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The 1985 MOVE bombing, locally known by its date, May 13, 1985, [2] was the destruction of residential homes in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by the Philadelphia Police Department during a standoff with MOVE, a black liberation organization. Philadelphia police dropped two explosive devices from a ...
Cherelle Lesley Parker (born September 10, 1972) [2] is an American politician who has served as the 100th Mayor of Philadelphia since 2024. She is the first woman to hold the office. [3] [4] Parker served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2005 to 2015, representing the 200th district in Northwest Philadelphia.
SEPTA bus: 38, 40. Philly PHLASH. Website. www.pleasetouchmuseum.org. The Please Touch Museum is a children's museum located in the Centennial District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The museum focuses on teaching children through interactive exhibits and special events, [1] mostly aimed at children seven years old and younger.
The School District of Philadelphia ( SDP) is the school district that includes all school district-operated public schools in Philadelphia. [9] Established in 1818, it is largest school district in Pennsylvania and the eighth-largest school district in the nation, serving over 197,000 students as of 2022. [10]
Sesame Place Philadelphia. / 40.18500°N 74.87194°W / 40.18500; -74.87194. Sesame Place Philadelphia is a children's theme park and water park based on the children's educational television program Sesame Street. It is one of the twelve Sesame Place theme parks owned and operated by United Parks & Resorts under an exclusive license ...
Area code (s) 215, 267, and 445. Kensington is a neighborhood in Philadelphia that belongs to Lower Northeast. As with all neighborhoods in the city, the lack of any official designation means the boundaries of the area vary between sources over time and are disputed among locals. Kensington, as most long-term residents view it, refers ...
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children operates several satellite offices throughout the Greater Philadelphia region and southern New Jersey. These include primary care offices and pediatric specialty care centers in Yardley, Pennsylvania, Northeast Philadelphia, East Falls, Pennsylvania, Reading, Pennsylvania and Washington Twp., Southern New ...
Case history; Prior: Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, 320 F. Supp. 3d 661 (E.D. Pa. 2018); Affirmed, 922 F.3d 140 (3d Cir. 2019); Cert. granted, 140 S. Ct. 1104 (2020); Holding; The refusal of Philadelphia to contract with CSS for the provision of foster care services unless CSS agrees to certify same-sex couples as foster parents violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment