia was founded and incorporated in 1682 by William Penn in the English Crown Province of Pennsylvania between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Before then, the area was inhabited by the Lenape people. Philadelphia quickly grew into an important colonial city and ...

  3. Economy of Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Economy of Philadelphia At 1,121 feet (342 m) high, Comcast Technology Center in Center City Philadelphia is Pennsylvania 's tallest building and the 14th-tallest building in the nation. Philadelphia is the center of economic activity in both Pennsylvania and the four-state Delaware Valley metropolitan region of the United States.

  4. Thousands of Philadelphia city workers are back in the office ...

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    Thousands of Philadelphia city employees are back in their offices full time after a judge rejected a union's request to block Mayor Cherelle Parker’s requirement that they return. District ...

  5. Fulton v. City of Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    The city countered that the precedent set by Employment Division v. Smith, alongside that other agencies in the city with similar religious backing accepted same-sex foster couples, supported the city's decision to terminate CSS's contract. [5] The city of Philadelphia argued that the law is neutral and generally applicable, as required by Smith, and that the Court's ruling in CSS's favor ...

  6. Demographics of Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Although the city proper was second to New York City in population at the time of the first U.S. Census in 1790, Philadelphia County was the most populous urban (or metropolitan) area in the nation until 1810, when it was surpassed by New York.

  7. Philadelphia Parks & Recreation - Wikipedia

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    Philadelphia Parks & Recreation (PPR) is the municipal department responsible for managing parks, recreation centers, playgrounds, trails, community gardens, and historic properties in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its inventory includes more than 150 parks and 170 recreation centers and playgrounds. [1] It became the successor to the Fairmount Park Commission and the City of Philadelphia ...

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