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  2. Elfreth's Alley - Wikipedia

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    Elfreth's Alley is a historic street in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia, dating back to 1703. [2] The street has 32 houses, built between 1703 and 1836. The Elfreth's Alley Museum is located at #124 and 126. [2] [3] The alley, a National Historic Landmark, runs from North Front to North 2nd streets, paralleling Arch and Quarry streets.

  3. List of Philadelphia placename etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Formerly known as Cedar Street (originally one of William Penn's streets named for trees, in this case cedar trees), it is the original southern border of the city of Philadelphia, before the 1854 Act of Consolidation. Susquehanna Avenue. Named after the Susquehanna River and Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Spruce Street.

  4. List of National Historic Landmarks in Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    39°58′28″N 75°09′33″W  /  39.9744°N 75.1592°W  / 39.9744; -75.1592  (Philadelphia School of Design for Women) Cabot. Edwin Forrest House, first home of the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, founded in 1848 by Sarah Peter, the only women's art and design college in the nation. 47. Edgar Allan Poe House.

  5. Broad Street Historic District (Philadelphia) - Wikipedia

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    Broad Street Historic District (Philadelphia) /  39.95083°N 75.16417°W  / 39.95083; -75.16417. The Broad Street Historic District is a historic district in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is bounded roughly by Juniper, Cherry, 15th, and Pine Streets, covering an area about one block on either side of Broad Street.

  6. Market Street (Philadelphia) - Wikipedia

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    Market Street, originally known as High Street, is a major east–west highway and street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The street is signed as Pennsylvania Route 3 between 38th Street (U.S. Route 13) and 15th Street (PA 611). A short portion of the road continues west from Cobbs Creek Parkway (63rd Street) to Delaware County ...

  7. Chestnut Street (Philadelphia) - Wikipedia

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    Commissioned. 1682. Chestnut Street is a major historic street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was originally named Wynne Street because Thomas Wynne 's home was there. William Penn renamed it Chestnut Street in 1684. It runs east–west from the Delaware River waterfront in downtown Philadelphia through Center City and West Philadelphia.

  8. South Street (Philadelphia) - Wikipedia

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    PA 611 (Broad Street) in Center City. East end. Front Street in Center City. South Street in Philadelphia, originally named Cedar Street in William Penn 's original street grid, [2] is an east–west street forming the southern border of Center City [3] and the northern border for South Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, United States.

  9. Tacony, Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    15,675. Area code (s) 215, 267 and 445. Tacony (Delaware: tèkhane) [1] is a historic neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, United States, approximately 8 miles (13 km) from downtown ("Center City") Philadelphia. It is bounded by the east side of Frankford Avenue on the northwest, the south side of Cottman Avenue on the northeast, the north ...