Old City
Located near the Delaware River and is home to many of the city’s historic sites. Geographically, Old City occupies several blocks between Front and Fourth Streets to the east and west, generally bounded by Race Street (near the on-ramp to the Ben Franklin Bridge) to the north and Walnut Street to the south.
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This meat company is named after its original owner, who delivered meats by horse-drawn carriages through the cobblestone streets of Old City and Northern Liberties along Second Street. Almost 100…
Located on Columbus Boulevard just north of Spring Garden Street, Waterfront Square represents the first of many proposed skyscraper developments underway along the Central Delaware.
1 South Street
Believed to be the first docking point of William Penn in 1682, this stretch of waterfront land represents Philadelphia’s largest attempt to develop a riverside park along the Delaware. Renowned…
The Independence Seaport Museum, then known as the Port of History Museum, opened its current building in 1978 as part of the newly constructed Penn’s Landing public waterfront space. Beyond…
Delaware Avenue and Poplar Street Website This Northern Liberties site appears is the location of the next skyscraper along the Central Delaware (after Waterfront Square). The development team is led by Marc Stein, third-generation Philadelphia steel…
1143 N. Delaware Avenue
Though the Carolina- inspired restaurant closed it doors in November 2004, the building and colorful sign of a large pig remains a place-marker for cars driving past. The site is…
Originally named after the Delaware River, the bridge was built in 1926 to connect Philadelphia with Camden. Along with the Betsy Ross, Walt Whitman, and Tacony-Palmyra, the Ben Franklin Bridge…
Going down the shore? Before there was a Benjamin Franklin Bridge, thousands departed by ferry from the Vine Street landing for a run across New Jersey via the Camden &…
Most early settlers lived in houses to be sure, but records indicate that many chose to live in caves, a practice which persisted past the 1680s.
According to Watson’s Annals,…
The concept for John Fitch's paddle powered steamboat emanated from a dream.
There was once an island right off Center City where Philadelphians went to bathe and frolic.
Rising in the middle of the river, Smith’s Island was about a block wide…
One of two fortifications built in 1747, the Association Battery was located at the foot of Wharton Street, with 27 cannons aimed out over the Delaware River to stop any…
