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  2. Germantown, Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Seal of Germantown, 1691 Pictures from Old Germantown: the Pastorius family residences are shown on the upper left (c. 1683) and upper right (c. 1715), the center structure is the house and printing business of the Caurs family (ca. 1735), and the bottom structure is the market place (c. 1820).

  3. Southwark, Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Southwark was originally the Southwark District, a colonial-era municipality in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States. Today, it is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Because of its location south of the early Philadelphia, the name was adopted in allusion to the borough of Southwark in ...

  4. Center City, Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Center City at night in May 2007 Logan Circle in 2011 Philadelphia City Hall at night in December 2012. Among Center City's neighborhoods and districts are Penn's Landing, Old City, Society Hill, South Street, Washington Square West, Market East, Chinatown, Logan Square, the Museum District (located along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway), Rittenhouse Square, Fitler Square, the Avenue of the Arts ...

  5. History of time in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The evolution of United States standard time zone boundaries from 1919 to 2024 in five-year increments. Plaque in Chicago marking the creation of the four time zones of the continental US in 1883 Colorized 1913 time zone map of the United States, showing boundaries very different from today Map of U.S. time zones during between April 2, 2006, and March 11, 2007.

  6. Delaware Valley - Wikipedia

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    Area codes. 215/267/445, 302, 410/443/667, 609/640, 610/484/835, 717/223, 856. The Delaware Valley, sometimes referred to as Greater Philadelphia or the Philadelphia metropolitan area, is a major metropolitan region in the Northeast United States that centers on Philadelphia, the nation's sixth-most populous city, and spans parts of four U.S ...

  7. Kensington, Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    City. Philadelphia. 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 ...

  8. Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.phila.gov. Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania [11] and the sixth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census. The city is the urban core of the larger Delaware Valley, also known as the Philadelphia metropolitan ...

  9. Longwood Gardens - Wikipedia

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    Longwood Gardens is a public garden that consists of more than 1,100 acres (445 hectares; 4.45 km 2) of gardens, woodlands, and meadows in the Brandywine Creek Valley in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States. [2] It is one of the premier horticultural display gardens in the United States and is open to visitors year-round to enjoy native ...