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Area codes. 215, 267 and 445. The Christian Street Historic District is an historic district located along Christian Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [1] : 5 It is also known as Black Doctors' Row. [1] : 221 The narrow district extends approximately six city blocks, from the 1400 block of Christian Street to the intersection ...
1608 East Berks Street Closed March 2014 : St. Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi Church: 712 Montrose Street St. Mary's: 248 South 4th Street St. Michael's Church: 1445 North 2nd Street St. Monica Parish Church: 2422 S 17th St Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Church: 1718 South 9th Street Saint Paul Church: 923 Christian Street Saint Peter the Apostle
1911 Philadelphia Athletes win World Series over New York Giants; 1913 Philadelphia Athletics win World Series over New York Giants; 1914 – Empress Theater and Christian Street YMCA open. 1915 Martin Nodell was born in Philadelphia. South 9th Street Italian Market chartered; 1917 – American Stores Company in business. 1918
From Fifth Street to the Delaware River and south of Lombard Street these foreign Jews are crowding in, and being very poor, the Hebrew Charities are drawn upon heavily.” The Jewish press saw a more confined quarter, extending from Spruce Street in the north to Christian Street in the South and from 3rd Street to 6th Street east to west. This ...
Philadelphia, commonly referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia is the nation's sixth-most populous city, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census and is the urban core of the larger Delaware Valley (or Philadelphia metropolitan area), the nation's seventh-largest and one of the world's largest metropolitan regions consisting of ...
Mario Lanza ( US: / ˈlɑːnzə, ˈlænzə / LA (H)N-zə, Italian: [ˈmaːrjo ˈlantsa]; born Alfredo Arnold Cocozza [alˈfreːdo koˈkottsa]; January 31, 1921 – October 7, 1959) was an American tenor and actor. He was a Hollywood film star popular in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Lanza began studying to be a professional singer at the age of 16.
The Spectrum. / 39.90417°N 75.17111°W / 39.90417; -75.17111. The Spectrum (later known as CoreStates Spectrum, First Union Spectrum and Wachovia Spectrum) was an indoor arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The arena opened in September 1967 as part of what is now known as the South Philadelphia Sports Complex.
William Penn (24 October [ O.S. 14 October] 1644 – 10 August [ O.S. 30 July] 1718) was an English writer, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania during the British colonial era. Penn, an advocate of democracy and religious freedom, was known for his amicable relations and successful treaties with ...