Philadelphia Zoological Garden

Philadelphia Zoological Garden is a park in , . Philadelphia Zoological Garden is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Philadelphia Zoo and Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Zoo
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The is a zoo located in the Centennial District of on the west bank of the . It was the first true zoo in the United States; it was chartered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on March 21, 1859, but its opening was delayed by the Civil War until July 1, 1874.

Museum
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The is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in . The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at .

Historic house
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is a modest eighteenth-century house in West , . It was built along the about 1713, and relocated to its current site in 1883.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belmont District and Mantua.

Neighborhood
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was a district that existed briefly in , United States. The district was created on April 14, 1853 from northern Blockley Township ceased to exist and on February 2, 1854 the district was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia following the passage of the Act of Consolidation, 1854.

Neighborhood
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is a in the section of , . It is located north of Spring Garden Street, east of 40th Street, south of Avenue, and west of 31st Street.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood within Lower North Philadelphia, , United States. Its boundaries are north of Avenue, west of Corinthian Avenue, south of Girard Avenue and east of The Schuylkill River.

Philadelphia Zoological Garden

Latitude
39.97178° or 39° 58′ 18″ north
Longitude
-75.19629° or 75° 11′ 47″ west
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
Open location code
87F6XRC3+PF
Geo­Names ID
4560346
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