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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, Pennsylvania, dating to 1703. The street has 32 houses, built between 1703 and 1836. The Elfreth's Alley Museum is located at #124 and 126. The alley, a National Historic Landmark, runs from North Front to North 2nd streets, paralleling Arch and Quarry streets.

  3. South Street (Philadelphia) - Wikipedia

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    History. The 300 block of South Street at night from the corner of 3rd and South streets. South Street eastbound past 5th Street. South and Broad in the Avenue of the Arts area. Originally the southern border of William Penn 's 1682 city plan and officially named Cedar Street until 1854, [6] eastern South Street had been originally the center ...

  4. Market Street (Philadelphia) - Wikipedia

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    1682. 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 ...

  5. List of Philadelphia placename etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Market Street was previously known as High Street, part of William Penn's original names for the city of Philadelphia. Manayunk. The neighborhood's name comes from the word "manaiung," place where we go to drink, in the language of the Lenape [4] Martin Luther King Jr. Drive [5]

  6. Avenue of the Arts (Philadelphia) - Wikipedia

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    215, 267 and 445. Avenue of the Arts is a city-designated arts cultural district [1] on a segment of Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States that includes many of the city's cultural institutions, most notably the theater district south of City Hall. The designation can be found as far south as Washington Avenue and as far ...

  7. Front Street (Philadelphia) - Wikipedia

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    Front Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is a north–south street running parallel to and near the Delaware River. In 1682, when the city was laid out by William Penn, it was the first street surveyed and built in during the colonial era Province of Pennsylvania. As part of the King's Highway, which extended from Boston to Charleston, South ...

  8. Suspect who escaped from Philadelphia patrol car recaptured ...

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    U.S. Marshalls arrested Knox-Schenck in Northern Liberties Wednesday afternoon, around 12:30, on the 600 block of West Girard Avenue.

  9. Category:Streets in Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Pennsylvania Route 63. Pennsylvania Route 73. Pennsylvania Route 232. Pennsylvania Route 291. Pennsylvania Route 532. Pennsylvania Route 611. Penrose Avenue. Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike. Powelton Avenue.