Center City
Council Districts: (1) Frank DiCicco, (2) Anna Verna, (5) Darrell Clarke
The neighborhoods that make up Center City include:
Rittenhouse Square
Logan Square
Washington Square West
Old City
Society Hill
Chinatown
Southwest Center City
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.
717 South Columbus Boulevard Website Just south of Penn’s Landing, Dockside has 13 stories of apartments above a three-story parking garage. Dockside is built on Pier 30, supported by pilings embedded in the Delaware River…
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…
These three 31-story condominium towers, which sit atop a five-acre hill, act as the anchor that stimulated Society Hill neighborhood revitalization, the landmark achievement of Philadelphia city planner Ed Bacon.…
The Shot Tower was the first of its kind in the nation and only one of five left intact. Originally built in 1808 for the production of hunting shot, it…
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…
Columbus Ave.
The proposed Riverwalk Casino site is an 11.5-acre vacant plot of land just north of Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing and south of the newly constructed Waterfront Square condominiums. The…
Construction is well under way for this 31-story addition to the Avenue of the Arts. This is the latest project of Dranoff Properties, which also developed Left Bank in University…
Moored off Dock Street from 1847-1851.
This mobile house of worship was built in Bordentown NJ in 1847, and towed to Philadelphia’s bustling Dock Street wharf. Believed to be the…
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…
The “Man Full of Trouble,” as its name suggests, probably catered to a fairly rowdy crowd in the 18th and early 19th century. The building had numerous tenants; in the…
The Philadelphia Daily News reported in January 2008 that Comcast-Spectacor has preliminary plans to develop a multi-million dollar entertainment complex within the Sports District in South Philadelphia that currently…
In 2006, Trinity Capital Advisors purchased the entire block between 11th and 12th Streets from Chestnut to Market. Their proposal for the block is to demolish all buildings (including…
According to the Philadelphia Gaming Task Force report, the 2.8 acre site is the smallest Center City site and would require considerable design innovation to accommodate gaming development. The…
Initially evaluated as a possible casino site by the Philadelphia Gaming Advisory Task Force in 2005.
The Philadephia Gaming Advisory Task Force had this to say about the site:
"Currently, Penn’s…
Proposed Riverwalk Casino site at Spring Garden Street and Delaware Avenue. At 11 acres, it was the smallest site of the five considered by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control…
