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During warm months, swimming in the fountain is a long-standing Philadelphia tradition. In the summer of 2006, the City of Philadelphia began enforcing a swimming ban with a nearly constant security presence, but the ban was eliminated in 2009. Connections to nearby sculptures
June 22, 1988. The Ridge Avenue Bridge in Philadelphia is a historic bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . A triple-span stone arch bridge built in 1888, it carries Ridge Avenue over the Wissahickon Creek. It is the last crossing of the creek before it empties into the Schuylkill River. Four other stone arch bridges cross the Wissahickon. [2]
October 17, 1983. The 1616 Walnut Street Building or 1616 Building is a historic high-rise building in the Center City area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A twenty-four-story building, it stands ninety-four meters tall. Listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places on January 7, 1982, it was then also listed on the National Register of ...
History. It is a two-ribbed, open-spandrel, reinforced concrete arch bridge with one principal span. It was designed in 1927 by Paul Philippe Cret, a nationally acclaimed Philadelphia architect, in collaboration with Frank M. Masters, engineered by Ralph Modjeski and Clement E. Chase. It was completed in May 1932 at a cost of $1,648,775.
NRHP reference No. 88000802 [1] Added to NRHP. June 22, 1988. City Line Avenue Bridge is a historic concrete barrel arch bridge spanning the East Branch of Indian Creek and located in the Overbrook Farms neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1913, and is a single-span bridge. The barrel arch measures 20-foot-wide (6.1 m). [2]
Thomas Mill Rd., Wissahickon Valley Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Coordinates 40°04′19″N 75°13′32″W / 40.07187°N 75.22559°W / 40.07187; -75
February 20, 2003. The Boekel Building is a historic factory building located in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 505–515 Vine Street, west of North 5th Street. It was built in 1922–23, and is a six-story, reinforced concrete building clad in brick with terra cotta details. It features massive brick piers and broad ...
88000806 [1] Added to NRHP. June 22, 1988. The Holme Avenue Bridge is a closed-spandrel concrete arch bridge that carries Holme Avenue across Wooden Bridge Run (a tributary of Pennypack Creek) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Department of Transportation, it should not be confused with the other "Holme ...