SW Center City
Southwest Center City, also known as Graduate Hospital, is a neighborhood that is located in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, bordering Center City Philadelphia.Photo: 4t4grfgz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Neighborhood with 11,200 residents
- Description: human settlement in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Also known as: “Graduate Hospital”, “S. W. Ctr. Cty.”, “Southwest Center City”, “Southwest Center City Philadelphia”, and “Southwest Center City, Philadelphia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Marian Anderson House and William S. Peirce School.
Marian Anderson House
Museum
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
The Marian Anderson House is a historic home located in the Southwest Center City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built circa 1870 in the same neighborhood where opera singer and civil rights activist Marian Anderson was born 27 years later, this two-story, brick rowhouse dwelling was designed in the Italianate style.
William S. Peirce School
Historic building
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
The William S. Peirce School is a historic school building that is located in the Southwest Center City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Curtis Institute of Music
University
Photo: Alsandro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Curtis Institute of Music is a private conservatory in Philadelphia. It offers a performance diploma, a Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in opera, and a Professional Studies Certificate in opera.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Schuylkill and Point Breeze.
Schuylkill
Neighborhood
Photo: 4t4grfgz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Southwest Center City, also known as Graduate Hospital, is a neighborhood that is located in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, bordering Center City Philadelphia.
Point Breeze
Neighborhood
Photo: Rgs25, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Point Breeze is a multicultural neighborhood in South Philadelphia. It is bounded by 25th Street to the west, Washington Avenue to the north, Broad Street to the east, and Moore Street to the south.
Rittenhouse Square
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Rittenhouse Square is a public park in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that is the center of the eponymous Rittenhouse neighborhood. The square is one of the five original open-space parks planned by William Penn and his surveyor Thomas Holme during the late 17th century.
SW Center City
- Category: locality
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.94244° or 39° 56′ 33″ northLongitude
-75.17918° or 75° 10′ 45″ westPopulation
11,200Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)Open location code
87F6WRRC+X8OpenStreetMap ID
node 13669923889OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
4561374Wikidata ID
Q7571235
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Satellite Map
Discover SW Center City from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“SW Center City” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “市中心西南”
- Dutch: “Southwest Center City”
- French: “Southwest Center City”
- Turkish: “Southwest Center City”
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