Philadelphia

**Philadelphia**
	largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and seat of Philadelphia County
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Instance of	city of Pennsylvania; county seat; home rule municipality of Pennsylvania; consolidated city-county;
Named after	Filadelfia;
Location	Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Located in or next to body of water	Delaware River;
School district	Philadelphia Public School District;
Head of government	Cherelle Parker (mayor of Philadelphia, 2024–);
Founder	William Penn;
Inception	1682;
Population	1,603,797 (2020);
Area	369.609252 km² (2016);
Elevation above sea level	12 ±1 m;
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	39° 57′ 10″ N, 75° 09′ 49″ W
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English: Philadelphia is the largest city of Pennsylvania. William Penn, an English Quaker, founded the city in 1682 to serve as capital of the Province of Pennsylvania. The Founding Fathers of the United States met in Philadelphia to sign the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitution in 1787. Philadelphia also served as the U.S. capital from 1790–1800 while Washington, D.C. was under construction.

Español: Filadelfia es la ciudad mas grande del estado de Pensilvania.

Deutsch: Philadelphia ist die größte Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Pennsylvania.

Français : Philadelphie est la cité la plus grande de la Pennsylvanie, dans les États-Unis.

Italiano: Filadelfia è la città la più grande della Pennsylvania negli Stati Uniti.

日本語: フィラデルフィア市はペンシルバニア州で一番大きな都市である。

한국어: 필라델피아는 펜실베이니아 주에서 가장 큰 도시이다.

中文（繁體）：費城是賓夕法尼亞州的最大城市

中文（简体）：费城是宾夕法尼亚州的最大城市

Continent: North America - Region: Pennsylvania

Aerial views and maps

Fairmount Park with City Hall tower visible at top center, 1893
Center City, 1930
City Hall, 1965
Landsat, 2002
Center City with South Philly on left and North Philly on right, 2008
First map of the city, 1683
Mitchell map, 1876
A German map, 1888
Street map
Railroad map
satellite image

Historic sites

Old City

Liberty Bell
Independence Hall, north facade
Independence Hall, south facade
Independence Hall, Assembly Room
Independence Hall, Governor's Council Chamber
Congress Hall
Congress Hall, Senate Chamber
Old City Hall and U.S. Supreme Court, 1791–1800
Carpenters' Hall
Declaration House
First Bank of the United States
Second Bank of the United States
Elfreth's Alley
Philadelphia Bourse
Merchants' Exchange Building
U.S. Custom House

Society Hill

Other Center City sites

Miscellaneous

Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site, Spring Garden
Eastern State Penitentiary, Fairmount
Inquirer Building, Logan Square
University of Pennsylvania quadrangle, University City
30th Street Station and Cira Centre, University City
Memorial Hall, west Fairmount Park
Benjamin Chew House, Germantown
Fort Mifflin, adjacent to Philadelphia International Airport
SS United States, South Philadelphia (Towed to Alabama to be prepared for sinking in February of 2025.)^[1]

NRHP religious sites

Arch Street Friends Meeting House (Quaker)
Arch Street Presbyterian Church
Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (Catholic)
Christ Church (Episcopal)
Benjamin Franklin's grave, Christ Church Burial Ground
Church of the Advocate (Episcopal)
Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal)
Congregation Rodeph Shalom (Reform Judaism)
First Unitarian Church
Henry S. Frank Memorial Synagogue (Judaism)
Germantown Friends Meeting House (Quaker)
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church (Episcopal, formerly Swedish Lutheran)
Grace Church (Episcopal)
McDowell Memorial Presbyterian Church
Mennonite Meetinghouse
Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral
Race Street Friends Meetinghouse (Quaker)
St. Augustine Church (Catholic)
Saint Clement's Church (Anglo-Catholic)
St. George's United Methodist Church
Church of St. James the Less (Episcopal)
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Society Hill
St. Peter's Episcopal Church of Germantown
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Tindley Temple United Methodist Church

Historic images

The Birth of Pennsylvania, 1680, by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris - William Penn, holding paper, and King Charles II
Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1683, by Benjamin West
John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence - Committee of Five presents their draft in Independence Hall, June 28, 1776
Battle of Germantown, 1777
Washington's second inauguration, 1793
Library and Surgeon's Hall, Fifth-street engraving, 1800, by William Birch
Celebrating Independence Day, 1812
Election Day, 1815
U.S. Mint, 1827
An anti-Irish Catholic nativist riot in Southwark, July 7, 1844
U.S. Agricultural Society's Fair, 1856
Independence Hall, c.1858
Great Central Fair, 1864
Opening day ceremonies at the Centennial Exhibition at Memorial Hall, 1876 - first World's Fair in the United States
Map of Centennial buildings in Fairmount Park, 1876
Reading Railroad Terminal, 1893
City Hall, c.1899
Automat, 1906
Liberty Bell on parade, 1908
Shibe Park rooftop bleachers, 1913
World War I armistice day celebration, November 11, 1918
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 1921
Franklin Field during a Penn football game, 1925
Sesquicentennial Exposition 80-foot replica of the Liberty Bell, 1926
FDR accepts the nomination for the Presidency, Franklin Field, 1936
Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1937
Submarines USS Ulua (SS-428) and USS Trumpetfish (SS-425) under construction, 1945
ENIAC, 1946
Shibe Park, 1955
Dock Street Market, 1957
SEPTA PCC 2570 trolley on 5th St., 1970
South Philly Sports Complex, 1973 (demolished & replaced)
Live Aid at JFK Stadium, 1985
Amnesty International Human Rights Now! concert at JFK Stadium, 1988
Live 8 on Benjamin Franklin Parkway, 2008

Museums

Fairmount Park house museums

Outdoor art

Aero Memorial in Logan Square
All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors in Logan Square
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Memorial on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
A young Benjamin Franklin at Penn
George Washington at Independence Hall
Washington Monument at Eakins Oval
Joan of Arc near the Art Museum
Auguste Rodin's The Thinker at the Rodin Museum
Octavius Catto at City Hall

Octavius Catto at City Hall
George B. McClellan at City Hall
John F. Reynolds at City Hall
Ulysses S. Grant in Fairmount Park

Parks

Schuylkill River, Fairmount Park
Belmont Plateau, Fairmount Park
Boathouse Row, Fairmount Park
Fairmount Water Works
Valley Green Inn, Wissahickon Valley Park
FDR Park
Rittenhouse Square
Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier at Washington Square
Franklin Square fountain
Swann Fountain within Logan Circle
The Washington Monument at Eakins Oval
LOVE Park, officially called JFK Plaza
Dilworth Park during opening
Schuylkill River Trail, Schuylkill Banks
Pastorius Park
Pennypack Park
Frankford Avenue Bridge over Pennypack Creek in the park; the oldest surviving roadway bridge in the United States; built in 1697
Tacony Creek Park

Performing arts

Academy of Music, home of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1900–2001
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, current home of the Philadelphia Orchestra
Forrest Theatre
Merriam Theater
Musical Fund Hall
Painted Bride Art Center
Royal Theater
Trocadero Theatre
Walnut Street Theatre, the oldest continuously operating theatre in the English-speaking world
Wilma Theater

Naval Shipyard

Submarine in foreground and crane barge in background, 1912
Hammerhead crane, 1923
Ships ready for launching, 1942
Launching of the USS New Jersey, 1942
Aerial view, 1955
Aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy in drydock, Naval Shipyard, 1968
Aerial view, 1995
Commissioning of the USS Somerset, 2014
Mothballed ships, 2017
Starboard side of the USS John F. Kennedy
Bow of the JFK
and its stern, 2018
Frigate row

Transport

Strawberry Mansion Bridge
Benjamin Franklin Bridge
Betsy Ross Bridge
Walt Whitman Bridge
Interstate 95
Schuylkill Expressway
Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Broad Street
Phila. Int'l Airport (PHL)
PHL - control tower
PHL - aerial view
30th Street Station eastern facade
30th Street Station interior
A SEPTA platform at 30th Street Station
Girard Avenue station of Market–Frankford Line
Amtrak Pennsylvanian
Amtrak Northeast Regional railway line, Philadelphia, New York Penn Station

Sports

Citizens Bank Park, Phillies, 2007; opened 2004
Lincoln Financial Field, Eagles, 2012; opened 2003
Wells Fargo Center, Flyers / Sixers / Soul, 2012; opened 1996
The South Philadelphia Sports Complex in 2008; the Spectrum (upper left) was demolished in 2011
Franklin Field, Penn, 2008
The Palestra, also on the Penn campus, 2016

Demolished stadiums

Shibe Park, 1909–1976; Philadelphia Athletics, Phillies and Eagles
John F. Kennedy Stadium, 1926–1992; various sports including Army–Navy Games and concerts including Live Aid
Veterans Stadium, 1971–2004; Phillies, Eagles, other sports and music concerts
The Spectrum, 1967–2011; Flyers, Sixers and music concerts