Sofitel Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Sofitel Philadelphia
120 S 17th St, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States of America
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Luxury hotel with 2 restaurants, near Liberty Bell Center
Free WiFi
This hotel has 306 rooms
Philadelphia in the early fifties
The city of Brotherly Love in the late forties, early fifties.
Featuring (wobbly footage) street trolleys, buses, the Reading Lines' Reading Train and Bus Terminal, trains, the port, RR ferry and Delaware River Bridge, a water plane landing on the river, M.S. Keystone State, the Frankford Elevated SUBWAY, PRT elevated train station with Line 14 train, various street scenes, vintage neon lights, cars, water planes moored on the river banks' seaplane ramp. Also featuring the Pennsylvania Rail Road Ferry Terminal on Market Street. During the 19th century, railroads linked the Atlantic with the Pacific coast. Trains from Philadelphia also ran north, south and east to towns and cities on the Atlantic shore. Steamships and ferries connected the city to New Jersey and Delaware. However, it was during the 1880s and 1890s that electrification of trolley cars, elevated and subway trains made rapid public transit possible in Philadelphia and the surrounding areas.
The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company.
In 1889, the Reading Railroad decided to build a train depot, passenger station, and company headquarters on the corner of 12th and Market Streets. The move came eight years after the Pennsylvania Railroad opened its Broad Street Station several blocks away at 15th and Market Streets, and one year after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad opened its 24th Street Station at 24th and Chestnut Streets. The complex was fronted on Market by an eight-story headhouse that housed the passenger station and company headquarters. Reading Terminal served the railroad's inter-city and regional rail trains, many of which are still running as part of the SEPTA Regional Rail system that connects Center City with outlying neighborhoods and suburbs, especially to the north. Many of those trains would be converted to electric power in a project that began in 1928 and basically completed in 1933. Daily traffic peaked during World War II with up to 45,000 daily passengers, then declined in the 1950s with the advance of road and air travel. The Reading declared bankruptcy on November 23, 1971. The shed was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
PRR Railroad Ferry to Camden
Yet because no bridge crossed the width of the Delaware between Philadelphia and Camden until 1926, ferries provided a vital connection for rail passengers bound for New York and points north. Beginning in the 1850s many companies, including the Camden and Atlantic (C&A) Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), acquired ferries to augment their existing lines. In 1854, the C&A purchased the Cooper family’s operations and offered more frequent service between Camden and Philadelphia.
The ferries’ vehicle-carrying business was greatly reduced by the 1926 opening of the Delaware River Bridge, now called the Ben Franklin, but the boats kept steaming across the river. A major impact on ferry facilities and operations was also caused by the two railroads’ combining most of their South Jersey lines in 1933 into the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. Trains on ex-Reading lines were rerouted to and from the Pennsylvania’s train and ferry terminal, and the Reading’s Kaighn’s Point terminal and ferry were abandoned in 1934. The last of the railroad-owned passenger and vehicle ferries which served our area, the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Philadelphia and Camden Ferry, was in itself a colorful transportation system. The boats on this line were sturdy vessels with steel hulls and upper structures and basically painted in the same Tuscan red color scheme as the passenger train cars of both the Pennsy and the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. The name “Pennsylvania Railroad” and the boats’ individual names were emblazoned in gold letters on their sides. The names of the vessels were also lettered in gold on gold-bordered black signs on their pilot houses – one facing Camden, the other facing Philadelphia. The Pennsy’s logo, a bright red keystone in a circle with intertwined gold letters, PRR, was flamboyantly displayed on both sides of each boat’s black smokestack. The ferry service was discontinued in 1952 and, by 1957, the terminal had been torn down. PRR passenger ferries were named after Southern New Jersey towns such as Bridgeton, Ventnor and Haddonfield. Time to cross the Delaware river was less than eight minutes.
I have dated this footage ''late 40s early 50s''. Your help is welcome to date this video in a more accurate manner, my own timestamp referrals are:
-Route (or Line) number 5 (3.09min) was abandoned in 1955.
-The ferry service was discontinued in 1952 (and, by 1957, the terminal had been torn down).
With the Ferry still in service, this is 1952 at the max.
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Philadelphia 4K - America's Founding Street - Driving Downtown USA
Fun Facts: Market Street in Philadelphia has been called the most historic street in the United States due to its historic sites. The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson on this street. Home to the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, and National Constitution Center. Benjamin Franklin's house was located near the intersection of Fourth Street. Benjamin Franklin may have performed his famous kite-flying experiment near Third and Market Streets. The mansion of Robert Morris, financier of the American Revolution, was located near Sixth and Market Streets. This house, known as the President's House, was used by George Washington and John Adams as their residence during their terms as President. Market Street is still one of the principal locations of business and commerce in Philadelphia.
Overview
Market Street, originally known as High Street, is a major east–west street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The High Street was the familiar name of the principal street in nearly every English town at the time Philadelphia was founded. But if Philadelphia was indebted to England for the name of High Street, nearly every American town is, in turn, indebted to Philadelphia for its Market Street. Long before the city was laid out or settled, Philadelphia's founder, William Penn, had planned that markets would be held regularly on the 100-foot (30 m) wide High Street. The city's first market stalls were situated in the center of the thoroughfare starting at Front Street and proceeding west eventually to 8th Street. The stalls soon became covered and were not taken down as planned. Later, additional covered sheds appeared west of Center Square as the city expanded westward. The street began to be called Market Street around 1800. The road's new name was made official by an ordinance of 1858, coincidentally, just a year before the market sheds were ordered removed.
Market Street has been called the most historic highway in the United States because of the various historic sites along its eastern section. Many of Benjamin Franklin's activities were centered along Market Street. His house was located near the intersection of Fourth Street, and he may have performed his famous kite-flying experiment near Third and Market Streets. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in a boarding house (the Graff or Declaration House) once located at the Seventh Street intersection. The mansion of Robert Morris, financier of the American Revolution, was located near Sixth and Market Streets. This house, known as the President's House, was used by George Washington and John Adams as their residence during their terms as President. (The house was more or less on the site of the northern part of the modern-day Liberty Bell Center.) Around 1795 Theophilus Cazenove lived at Market Street. Several important finance and publishing firsts also occurred along Market Street between Second and Fourth Streets during the 18th century. Market Street is still one of the principal locations of business and commerce in Philadelphia.
Landmarks
The most famous landmark on the road is Independence National Historical Park, at Fifth and Market Streets. Home to the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, and National Constitution Center, the complex is the heart of Philadelphia's Old City neighborhood.
East of the intersection of Front and Market Streets lies an entrance to Penn's Landing, alongside the Delaware River.
At 2nd Street stands the historic Christ Church, once the tallest building in North America.
Adjacent to Independence Mall is the National Museum of American Jewish History, which relocated to that location in 2010 and occupies the spot once held by CBS 3 and KYW Newsradio 1060.
Reading Terminal, the former grand railroad station for the Reading Railroad is located on the northeastern corner of 12th and Market Streets. It now serves as the grand entrance to the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
The PSFS Building, generally regarded as the first International Style building in the US, stands at the intersection with 12th Street.
Philadelphia City Hall stands atop Market Street's intersection with Broad Street. Commuters can access the Market-Frankford Line, Broad Street Line, Subway Surface Lines, and Suburban Station through the 15th Street Headhouse (among other access points) across from City Hall.
One Liberty Place, formerly Philadelphia's tallest building, is located at the southeast corner of 17th and Market Streets. (It was surpassed in height by the Comcast Center, located a block to the north, in June 2007).
In the University City section of Philadelphia, Market Street crosses through the campuses of Drexel University and University City Science Center. As a result, the section of Market Street along University City is also signed Avenue of Technology.
The Windsor Suites Philadelphia
A 3-minute walk from the Suburban SEPTA station, this all-suite hotel is also a 9-minute walk from the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Studio and 1-bedroom suites come with fully equipped kitchens and dining areas, cable TV and free WiFi. Some have balconies. Upgraded extended stay suites are also available.
Amenities include a seasonal rooftop pool, a 24-hour fitness center and laundry facilities on every floor. An Irish pub and an Asian restaurant are also on-site.
Address: 1700 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: (215) 981-5678
?? Hydraulic Scenic Elevator At The Suburban SEPTA Train Station In Philadelphia PA
This is the pretty nice ?? hydraulic scenic elevator at the Suburban SEPTA Train Station in Philadelphia PA.
Shawmont Station & Early Philadelphia Railroad History
This is a lecture about the history of the oldest train station in America, Shawmont Station. Presented by John Johnstone it also cover the history of the rail system.
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Season 2 Ep 10: Philadelphia 30th Street
Opened in 1933 by the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Art Deco 30th Street Station in West Philadelphia is the main hub of the passenger rail system in the Philadelphia area. The station is split into a lower level for long distance and an upper level for commuter services, though NJ Transit operates into the lower level as their trains operate under diesel power. Trains on the upper level continue across the Schuylkill River into Suburban Station, Jefferson Station and onto the lines of the former Reading Company. Today, we see trains of Amtrak, NJ Transit and SEPTA heading to New York Penn, Boston South, Washington Union, Harrisburg, Atlantic City, Lansdale, Chestnut Hill West, Fox Chase and Philadelphia International Airport.
Buses in Philadelphia 2019
All kinds of buses in the city of Philadelphia.
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Driving on Interstate 90 across entire state of Pennsylvania
I-90 enters Pennsylvania from Ohio in Springfield Township, Erie County, heading east as a four-lane freeway through rural areas of fields and woods. The road has an eastbound rest area before it reaches an interchange with US 6N near West Springfield. The next exit is for PA 215 near East Springfield. The freeway enters Girard Township and curves to the northeast. I-90 passes through a corner of Platea before it crosses back into Girard Township and interchanges with PA 18. The roadway continues through more rural areas and crosses Elk Creek. The highway crosses into Fairview Township, where it has an exit for PA 98. I-90 curves more to the east and heads into McKean Township. Here, it has an interchange serving PA 832. The highway passes through more rural areas with some nearby development and reaches a cloverleaf interchange with I-79, which provides access to the city of Erie to the north.[2][3]
A short distance past I-79, the freeway enters Summit Township and heads northeast to an interchange with US 19 in a commercial area. I-90 runs through wooded areas with nearby suburban development and comes to the PA 97 near Presque Isle Downs and Casino. The highway passes through a corner of Greene Township prior to entering Millcreek Township, where it has an exit for PA 8. The roadway briefly crosses back into Greene Township before it heads into Harborcreek Township. Here, I-90 has an interchange with PA 290/PA 430 that provides access to Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. The freeway heads back into rural areas of farms and woods, coming to the PA 531 exit. I-90 crosses into Greenfield Township, where it has a trumpet interchange with the western terminus of I-86. The roadway enters North East Township and continues through more rural land. The freeway reaches an interchange with PA 89, which provides access to the borough of North East to the north. Farther northeast, the highway passes through agricultural areas and comes to an interchange serving US 20 near State Line. I-90 has a westbound welcome center before it comes to the New York border, where it continues east into that state as part of the tolled New York State Thruway.
Tour three homes in the first landscaped suburb in Pennsylvania-Bellevue Park in Harrisburg
The 2017 Harrisburg Young Professionals Home Tour offers participants a chance to tour at homes in the Bellevue Park neighborhood of Harrisburg, Pa. With primary construction beginning in 1907, the neighborhood became the state's first landscaped suburb. It is free of fences, telephone poles and overhead utility lines. Houses are nestled between trees in the hilly neighborhood. The houses in Bellevue Park are a combination of architect, developer and contractor designs. Each design was subject to the review and approval of the Bellevue Park Association prior to its construction. This resulted in Pennsylvania's first landscaped suburb, just five minutes from downtown Harrisburg and the Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex.
City Hall Philadelphia
recorded on July 13, 2012
Moving Image Archive Serge de Muller
The Sofitel Hotel in Philadelphia
This is located at 17th and Sansom.
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SEPTA LRV 101, with red overwrap celebrating 100 years of service to Media PA, goes out onto a storage track near the 69th St. Terminal on May 5, 2013. This is the last remnant of the former Red Arrow line to West Chester. This was part of a fantrip sponsored by the Friends of Philadelphia Trolleys. Video by David Sadowski for CERA.
Wynnewood, PA A video tour
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As a realtor specializing in helping buyer relocate to the Main Line, I thought a video tour of Wynnewood would help you get a better feel for what this Main Line town and its neighborhoods are like.
Philadelphia | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:04:50 1 History
00:17:48 2 Geography
00:17:58 2.1 Topography
00:20:12 2.2 Cityscape
00:20:20 2.2.1 City planning
00:23:18 2.2.2 Architecture
00:26:37 2.3 Climate
00:31:12 2.3.1 Air quality
00:32:51 3 Demographics
00:45:48 3.1 Religion
00:47:19 3.2 Languages
00:48:52 3.2.1 Dialect
00:49:55 4 Economy
00:54:02 5 Education
00:54:11 5.1 Primary and secondary education
00:56:59 5.2 Higher education
00:58:38 6 Culture
01:00:53 6.1 Arts
01:03:46 6.2 Music
01:06:35 6.3 Cuisine
01:08:28 7 Sports
01:13:50 8 Parks
01:14:56 9 Law and government
01:16:26 9.1 Courts
01:19:04 9.2 Politics
01:23:43 9.3 Crime
01:27:50 10 Media
01:27:59 10.1 Newspapers
01:30:02 10.2 Radio
01:31:49 10.3 Television
01:34:08 11 Infrastructure
01:34:17 11.1 Transportation
01:36:28 11.1.1 Airports
01:37:41 11.1.2 Roads
01:41:16 11.1.3 Bus service
01:42:06 11.1.4 Rail
01:44:03 11.1.5 Walk Score ranks
01:45:04 11.2 Utilities
01:49:27 12 Notable people
01:49:37 13 Sister Cities
01:51:29 14 Gallery
01:51:44 15 See also
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Philadelphia, sometimes 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 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863. Since 1854, the city has been coterminous with 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. 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.William Penn, an English Quaker, founded the city in 1682 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 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 was one of the nation's capitals during the revolution, 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 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. In the early 20th century, Philadelphia became a prime destination for African Americans during the Great Migration after the Civil War, as well as Puerto Ricans. The city's population doubled from one million to two million people between 1890 and 1950.
The Philadelphia area's many universities and colleges make it a top study destination, as the city has evolved into an educational and economic hub. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Philadelphia area had a gross domestic product of US$445 billion in 2017, the eighth-largest metropolitan economy in the United States. Philadelphia is the center of economic activity in Pennsylvania and is home to five Fortune 1000 companies. The Philadelphia skyline is expanding, with a market of almost 81,900 commercial properties in 2016, including several nationally prominent skyscrapers. Philadelphia has more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other American city. Fairmount Park, when combined with the adjacent ...
Memories of Philadelphia (2002)
Philadephia is located on the Northeast of United States
in between ny and washington DC
The Pensilvanian´s city is home to over 1,5 million people and is the nation fifth largest city
Philadelphia is considered to be the birthplace of the USA
it was here that the nations declaration of independence from Britain was first read publicaly back in 1776
The toilling of a 2,000 pound fell mark the occasion the bell and since become a symbol of freedom and can be admired in the liberty bell centre
Philadelphia is also the birthplace of the constitution which was debated 11 years later across the road in the state House which is now the independence hall
America´s founding fathers walk these old city streets
and many heritage building in this area are preserved as part of independence National Park
While you were at the National Constitution Center take in the rollcking story prohibition in the Roaring twenties protest protest against the anti little all was fierced and the many arrestes through the justice system off balance
Perhaps the most infamous bootlegging gangster was Al Scarface Kapal who spent his first prison sentence in eartern state penintetiary in 1929.
To hear more voices from the citys past go to the African American Museum
The Washington Square lies the tomb of the uniform
a sonic trip through Market East philadelphia, pa
my favorite parts of these trips are the bookends. market east starts out intimate at the regional rail terminal. then, it opens up and that most of the sounds become jumbled. but then it becomes intimate again as you make your way down the hall to the market frankford line
Some things to listen for on the forward 8 am trip
looks like a raccoon
the 8:43 to Temple University
light classical music
squealing doors
buzzing neon light outside of Market Fresh
ceiling fan
high heels
more squealing doors
tokens clanging in the SEPTA dispensers
Thunder of MFL
I had no idea
Some things to listen for on Backward the return trip 4pm
Patco gates
Girl Scout Cookies
squealing doors
cheesesteaks
MFL
you don't text me no nothing
neon signage
she told me
i can't quit
i don't feel like walking into that bathroom
this girl
oooh
uh
grandfather trying to retrieve his kids from kb toys
i know but this is like
you want to talk to her
wind blowing up from the platform
rattling of an engine
Now arriving on track 4 section B express to Paoli local to Thorndale first car is the quiet ride car
OTIS Traction Elevator @ Wing C in the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA
While I still had some time to look around the Franklin Institute, I decided to film this really awesome elevator for you guys to see. As you can see, this elevator has a similar design as the elevator inside the Harbour Tower in Harrah's Casino in Atlantic
City. I had to make this video really quick though, so my bad for this video to not be long as my other elevator videos. This was a nice elevator and it was in pretty great condition, so it was a fun ride. At the end of the video, you can see the water fountain next to the elevator with all the inside showing, including some notices and a few green LED lights which made it look pretty good, so I decided to give you a demo of this water fountain's interior at the end. Also, instead of a classic blue door, the elevator door has a wire design on it to go with the whole institute. If you guys have any questions about the video, go ahead and ask away and also, please let me know if I missed anything in the description box. Enjoy! :D