Philadelphia City Hall Drone Video 2019
Built 1871-1901, this $24 million limestone, granite and marble structure is the government center to one of America's greatest cities. This building was the tallest in the world from 1894 to 1908 and is currently the largest municipal building in the United States. Its more than 22-feet thick walls surround the 700-rooms, which house the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the Philadelphia government. The clock on each face of the tower is 26-feet in diameter - that's larger than Big Ben (23 feet)! It's topped by the world's tallest statue on any building at 37-feet tall, and is 53,000 pounds. It's of the city's founder, William Penn. And that's just one of more than 250 statues that adorn the landmark inside and out. In the center of the building is a large, open courtyard called the Centre Square, which has held countless historic speeches and events. This incredible building became a a National Historic Landmark in 1976. You can take a look inside any week day and ride the 6-person elevator to the observation deck below The tower's statue.
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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania: City Hall, Independence Hall, National Constitution Center, Betsy Ross
A few days in Philly in October 2019. Really great city!
Some of the places included in this video:
Fitler Square (Saturday Farmers Market)
Rittenhouse Square
Logan Square
Philadelphia City Hall
Penn's Landing Historic Walk
18th Century Garden
Carpenters’ Hall
Benjamin Franklin Museum
Washington Square
Love Park
Independence Hall
Liberty Bell
Independence Visitor Center
National Constitution Center
Franklin Square
Betsy Ross House
Elfreth's Alley
Reading Terminal Market
Recorded with my gopro 6.
Philadelphia: City Hall
Philadelphia City Hall building was constructed from 1871 to 1901 within Penn Square, in the middle of Center City. John McArthur Jr. and Thomas Ustick Walter designed the building in the Second Empire style. City Hall is a masonry building whose weight is borne by granite and brick walls up to 22 ft (6.7 m) thick. The principal exterior materials are limestone, granite, and marble. The final construction cost was $24 million.
At 548 ft (167 m), including the statue of city founder William Penn atop its tower, City Hall was the tallest habitable building in the world from 1894 to 1908. It remained the tallest in Pennsylvania until it was surpassed in 1932 by the Gulf Tower in Pittsburgh. It was the tallest in Philadelphia until 1986 when the construction of One Liberty Place surpassed it, ending the informal gentlemen's agreement that had limited the height of buildings in the city to no higher than the Penn statue.
In 1976, City Hall was designated a National Historic Landmark.
With almost 700 rooms, City Hall is the largest municipal building in the United States and one of the largest in the world. The building houses three branches of government: the city's executive branch (the Mayor's Office), its legislature (the Philadelphia City Council), and a substantial portion of the judicial activity in the city (the Civil Division and Orphan's Court of the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas for the First Judicial District are housed there, as well as chambers for some criminal judges and some judges of the Philadelphia Municipal Court).
The tower features a clock face on each side that is 26 ft (7.9 m) in diameter.
City Hall's observation deck is located directly below the base of the statue, about 500 ft (150 m) above street level. Once enclosed with chain-link fencing, the observation deck is now enclosed by glass. It is reached in a 6-person elevator whose glass panels allow visitors to see the interior of the iron superstructure that caps the tower and supports the statuary and clocks. Stairs within the tower are only used for emergency exit. The ornamentation of the tower has been simplified; the huge garlands that festooned the top panels of the tower were removed.
In the 1950s, the city council investigated tearing down City Hall for a new building elsewhere. They found that the demolition would have bankrupted the city due to the building's masonry construction.
Beginning in 1992, Philadelphia City Hall underwent a comprehensive exterior restoration.
City Hall has been a filming location for several motion pictures including Rocky (1976), Blow Out (1981), Trading Places (1983), Philadelphia (1993), 12 Monkeys (1995), National Treasure (2004), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Limitless (2011), Birdy (1984), Prison Song (2001), and Law Abiding Citizen (2009).
Philadelphia City Hall Tower Tour
Philadelphia City Hall Tower Tour
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Moorish American Press Conference: held in front of City Hall in Philadelphia Pa. Bro. A. Hopkins-Bey G.S and Sister S. Hopkins-Bey A.G.S (Temple 11 Pa.) addresses the press to inform the public as to what is the Moorish Science Temple of America and what qualifies a person to be a Moorish American Moslem... A Must See...
Our visit to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Philly The city of brotherly love!
Philadelphia, which is Greek for brotherly love (from Philos, love or friendship, and Delphos, brother) Founded by William Penn, Penn As a Quaker, Penn had experienced religious persecution and wanted his colony to be a place where anyone could worship freely.
With centuries of culture and personality built up, the breathing city of Philadelphia exemplifies “brotherly or sisterly love” in its own fashion. Its sports fans are known to be the most loyal and passionate in the business, while it’s often a tough love, it’s a love for sure. The music in Philadelphia is one of a kind, and it’s developed historically standout sounds in the hip-hop and indie rock spaces. On top of it all, Philly is a city that shares its cheesesteaks, art museums, festivals, and personalities with all of its visitors, just like a sibling you grew up alongside.
Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and, at the time of the American Revolution, was the largest and most important city in America. Founded by William Penn as a place of religious tolerance, its spirit infused the early steps towards independence.
The first European settlers on the site were Swedes, who established a community at the mouth of the Schuykill not later than 1643. England, however, established its control over the entire region, and in 1681, King Charles II made William Penn a grant of land that became Pennsylvania.
An advance group was sent that year, and Penn followed in 1682. They established Philadelphia in the southeast corner of the colony, following a plan for the town's development. Philadephia's guiding principle was tolerance towards all faiths. Philadelphia attracted people from all over Europe, with such Quakers as Penn especially well represented. The city developed a thriving trade with the West Indies and soon became the largest and most important city in the colonies. It received its city charter in 1701.
Philadelphia's most famous citizen in the 18th century was Benjamin Franklin, widely considered to be one of that century's foremost scientists, in addition to one of the guiding lights of the Revolution. The First and Second Continental congresses were held in Philadelphia, and the city served as the nation's unofficial capital throughout the War of Independence, except for the period between September 26, 1777, and June 18, 1778, when it was held by the British. Following the war, the convention that produced the Constitution (text) was held in Philadelphia.
By the time of the first census in 1790, New York had passed Philadelphia in size. During the first half of the 19th century, important suburbs grew up around Philadelphia, including Kensington, Moyamensing, Northern Liberties, Southwark, and Spring Garden, which ranked among the country's top 100 places in the national census.
By mid-century, Philadelphia had dropped to fourth place in population. In 1854, the Pennsylvania legislature redrew the boundaries of Philadelphia to include the entire county, which boosted the city's population back to second. It held that position until overtaken by Chicago in the census of 1890.
In 1876, Philadelphia hosted one of the country's first international expositions, to commemorate the centennial of the Declaration of Independence. Held at Fairmont Park from May 10 to November 10, the exposition displayed industries from 50 countries.
Philadelphia, cradle of America's dream of freedom, is home to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution (narrative), great documents that cried out, “Let Freedom Ring, like the Liberty Bell. Amidst the ordinary citizens of Philadelphia, gathered in the humble Carpenter's Hall on Chestnut Street, the Colonial Fathers gave voice and life to those freedoms at the First Continental Congress.
Many historic sites in Philadelphia have been restored or rebuilt to help preserve the nation’s heritage as a free people. Providing fitting homage to these places, a place of hallowed ground was sanctified, the Independence National Historical Park. On these grounds is Independence Hall, where the Declaration and the Constitution reside. The home of Betsy Ross still stands on Arch Street.
Philadelphia also is one of America's leading cultural centers. The University of Philadelphia, established in 1740, occupies a 120-acre campus in West Philadelphia. The Academy of Natural Science, the oldest institution of its kind in America, was founded in 1805. The Philadelphia Zoo, the oldest zoological garden in the nation, houses 1,600 rare and exotic animals. The Philadelphia Museum of Art, founded in 1876, displays some of the world's finest Impressionist art. Philadelphia's own Washington Monument stands in front of the art museum as if to guard the collections within.
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Center City Philadelphia Community Tour
Philadelphia, the sixth-most populous U.S. city, is the economic and cultural center of the Pennsylvania region known as the Delaware Valley. Founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker, Philadelphia played a prominent part in the American Revolution. Here the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776 at the Second Continental Congress, and the Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. Well known landmarks include Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, the first U.S. Bank founded by Alexander Hamilton, and the Betsy Ross House.
Today Philadelphia is home to many universities and colleges, renowned medical schools and hospitals, art institutions, theaters, nationally ranked restaurants and museums.
With an abundance of outdoor sculptures and murals, Philadelphia also boasts the largest urban park system in America in Fairmount Park and the adjacent Wissahickon Valley Park.
Philadelphia is known as a city of neighborhoods, with a multitude of urban lifestyle choices and unique communities in which to live and work. Get to know Philadelphia!
⁴ᴷ Walking Tour of Philadelphia - Center City, Old City, Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, Chinatown
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I walk in Philadelphia, PA in Center City from South Street & 4th Street, through Society Hill, Old City, Market Street and Chinatown. I visit historical places such as Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, the Betsy Ross House, the Second Bank of the United States, and Benjamin Franklin's grave.
Filmed September 15, 2018
Timestamps
1:27 - 4th Street & Lombard Street
4:47 - 4th Street & Spruce Street
8:40 - 4th Street & Walnut Street
11:00 - Second Bank of the United States
12:50 - Independence Hall (Rear View)
16:23 - Chestnut Street & Independence Mall West (Independence Hall Front View)
19:50 - Liberty Bell View from Exterior Glass
23:40 - Independence Visitor Center
27:00 - Arch Street & Independence Mall East (United States Mint & Benjamin Franklin's Grave)
32:30 - Quaker Meeting House
35:45 - 2nd Street & Arch Street
37:40 - Elfreth's Alley (USA's oldest continuously inhabited residential street)
39:20 - Front Street & Elfreth's Alley
43:30 - Market Street & Front Street
48:40 - Market Street & 4th Street
52:30 - Market Street & 6th Street
56:20 - 8th Street & Market Street
59:06 - Arch Street & 8th Street
1:02:15 - 10th Street & Arch Street (Chinatown Friendship Arch)
1:04:50 - Race Street & 10th Street
1:06:36 - 9th Street & Race Street
1:08:31 - Vine Street & 9th Street
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Driving Downtown - Philadelphia 4K - USA
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Driving Downtown Streets - Broad Street - Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA - Episode 3.
Starting Point: Broad Street .
Broad Street is a major arterial street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It runs for approximately 13 miles beginning at the intersection of Cheltenham Avenue on the border of Cheltenham Township and the West/East Oak Lane neighborhoods of North Philadelphia to the Philadelphia Navy Yard in South Philadelphia. It is Pennsylvania Route 611 along its entire length with the exception of its northernmost part between historic Old York Road and Pennsylvania Route 309 (Cheltenham Avenue) and the southernmost part south of Interstate 95.
Broad Street runs north–south, in between 13th Street and 15th Street (there is no 14th Street in Philadelphia, because Broad Street takes its place). It is interrupted by Philadelphia City Hall, which stands where Broad and Market Street would intersect in the center of the city. The streets of Penn Square, Juniper Street, John F. Kennedy Boulevard, and 15th Street form a circle around City Hall at this point. It is one of the earliest planned streets in the United States, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a continuous north-south street, planned by surveyor Thomas Holme and developed for Philadelphia in 1681[1]
Public transportation includes SEPTA's Broad Street Line subway, which served an average of about 137,000 riders per weekday in 2010, running beneath Broad for most of its length. The subway starts in the Fern Rock neighborhood and extends through Center City to Pattison Avenue in South Philadelphia.
Philadelphia (/ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə/) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the fifth-most populous in the United States, with an estimated population in 2014 of 1,560,297.[6][7][8][9][10] In the Northeastern United States, at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, Philadelphia is the economic and cultural anchor of the Delaware Valley, a metropolitan area home to 7.2 million people and the eighth-largest combined statistical area in the United States.
The area's many universities and colleges make Philadelphia a top international study destination, as the city has evolved into an educational and economic hub.[14][15] With a gross domestic product of $388 billion, Philadelphia ranks ninth among world cities and fourth in the nation.[16] Philadelphia is the center of economic activity in Pennsylvania and is home to seven Fortune 1000 companies. The Philadelphia skyline is growing, with several nationally prominent skyscrapers.[17] The city is known for its arts, culture, and history, attracting over 39 million domestic tourists in 2013.[18] Philadelphia has more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other American city,[19] and Fairmount Park is the largest landscaped urban park in the world.[20] The 67 National Historic Landmarks in the city helped account for the $10 billion generated by tourism.[18] Philadelphia is the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps,[21][22] and is also the home of many U.S. firsts, including the first library (1731),[23] first hospital (1751)[23] and medical school (1765),[24] first Capitol (1777),[23] first stock exchange (1790),[23] first zoo (1874),[25] and first business school (1881).[26] Philadelphia is the only World Heritage City in the United States.
City Hall Tries Every Trick In The Book - 1st Amendment Audit - Philadelphia, PA
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Residence Inn by Marriott Philadelphia Center City - Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) - United States
Residence Inn by Marriott Philadelphia Center City hotel city: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) - Country: United States
Address: One East Penn Square; zip code: PA 19107
Residence Inn is located a few minutes’ walk from both Reading Terminal Market and City Hall Station.
-- La Residence Inn Philadelphia Center City est située à quelques minutes à pied du Reading Terminal Market et de la station de métro City Hall.
-- El Residence Inn está situado a solo unos minutos a pie del mercado Reading Terminal y de la estación de City Hall.
-- Das Residence Inn befindet sich nur wenige Gehminuten vom Reading Terminal Market und dem Bahnhof City Hall entfernt.
-- Residence Inn ligt op een paar minuten lopen van zowel Reading Terminal Market als City Hall Station.
-- Situato a pochi minuti a piedi dal mercato di Reading Terminal e dalla stazione di City Hall, l'elegante Residence Inn offre una colazione a buffet in omaggio e organizza, in determinate date, eventi sociali serali insieme al personale dell'hotel con...
-- O Residence Inn está localizado a poucos minutos a pé do Reading Terminal Market (mercado) e da Estação City Hall.
-- Residence Innは、リーディング・ターミナル・マーケットと市役所駅のどちらからも徒歩数分のエレガントなホテルで、無料のビュッフェ式朝食を毎日提供しています。特定の日に夜の社交イベント（ドリンク、アペタイザー付）を開催しています。 広々としたスタジオとスイートはエアコン付きで、ほとんどの客室にフルキッチン、独立したリビング＆ダイニングエリアがあります。客室には衛星テレビ、無料インターネット回線が備わっています。 Residence Inn Philadelphia Center...
-- Residence Inn酒店距离Reading Terminal Market市场和City Hall Station车站都仅有几分钟的步行路程。这家优雅的酒店提供每日免费自助早餐，并在特定日期举办晚间社交活动，客人在活动上可享用饮料和开胃菜以及酒店工作人员的服务。 所有宽敞的一室公寓和套房均配有空调，其中大多数客房都配有齐全的厨房设施以及独立的起居/用餐区。每间客房都提供卫星电视和免费网络连接。 Residence Inn Philadelphia Center...
-- Hotel Residence Inn znajduje się zaledwie kilka minut spacerem od targowiska Reading Terminal Market i stacji City Hall.
-- Отель Residence Inn разместился в нескольких минутах ходьбы от рынка Ридинг-Терминал и станции метро City Hall. Каждое утро в этом элегантном отеле сервируется бесплатный завтрак «шведский стол».
-- Residence Inn ligger bara några minuters promenad från både Reading Terminal Market och City Hall Station.
-- يقع Residence Inn على بُعد بضع دقائق سيرًا على الأقدام من سوق Reading Terminal ومحطة سيتي هول، ويوفر هذا الفندق الأنيق بوفيه إفطار يومي مجاني، وسوف يستمتع الضيوف بحدث اجتماعي في المساء مع المشروبات والمقبلات مع موظفي الفندق في تواريخ محددة.
-- Το Residence Inn βρίσκεται σε απόσταση λίγων λεπτών με τα πόδια από την κλειστή αγορά Reading Terminal Market και το σταθμό Hall City.
-- Residence Inn ligger noen få minutters gange fra både Reading Terminal Market og City Hall Station.
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The Betsy Ross House in Old City Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
Betsy Ross House in Old City Philadelphia USA
Betsy Ross is credited for creating and sewing the first Stars & Stripes American Flag.
In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened on that day in 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.
Betsy Ross House
239 Arch Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
(215) 629-4026
Philadelphia is the largest city in the state of Pennsylvania.
In 1682, William Penn founded the city to serve as capital of Pennsylvania Colony.
Philadelphia is home to many national historical sites that relate to the founding of the United States. Independence National Historical Park is the center of these historical landmarks. Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence was signed, and the Liberty Bell are the city's most famous attractions. Other historic sites include homes for Edgar Allan Poe, Betsy Ross, and Thaddeus Kosciuszko.
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Facts of Philadelphia and Symbols of Pennsylvania
Betsy Ross made the first American flag in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia is home to the cheesesteak sandwich, water ice, soft pretzels, and TastyKakes.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia in 1776.
Philadelphia is home to the Liberty Bell.
Fairmount Park in Philadelphia is the largest city park with over 8,000 acres.
Philadelphia is the site of the first presidential mansion.
Philadelphia was once the United States capital city.
State Colors
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State Flower
Mountain Laurel
State Motto
Virtue, Liberty, Independence
State Nickname
The Keystone State
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Walnut Street Theatre
State Tree
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City Hall Philadelphia #PhillyMinute
We are excited to release our new original video series #PhillyMinute. We will be collaborating with creative people in Philadelphia highlighting the city from new perspectives through aerial videos.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: the birthplace of US democracy… and the legendary cheesesteak
French singer-songwriter Laetitia Sheriff is travelling around the US on the trail of music, history and culture. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the place where America’s modern journey began, so it was a fitting final stop on her travels.…
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DRIVING DOWNTOWN PHILADELPHIA 4K - USA
PHILADELPHIA STREET VIEW.
Video Focus on Philadelphia CITY HALL, MARKET ST, S BROAD ST, 13 STREET, PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS.
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An 18th century map of Philadelphia
The written history of Philadelphia begins on October 27, 1682, when the city was founded by William Penn in the English Crown Province of Pennsylvania between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers.
Before then, the area was inhabited by the Lenape (Delaware) Indians and Swedish settlers who arrived in the area in the early 1600s. Philadelphia quickly grew into an important colonial city and during the American Revolution was the site of the First and Second Continental Congresses. After the Revolution the city was chosen to be the temporary capital of the United States. At the beginning of the 19th century, the federal and state governments left Philadelphia, but the city remained the cultural and financial center of the country. Philadelphia became one of the first U.S. industrial centers and the city contained a variety of industries, the largest being textiles.
After the American Civil War Philadelphia's government was controlled by a corrupt Republican political machine and by the beginning of the 20th Century Philadelphia was described as corrupt and contented. Various reform efforts slowly changed city government with the most significant in 1950 where a new city charter strengthened the position of mayor and weakened the Philadelphia City Council. At the same time Philadelphia moved its support from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party which has since created a strong Democratic organization. The city began a population decline in the 1950s as mostly white and middle-class families left for the suburbs. Many of Philadelphia's houses were in poor condition and lacked proper facilities, and gang and mafia warfare plagued the city. Revitalization and gentrification of certain neighborhoods started bringing people back to the city. Promotions and incentives in the 1990s and the early 21st century have improved the city's image and created a condominium boom in Center City and the surrounding areas that has slowed the population decline.
Philadelphia, known colloquially as Philly, is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2018 census-estimated population of 1,584,138.[7] Since 1854, the city has had the same geographic boundaries as Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the eighth-largest U.S. metropolitan statistical area, with over 6 million residents as of 2017.[5] Philadelphia is also the economic and cultural anchor of the greater Delaware Valley, located along the lower Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, within the Northeast megalopolis. The Delaware Valley's population of 7.2 million ranks it as the eighth-largest combined statistical area in the United States.[6]
William Penn, an English Quaker, founded the city in 1682 to serve as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony.[10] Philadelphia played an instrumental role in the American Revolution as a meeting place for the Founding Fathers of the United States, who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 at the Second Continental Congress, and the Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. Several other key events occurred in Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War including the First Continental Congress, the preservation of the Liberty Bell, the Battle of Germantown, and the Siege of Fort Mifflin. Philadelphia remained the nation's largest city until being overtaken by New York City in 1790; the city was also one of the nation's capitals during the revolution, serving as temporary U.S. capital while Washington, D.C. was under construction. In the 19th century, Philadelphia became a major industrial center and a railroad hub. The city grew from an influx of European immigrants, most of whom came from Ireland, Italy and Germany—the three largest reported ancestry groups in the city as of 2015.[11] In the early 20th century, Philadelphia became a prime destination for African Americans during the Great Migration after the Civil War,[12] as well as Puerto Ricans.[13] The city's population doubled from one million to two million people between 1890 and 1950.
Jah People LIVE at Philadelphia City Hall Courtyard
Jah People wrapping up a another fantastic performance in the middle of Philadelphia's City Hall Courtyard for a Parks on Tap/Culture on Tap event. This event was on Thursday, August 10th, 2017. It was recorded with a Canon T4i and its built-in mic.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States virtual tour
There are slides of Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, Philadelphia City Hall, Philadelphia skyline, Citizens Bank Park, Fairmount Fair Works, Morris Arboretum, Chinatown, Philadelphia Museum of Arts, etc.
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the fifth-most-populous in the United States. In the Northeastern United States, at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill River, Philadelphia is the economic and cultural center of the Delaware Valley, and is the only World Heritage City in the United States.
In 1682, William Penn founded the city to serve as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony. Philadelphia played an instrumental role in the American Revolution as a meeting place for the Founding Fathers of the United States, who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitution in 1787. Philadelphia was one of the nation's capitals in the Revolutionary War, and served as temporary U.S. capital while Washington, D.C., was under construction. In the 19th century, Philadelphia became a major industrial center and railroad hub that grew from an influx of European immigrants. It became a prime destination for African-Americans in the Great Migration and surpassed two million occupants by 1950.
The area's many universities and colleges make Philadelphia a top international study destination, as the city has evolved into an educational and economic hub. The city is known for its arts, culture, and history, attracting over 39 million domestic tourists in 2013. Philadelphia has more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other American city, and Fairmount Park is the largest landscaped urban park in the world. The 67 National Historic Landmarks in the city helped account for the $10 billion generated by tourism. Philadelphia is the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps, and is also the home of many U.S. firsts, including the first library (1731), first hospital (1751) and medical school (1765), first Capitol (1777), first stock exchange (1790), first zoo (1874), and first business school (1881).
PHILADELPHIA THE LARGEST CITY IN PENNSYLVANIA SIX MOST POPULOUS CITY IN USA.
Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania, sixth-most-populous city in the United States and the fifty-first most populous city in the world.[3]
In 2008, the population of the city proper was estimated to be more than 1.54 million,[4] while the Greater Philadelphia metropolitan area's population of 5.8 million made it the country's fifth largest. The city, which lies about 80 miles (130 km) southwest of New York City,[5] is the nation's fourth-largest urban area by population and its fourth-largest consumer media market, as ranked by the Nielsen Media Research.
It is the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. Popular nicknames for Philadelphia include Philly and The City of Brotherly Love, from the literal meaning of the city's name in Greek (Greek: Φιλαδέλφεια ([pʰilaˈdelpʰeːa], Modern Greek: [filaˈðelfia]) brotherly love, compounded from philos (φίλος) love, and adelphos (ἀδελφός) brother).
A commercial, educational, and cultural center, Philadelphia was once the second-largest city in the British Empire[6] (after London), and the social and geographical center of the original 13 American colonies. It was a centerpiece of early American history, host to many of the ideas and actions that gave birth to the American Revolution and independence. It was the most populous city of the young United States, although by the first census in 1790, New York City had overtaken it. Philadelphia served as one of the nation's many capitals during the Revolutionary War and after. After the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, the city served as the temporary national capital from 1790 to 1800 while Washington, D.C., was under construction