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The district Sharswood of Philadelphia in Philadelphia County (Pennsylvania) is a district in United States about 124 mi north-east of Washington DC, the country's capital city.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 13°C / 55 °F
Morning Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
Evening Temperature | 14°C / 56 °F |
Night Temperature | 11°C / 51 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 36% |
Air Pressure | 1019 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 5 km/h (3 mph) from South-East |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 59% of sky |
General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Monday, 18th of November 2024
15°C (60 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Few clouds, gentle breeze.
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
13°C (56 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Scattered clouds, light breeze.
Wednesday, 20th of November 2024
16°C (61 °F)
15°C (59 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia
The Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia
Le Meridien Philadelphia
Four Points by Sheraton Philadelphia City Center
The Westin Philadelphia
Embassy Suites by Hilton Philadelphia Center City
Sofitel Philadelphia
Kimpton Hotel Palomar Philadelphia
Aloft Philadelphia Downtown
Sonesta Philadelphia Downtown
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Temple University
Temple University (commonly referred to as Temple) is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is among the largest art museums in the United States. It has collections of more than 227,000 objects that include "world-class holdings of European and American paintings, prints, drawings and decorative arts. " The Main Building is visited by more than 800,000 people annually, and is located at the west end of Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Community College of Philadelphia
The Community College of Philadelphia is a community college in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The main campus is located at 1700 Spring Garden Street in a building that was the former Philadelphia Mint. When established in 1965, it was located in the mens store annex of the defunct Snellenburg's department store at 34 South 11th Street.
Eastern State Penitentiary
The Eastern State Penitentiary (ESP) is a former American prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is found at 2027 Fairmount Avenue between Corinthian Avenue and North 22nd Street in the Fairmount section of the city, and was operational from 1829 until 1971. The penitentiary refined the revolutionary system of separate incarceration first pioneered at the Walnut Street Jail which emphasized principles of reform rather than punishment.
Columbia Park
For other places known as Columbia Park, see Columbia Park (disambiguation) Columbia Park 230pxColumbia Park in 1907. Location 2900 Cecil B.
Girard College
Girard College is an independent boarding school on a 43-acre campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Girard is for academically capable students, grades one through 12, and awards a full scholarship with a yearly value of approximately $42,000 to every child admitted to the school. The scholarship covers most of the costs of attending Girard, including tuition, room and board, books, and school uniforms. The scholarship is renewable yearly until high-school graduation.
Jefferson Street Grounds
Jefferson Street Grounds was a baseball field located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was also known as Jefferson Park and Athletics Park. It was home to the Philadelphia Athletics from 1871 to 1876, five seasons in the National Association and one in the National League of Base Ball Clubs. From 1873 to 1875, the Athletics shared it with the White Stockings, also in the National Association.
Fairmount, Philadelphia
Fairmount is a neighborhood in the North Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The name "Fairmount" itself derives from the prominent hill on which the Philadelphia Museum of Art now sits, and where William Penn originally intended to build his own manor house. Later, the name was applied to the street originally called Hickory Lane that runs from the foot of Fairmount hill through the heart of the neighborhood.
Liacouras Center
The Liacouras Center, a 10,200-seat multi-purpose venue, is located on the Temple University campus along North Broad Street in North Philadelphia. The venue is a full entertainment arena featuring concerts, family shows, Temple Men’s and Women’s Basketball games, Philadelphia KiXX games, Philly Roller Girls bouts, and other events. Global Spectrum manages the Liacouras Center. Formerly known as the Apollo of Temple, the venue was renamed and dedicated to Temple University President Peter J.
Recreation Park (Philadelphia)
Recreation Park was a baseball park in Philadelphia. 32x28px Philadelphia portal The ballpark was the first home of the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League during the years 1883-1886, prior to the opening of the arena that became known as Baker Bowl. The park was bounded by 24th Street, Ridge Avenue, 25th Street and Columbia Avenue (which in 1987 was renamed Cecil B. Moore Avenue after the civil-rights leader).
Saint Joseph's Preparatory School
Saint Joseph's Preparatory School, founded in 1851, is a Catholic, urban, college preparatory school for young men. The school is operated by the Society of Jesus and located at 1733 W. Girard Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia Marathon
The Philadelphia Marathon (aka the Philadelphia Independence Marathon), founded in 1954, is an annual marathon sporting event hosted by the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the third Sunday of November each year. The course is a certified 42.195 kilometres, and is sanctioned by the USA Track & Field.
Strawberry Mansion, Philadelphia
Strawberry Mansion is a neighborhood in the United States city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, located east of Fairmount Park in North Philadelphia. It has a large and predominantly African-American population. The neighborhood is bounded by 33rd Street to the west, 29th Street to the east, Lehigh Avenue to the north, and Oxford Street to the south. As of the 2000 census, the neighborhood had a population of 22,562.
Carver High School (Philadelphia)
George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science is a secondary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Templetown, Philadelphia
50x40pxThis article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Templetown is a neighborhood in the North Philadelphia section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The district is loosely arranged around the main campus of Temple University, hence the name 'Temple' town.
Fairmount (SEPTA station)
Fairmount is a subway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is served by SEPTA's Broad Street Line (local tracks) and the Broad-Ridge Spur. There are three separate platforms; currently the Broad-Ridge Spur and Broad Street Line (BSL) Northbound platforms connect inside the fare-gates, but the Broad Street Line Southbound platform cannot be reached from the other two without exiting.
McGonigle Hall
McGonigle Hall is an athletic facility on the campus of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Opened on December 2, 1969 with an upset win over the St. John's. The venue served as the home of basketball and other sports events until replaced in 1997 by The Apollo of Temple, a larger facility now known as the Liacouras Center.
Philadelphia Freedom Concert
The Philadelphia Freedom Concert and Ball was an HIV/AIDS awareness fund raising event that was held in Philadelphia, USA, on July 4, 2005. The ball was held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art prior to the multi-act concert. Tickets were $1,000 each and included numerous celebrities, including, the orchestrator of the event, Elton John. Chefs from the city provided food and entertainment was provided by local groups.
The Blue Horizon
The Blue Horizon is a historic 1,500-seat boxing venue in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Ring magazine voted it the number-one boxing venue in the world, and Sports Illustrated noted it as the last great boxing venue in the country. The Blue Horizon was originally constructed as three four-story Second Empire style houses in 1865. Originally built to house the nouveau riche, the properties were eventually sold to the Loyal Order of Moose.
Cecil B. Moore Avenue
Cecil B. Moore Avenue, also known as Columbia Avenue, is a major arterial street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which is divided East and West between the city's Fishtown and Overbrook communities. East of Frankford Avenue, the street is known by its original name, East Columbia Avenue, from Frankford to Beach Street past Interstate 95. West Columbia begins at the unit block at Frankford but turns into what is today called Cecil B.
William Penn High School (Philadelphia)
William Penn High School was a public high school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school served about 900 students in grades 9 to 12 in the School District of Philadelphia. In 2009 Penn had 633 students. That year, the school district proposed closing Penn. If the closing is approved, it would close on June 30, 2010.
Cecil B. Moore (SEPTA station)
Cecil B. Moore, also known as Cecil B. Moore / Temple University, formerly Columbia, is a subway stop on the SEPTA Broad Street Line in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a local station that has four tracks, with only the outer two being served. There are separate fare control areas for northbound and southbound trains, with no crossover, and a large pavilion entrance with an escalator on the northbound side.
Girard (SEPTA Broad Street Line station)
Girard is a subway station on the SEPTA Broad Street Line in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is an express station, with four tracks and two central platforms. This is the last station where southbound riders can transfer freely between the Ridge Spur line and the Main Line, and the two trains commonly meet here and wait for one another.
Philadelphia Mennonite High School
Philadelphia Mennonite High School is a private Mennonite high school in the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has approximately 100 students in 9th through 12th grades, and focuses on college preparation.
Odd Fellows Cemetery (Philadelphia)
Odd Fellows Cemetery was a historic cemetery at 24th and Diamond Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, established in 1849. The gatehouse was designed by architect Stephen Decatur Button. It included the grave of author George Lippard. The cemetery property was acquired by the Philadelphia Housing Authority in 1950 for construction of a housing project.