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Sesquicentennial Exposition

The Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition of 1926 was a world's fair in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the 50th anniversary of the 1876 Centennial Exposition.

Located at 39.9087, -75.1733 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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World's Fairs in the United States, History of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States historical anniversaries, 1926 in Pennsylvania, World's Fairs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

South Philadelphia

South Philadelphia, nicknamed South Philly, is the section of Philadelphia bounded by South Street to the north, the Delaware River to the east and south, and the Schuylkill River to the west.

Located at 39.9231, -75.1753 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Little Italys in the United States

Southwest Center City, Philadelphia

Southwest Center City (SWCC) is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia bordering Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The neighborhood is bordered on the north by South Street, on the south by Washington Avenue, on the west by the Schuylkill River, and by Broad Street on the east. It is an area adjacent to the Fitler Square and Rittenhouse Square neighborhoods to the North and Point Breeze to the South.

Located at 39.942, -75.175 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Irish-American neighborhoods, Populated places in Pennsylvania with African American majority populations

Point Breeze, Philadelphia

Point Breeze is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is generally bound by 25th Street to the west, Washington Avenue to the north, Broad Street to the east, and Mifflin Street to the south, although the sections between 18th Street and Broad Street are coming into their own neighborhood as Newbold. Southwest Center City lies to its north, and Passyunk Square lies to its east.

Located at 39.9348, -75.1815 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Grays Ferry, Philadelphia

Grays Ferry, also known as Gray's Ferry, is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia bounded (roughly) by 25th Street on the east, the Schuylkill River on the west, Vare Avenue on the south, and Grays Ferry Avenue on the north. The section of this neighborhood west of 34th Street is also known as The Forgotten Bottom. Grays Ferry shares borders with Southwest Center City to the North, Point Breeze to the East, and Girard Estate to the South.

Located at 39.9368, -75.1939 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Girard Estate, Philadelphia

Girard Estate, also known as Girard Estates, is part of South Philadelphia. Its boundaries stretch from South 22nd Street on the west to South 17th Street on the east.

Located at 39.9196, -75.1828 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Girard Academic Music Program

The Girard Academic Music Program (GAMP) is a magnet secondary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school is operated by the School District of Philadelphia. GAMP covers grades five through twelve, and offers many extracurricular activities including: concert band, orchestra, chamber strings, jazz band, concert choir, high school and middle school choirs, middle school band, theatre productions, instrumental lessons for beginners.

Located at 39.922, -75.183 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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AT&T (SEPTA station)

AT&T (formerly known as, and still commonly referred to as, Pattison) is the southern terminus of SEPTA's Broad Street Line, located at 3600 South Broad Street, at the intersection of Broad Street and Pattison Avenue in the South Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Located at 39.9054, -75.1732 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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SEPTA Broad Street Line stations, Railway stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Railway stations opened in 1973

American Swedish Historical Museum

The American Swedish Historical Museum is the oldest Swedish-American museum in the United States. It is located in Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park in the South Philadelphia neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on part of a historic 17th-century land grant originally provided by Queen Christina of Sweden to settlers of New Sweden.

Located at 39.906, -75.181 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Marconi Plaza, Philadelphia

Marconi Plaza is a park and neighborhood located in South Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An Italian-American enclave, Marconi Plaza has two main halves, East and West, which are divided in the middle by Broad Street. It is located at the most southern end of the city and within the northern border of the Sports Complex Special Services District. The neighborhood is accessible via the Oregon Avenue Station of the Broad Street Subway.

Located at 39.9156, -75.1713 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Little Italys in the United States, Italian-American culture in Pennsylvania, Guglielmo Marconi, Landscape architecture, Landscape, Cultural landscapes

Devil's Pocket, Philadelphia

Devil's Pocket is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is south of Lombard Street, east of 27th Street and north of Washington Avenue, on the western edge of Southwest Center City. Devil's Pocket is a very small neighborhood of rowhouses tucked near an industrial landscape along the banks of the river. It has historically been heavily Irish-American.

Located at 39.9425, -75.1861 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Irish-American neighborhoods

Ellsworth–Federal (SEPTA station)

Ellsworth–Federal is a subway station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station opened on September 18, 1938, and is located at the eastern edge of the Italian Market on Broad Street, between Ellsworth and Federal Streets. It is served by Broad Street Line local trains only, with one platform.

Located at 39.9358, -75.1672 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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SEPTA Broad Street Line stations, Railway stations opened in 1938

South Philadelphia High School

South Philadelphia High School also known as Southern High is a public secondary high school located in the south section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the intersection of Broad Street and Snyder Avenue, just north of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex residential neighborhood, Marconi Plaza, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and near the Passyunk Avenue urban corridor of shops and restaurants.

Located at 39.9236, -75.1684 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Stephen Girard Park

Stephen Girard Park is a 4-acre park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the South Philadelphia neighborhood at 21st and Shunk Streets. It is maintained by the City of Philadelphia's Fairmount Park Commission. The park was established in 1953 on land donated by Stephen Girard, and includes a house formerly owned by the Girard family. The house was named Gentilehommiere. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:39.920339|-75.183145||||||| |primary |name= }}

Located at 39.9203, -75.1831 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Tasker–Morris (SEPTA station)

Tasker-Morris is a rapid transit passenger rail station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line. It is located at 1600 South Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and serves only local trains. The station is named for the nearby Tasker Street to the north and Morris Street to the south. In between the two streets is a customer service office for the Philadelphia Gas Works. The song "Tasker-Morris Station" by The Menzingers is about the station.

Located at 39.9303, -75.1682 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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SEPTA Broad Street Line stations, Railway stations opened in 1938

Snyder (SEPTA station)

Snyder is a rapid transit passenger rail station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located at 2100 South Broad Street, and is named for Snyder Avenue. The station provides access to a Greyhound Bus stop named "Fairfax Bus and Bagel. " Originally built in 1938, Snyder station was the southern terminus of the Broad Street Line until 1973, when it was extended to Pattison Station (now known as AT&T station).

Located at 39.9242, -75.1697 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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SEPTA Broad Street Line stations, Railway stations opened in 1938

Oregon (SEPTA station)

Oregon is the penultimate rapid transit passenger rail station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line. It is located at 2700 South Broad Street in the Marconi Plaza neighborhood of South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is the last stop before the southern terminus of the line. Oregon station opened on April 8, 1973 on the north side of Marconi Park, and is currently undergoing a $6.8 million modernization project.

Located at 39.9168, -75.1713 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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SEPTA Broad Street Line stations, Railway stations opened in 1973

Aquarama Aquarium Theater of the Sea

Aquarama Aquarium Theater of the Sea, also known as Aquarama, was a unique 1960s aquarium attraction located in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the intersection of Broad Street and Hartranft Street, just west of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex, south of Marconi Plaza, north of FDR Park, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and Philadelphia Naval Hospital. It adjoined the east border of the newly developed residential neighborhood Packer Park at 3300 South Broad Street.

Located at 39.9083, -75.1729 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Wharton, Philadelphia

Wharton is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia. Its boundaries are difficult to ascertain; the City of Philadelphia states it is along Wharton Street, west of Pennsport, and east of Point Breeze. According to this description, the neighborhood runs from about 4th Street to Broad, with no clear north to south boundaries. By other descriptions, the neighborhood runs from 8th to 13th Streets (east to west) and Wolf to Tasker Streets (south to north).

Located at 39.9323, -75.1657 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

National Register of Historic Places listings in South Philadelphia

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in South Philadelphia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below may be seen in a Google map.

Located at 39.9353, -75.1975 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Naval Hospital Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Naval Hospital was the first high-rise hospital building constructed by the United States Navy. At its 1935 opening it represented a state-of-the-art facility for the Navy with 650 beds and a total floor space of 352,000 square feet . The dedicated medical purpose of this facility contributed to the World War II mission as the center for amputation, orthopedic and prosthetic services for Navy, Marine, and Coast Guard veterans residing east of the Rocky Mountains.

Located at 39.9072, -75.1786 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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History of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Infrastructure completed in 1935, Government buildings completed in 1935, Hospitals in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Closed facilities of the United States Navy, Art Deco architecture in Pennsylvania

Schuylkill Arsenal Railroad Bridge

Schuylkill Arsenal Railroad Bridge was built in 1885–86 by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a formerly electrified, wrought iron, two-track, deck truss, (fixed shut) swing bridge across the Schuylkill River in the University City neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The name comes from the Schuylkill Arsenal, which functioned from 1799 to 1926, located near the eastern approaches to this bridge. The University of Pennsylvania's Meiklejohn Stadium is next to the western approach to the bridge.

Located at 39.9433, -75.1917 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Philadelphia Free School

The Philadelphia Free School is a school in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that operates on the democratic education or Sudbury school model. The school, which opened in fall 2011, is open to students from Pre-K to 12th grade. Citing low graduation rates of Philadelphia public school students and studies that show Pennsylvania has one of the largest achievement gaps between students above and below the poverty line, the school emphasizes results rather than standardization and hierarchy.

Located at 39.9413, -75.1759 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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West Passyunk

West Passyunk is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia. It is bound by Mifflin Street to the North, West Passyunk Avenue to the South, South 18th Street to East, and South 25th Street to the West. It is served by the 1st Police District, located at 24th and Wolf Streets.

Located at 39.926, -75.168 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dickinson Narrows, Philadelphia

Dickinson Narrows is now called "Dickinson Square West, it is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia and is partially a sector of larger existing areas, Pennsport and Passyunk Square. It is bound by Washington Avenue to the North, Mifflin Street to the South, 4th Street to the East, and 6th Street to the West.

Located at 39.926, -75.168 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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