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  2. 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 ...

  3. Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .phila .gov. Philadelphia County is the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the 24th-most populous county in the nation. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 1,603,797. [1] Its county seat is Philadelphia, the nation's sixth-largest city. The county is part of the Southeast Pennsylvania region of the state.

  4. 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.

  5. Philadelphia Main Line - Wikipedia

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    Today, the Main Line is another name for the western suburbs of Philadelphia along Lancaster Avenue (U.S. Route 30) and the former main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad and extending from the city limits to, traditionally, Bryn Mawr and ultimately Paoli, [12] an area of about 200 square miles (520 km 2 ).

  6. Independence National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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    Independence National Historical Park is a federally protected historic district in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that preserves several sites associated with the American Revolution and the nation's founding history. Administered by the National Park Service, the 55-acre (22 ha) [1] park comprises many of Philadelphia's most-visited historic ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. PECO Building - Wikipedia

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    The building is the current headquarters of the PECO Energy Company, formerly the Philadelphia Energy Company (PECo), and one of the companies that merged to form the Exelon Corporation. The building lies adjacent to the Schuylkill River, extends 27 stories tall, [1] and has the address of 2301 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

  9. Northeast Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Click for larger image. Northeast Philadelphia, nicknamed Northeast Philly, the Northeast and the Great Northeast, is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to the 2000 census, Northeast Philadelphia has a population of between 300,000 and 450,000, depending on how the area is defined. [1]