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District of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania - United States

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, commonly called Penn Museum, is an archaeology and anthropology museum that is part of the University of Pennsylvania in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Located at 39.949, -75.1911 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Museums in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania campus, Archaeological museums in Pennsylvania, University museums in Pennsylvania, Anthropology museums in the United States, Pre-Columbian studies, Museums established in 1887, Mesoamerican studies, Mesoamerican art museums in the United States, Pre-Columbian art museums in the United States, Natural history museums in Pennsylvania, Egyptological collections in the United States

Franklin Field

Franklin Field is the University of Pennsylvania's stadium for football, field hockey, lacrosse, sprint football, and track and field. It is also used by Penn students for recreation, and for intramural and club sports, including touch football and cricket, and is the site of Penn's graduation exercises, weather permitting. It is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the eastern edge of Penn's campus, across the Schuylkill River from Center City.

Located at 39.95, -75.19 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Palestra

The Palestra, often called the Cathedral of College Basketball, is a historic arena and the home gym of the University of Pennsylvania Quakers men's and women's basketball teams, volleyball teams, wrestling team, and Philadelphia Big 5 basketball. Located at 215 South 33rd St. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, near Franklin Field in the University City section of Philadelphia, it opened on January 1, 1927.

Located at 39.9514, -75.1886 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is one of the largest and oldest children's hospitals in the world. CHOP has been ranked as the best children's hospital in the United States by U.S. News & World Report and Parents Magazine in recent years. As of 2012, it was ranked number one in the nation by U.S. News for six out of ten specialties.

Located at 39.948, -75.194 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center

The Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center, more commonly known as the Philadelphia Civic Center and the Philadelphia Convention Center, was a complex of five or more buildings developed out of a series of buildings dedicated to expanding trade which began with the National Export Exhibition in 1899. There were two important buildings on the site. The Commercial Museum, built in 1899, was one of the original exposition buildings.

Located at 39.9474, -75.195 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Fitler Square, Philadelphia

Fitler Square is a city park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, bounded on the east by 23rd Street, on the west by 24th Street, on the north by Panama Street, and on the south by Pine Street. It is in the southwestern part of Philadelphia's Center City district. Fitler Square was named for late 19th century Philadelphia mayor Edwin Henry Fitler.

Located at 39.9478, -75.179 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Municipal parks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

University City (SEPTA station)

University City is a railway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, along the SEPTA Main Line. The station serves the area around the University of Pennsylvania, and is located at South Street & Convention Avenue. It serves the Airport, Wilmington/Newark, and Media/Elwyn Regional Rail Lines. The station is less than a block from the University of Pennsylvania's Franklin Field and the Palestra.

Located at 39.9478, -75.1903 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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SEPTA Regional Rail stations, Stations along Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad lines, Railway stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Populated places in Pennsylvania with African American majority populations

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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Neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Populated places in Pennsylvania with African American majority populations, Public housing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

West Philadelphia Borough, Pennsylvania

West Philadelphia Borough, also known as West Philadelphia District, is a defunct borough that was located west of the Schuylkill River in Blockley Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The borough ceased to exist and was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia following the passage of the Act of Consolidation, 1854.

Located at 39.9483, -75.1864 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Blockley Almshouse

The Blockley Almshouse, later known as Philadelphia General Hospital, was a charity hospital and poorhouse located in West Philadelphia. It originally opened in 1732/33 in a different part of the city as the Philadelphia Almshouse (not to be confused with the Friends' Almshouse, established in 1713). Philadelphia General Hospital closed in 1977.

Located at 39.9441, -75.1962 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Teaching hospitals in the United States, Hospitals in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Hospitals established in 1832, University of Pennsylvania, Almshouses in the United States

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

Irvine Auditorium

Irvine Auditorium is a performance venue at 3401 Spruce Street on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by the firm of prominent architect Horace Trumbauer and built 1926–1932. Irvine Auditorium is notable for its nearly 11,000-pipe Curtis Organ, the world's 22nd-largest pipe organ (by ranks), originally built for the Sesquicentennial Exposition of 1926 and donated to the university in 1928. The building was opened in May, 1929.

Located at 39.9509, -75.193 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science

The School of Engineering and Applied Science, also known as SEAS, is one of the four undergraduate schools of the University of Pennsylvania. The School offers programs that emphasize hands-on study of engineering fundamentals (with an offering of approximately 300 courses) while encouraging students to leverage the educational offerings of the broader University.

Located at 39.9518, -75.1902 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) is a hospital affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania Health System located in the University City section of West Philadelphia. The hospital was founded at its current location in 1874 by the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, making it the oldest university-owned teaching hospital in the country. For 2010, U.S. News & World Report ranked HUP as #8 on its list of the best hospitals in the nation.

Located at 39.95, -75.1936 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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University of the State of Pennsylvania

The University of the State of Pennsylvania, was a charitable school founded in 1740, one-hundred and four years after Harvard and thirty-nine years after Yale in 1765. The state soon acquired the name "university" because the school had formed two sections: a medical section and a college section ran by a group of founders that would later become the board of trustees.

Located at 39.95, -75.192 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Class of 1923 Arena

The Class of 1923 Arena is the skating rink of the University of Pennsylvania. In 1968, alumni from the Class of 1923 formed the group "Friends of Pennsylvania Hockey," led by Howard Butcher, III. Butcher donated over 3 million dollars for the creation of the facility, along with John Cleveland and Bill R. Wise, Butcher organized the largest class donation in the history of the university. Thus, the arena was aptly named after the class to commemorate its generosity.

Located at 39.9517, -75.1871 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine

The Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine is located at 34th and Civic Center Blvd, on the former site of the Philadelphia Civic Center, on the campus of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. The $302-million project was designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects and completed in 2008. It is the largest capital project ever undertaken by the University of Pennsylvania Health System.

Located at 39.9482, -75.1934 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Meiklejohn Stadium

Meiklejohn Stadium is a ballpark in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is on the University of Pennsylvania campus and is the home field for the University of Pennsylvania Quakers varsity baseball team. The field is near Franklin Field along the eastern edge of the university's campus, along the Schuylkill River. The ballpark is tucked away near the intersection of the Schuylkill Expressway and University Avenue.

Located at 39.9437, -75.1938 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Schuylkill River Park

Schuylkill River Park is a swath of land owned by Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It encompasses most of the area bordered by 25th Street and the Schuylkill River (more exactly the CSX Tracks) between Manning and Delancey Streets and the area bordered by the Schuylkill River and 26th Street between Delancey and Pine Streets.

Located at 39.9487, -75.1819 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Municipal parks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Center for Applied Genomics

The Center for Applied Genomics (CAG) is a Center of Emphasis at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia with the primary goal of discovering and translating basic research findings into medical innovations. The Center is one of the world’s largest genetics research and analytical facilities. It is the primary center at a pediatric hospital with access to state-of-the-art high-throughput genotyping technology, and has processed genetic samples from over 100,000 people.

Located at 39.9474, -75.1955 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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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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Weave Bridge

The Weave Bridge is a 145 ft bridge at The University of Pennsylvania, USA which was conceptualized by Cecil Balmond and engineered by Ammann & Whitney. It was commissioned by the University in 2007, and opened in June 2009. The bridge creates a pedestrian passage over the Amtrak train tracks that currently separate the main campus from athletic fields along the Schuylkill River. The design features a "braided rope" structure consisting of six steel strands.

Located at 39.9486, -75.187 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Penn Park

Penn Park is a 24-acre park on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The park features two athletic fields, a multipurpose stadium with 470 seats, a tennis center, a seasonal air structure, and picnic areas.

Located at 39.95, -75.1863 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Graduate Group in the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World

The Graduate Group in the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World (AAMW) is an interdisciplinary program for research and teaching of archaeology, particularly archaeology and art of the ancient Mediterranean, Egypt, Anatolia, and the Near East, based in the Penn Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.

Located at 39.9492, -75.1911 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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