Philadelphia

About Philadelphia

Population

1 580 863 dans la ville
6 533 122 dans laire urbaine

Résolution

350 km² (135 mi²)

Altitude

3.048 m

In 1632 a small contingent of Swedes and Finns came to the land where the Schuylkill River meets the Delaware and founded New Sweden. In 1655 Peter Stuyvesant seized New Sweden for the Dutch, inciting conflict with the British until the Dutch relinquished their rights to the territory in 1673. Nine years later William Penn established a town between the Schuylkill and the Delaware rivers, naming it Philadelphia, the "city of brotherly love," and in two years it evolved into an active settlement of about 2,500 people, most of them Quakers. In the mid-1700s, Benjamin Franklin began shaping the destiny of Philadelphia by presiding over the founding of the University of Pennsylvania (one of America’s first universities), Pennsylvania Hospital, and a fire insurance company (both also firsts). Under his guidance Philadelphia became the premier colonial city for the arts and the home of many famous educators, scientists, mathematicians, authors, and painters. In addition a total of 17 libraries were founded at this time. The meeting place of the Continental Congress and the site of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Philadelphia was the nation’s capital from 1790 to 1800, the year the federal government moved permanently to Washington, DC. Throughout the 19th century, the influx first of Irish and German, then Jewish, Italian, Polish, Slavic immigrants from Europe, and blacks from the South, helped build the city’s industrial base. Today, a renewed vigor has overcome the city and it is evidenced by the bold and striking towers that look down on William Penn’s statue on top of Philadelphia City Hall.

Zones urbaines

Avenue of the Arts (18), Independence Mall (22)

Arrondissements

Bridesburg - Kensington - Richmond (2), Center City (430), Germantown - Chestnut Hill (22), Lower North Philadelphia (144), Near Northeast Philadelphia (3), Olney - Oak Lane (5), Roxborough - Manayunk (2), South Philadelphia (45), Southwest Philadelphia (4), West Philadelphia (80)

Région métropolitaine

Abington Township, Alloway Township, Ambler, Ardmore, Audubon, Audubon Park, Bala-Cynwyd, Barrington, Bass River Township, Bellmawr, Bensalem, Berlin, Berlin Township, Berwyn, Beverly, Blue Bell, Bordentown, Bordentown Township, Brandywine, Bridgeport, Bridgeton, Bristol, Brooklawn, Broomall, Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr, Burlington, Burlington Township, Camden, Carneys Point Township, Chalfont, Cheltenham Township, Cherry Hill, Chesilhurst, Chester, Chesterbrook, Chesterfield Township, Cinnaminson Township, Claymont, Clayton, Clementon, Coatesville, Collingswood, Commercial Township, Conshohocken, Darby, Deerfield Township, Delanco Township, Delaware City, Delran Township, Deptford Township, Downe Township, Doylestown, East Greenwich Township, Eastampton Township, Eddystone, Edgewater Park Township, Elk Township, Elmer, Elsinboro Township, Essington, Evesham Township, Exton, Fairfield Township, Feasterville, Fieldsboro, Florence Township, Flourtown, Fort Dix Military Reservation, Franklin Township, Gibbsboro, Glassboro, Gloucester City, Gloucester Township, Greenville, Greenwich Township, Greenwich Township, Haddon Heights, Haddon Township, Haddonfield, Harrison Township, Hatboro, Hatfield, PA, Hatfield Township, Hi-Nella, Hopewell Township, Horsham, Huntingdon Valley, Jenkintown, Kennet Square, King of Prussia, Lafayette Hill, Langhorne, Lansdale, Lawnside, Lawrence Township, Lima, Lindenwold, Logan Township, Lower Alloways Creek Township, Lumberton Township, Magnolia, Malvern, Mannington Township, Mansfield Township, Mantua Township, Maple Shade, NJ, Maurice River Township, Medford, Medford Lakes, Merchantville, Middletown, Millville, Monroe Township, Moorestown, Morrisville, Mount Ephraim, Mount Holly Township, Mount Laurel, National Park, New Castle, New Hanover Township, New Hope, Newark, Newfield, Newtown Square, Norristown, North Hanover Township, Oaklyn, Oaks, Oldmans Township, Oreland, Palmyra, Paulsboro, Pemberton, Pemberton Township, Penn Wynne, Penns Grove, Pennsauken, Pennsville, Philadelphia, Phoenixville, Pilesgrove Township, Pine Hill, Pine Valley, Pitman, Pittsgrove Township, Plymouth Meeting, Pottstown, Quinton Township, Reading, Richboro, Riverside Township, Riverton, Runnemede, Salem, Shamong Township, Sharon Hill, Shillington, Shiloh, Skippack, Somerdale, South Harrison, Southampton, Southampton Township, Springfield, Springfield Township, Stow Creek Township, Stratford, Swarthmore, Swedesboro, Tabernacle Township, Tavistock, Telford, Tinicum Township, Trexlertown, Upper Darby Township, Upper Deerfield Township, Upper Pittsgrove Township, Vineland, Voorhees, Warminster, Washington Crossing, Washington Township, Washington Township, Waterford Township, Wenonah, West Chester, West Conshohocken, West Deptford Township, West Reading, Westampton Township, Westmont, Westville, Willingboro Township, Wilmington, Winslow Township, Woodbury, Woodbury Heights, Woodland Township, Woodlyn, Woodlynne, Woodstown, Woolwich Township, Wrightstown, Wyncote, Wyomissing, Yardley, Yeadon

No.	Current status
867	Tous les bâtiments
688	construit
11	en construction
19	prévu
61	jamais construit
88	démoli

#	Bâtiment	Hauteur	Année
1	Comcast Innovation & Technology Center	1 122 ft	2018
2	Comcast Center	974 ft	2008
3	One Liberty Place	945 ft	1987
4	Two Liberty Place	848 ft	1990
5	BNY Mellon Center	792 ft	1990

No.	Type
448	immeuble
273	Bâtiment bas
84	gratte-ciel
17	mât (libre)
11	mât (avec ossature)
8	stade
7	édifice ouvert
5	église
4	mât (haubané)
2	édifice avec tours
2	sculpture
1	maison
1	tour de contrôle
1	temple
1	pont
1	silo
1	grande salle monumentale

No.	Type
10	Bâtiments célèbres
25	Bâtiments avec des images de construction

About Philadelphia

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Région métropolitaine

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