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  2. Center City, Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    19102, 19103, 19106–19107, 19109, 19146–19147. Center City includes the central business district and central neighborhoods of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It comprises the area that made up the City of Philadelphia prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854, which extended the city borders to be coterminous with Philadelphia County.

  3. List of Philadelphia neighborhoods - Wikipedia

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    Philadelphia has 41 ZIP -codes, which are often used for neighborhood analysis. [1] Historically, many neighborhoods were defined by incorporated townships (Blockley, Roxborough), districts (Belmont, Kensington, Moyamensing, Richmond) or boroughs (Bridesburg, Frankford, Germantown, Manayunk) before being incorporated into the city with the Act ...

  4. Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Old City, Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Old City is a neighborhood in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, near the Delaware River waterfront. It is home to Independence National Historical Park, a dense section of historic landmarks including Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, the First Bank of the United States, the Second Bank of the United States, and ...

  6. Philadelphia Main Line - Wikipedia

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    The Philadelphia Main Line, known simply as the Main Line, is an informally delineated historical and social region of suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lying along the former Pennsylvania Railroad 's once prestigious Main Line , it runs northwest from Center City Philadelphia parallel to Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike , also known as U ...

  7. Demographics of Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    The per capita income for the city was $16,509. 22.9% of the population and 18.4% of families were below the poverty line. 31.3% of those under the age of 18 and 16.9% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. The male-female ratio was 86.8 to 100, with 46.5% of the population male and 53.5% female.

  8. Rittenhouse Square - Wikipedia

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    Rittenhouse Square is a neighborhood, including a public park, in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rittenhouse Square often specifically refers to the park, while the neighborhood as a whole is referred to simply as Rittenhouse. The park is one of the five original open-space parks planned by William Penn and his surveyor Thomas Holme ...

  9. West Chester, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    west-chester .com. West Chester is a borough and the county seat of Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. [5] Located within the Philadelphia metropolitan area, the borough had a population of 18,461 at the 2010 census. [6] West Chester is the mailing address for most of its neighboring townships.