Old City
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- Type: Locality with 6,200 residents
- Description: neighborhood in Center City, Philadelphia, United States
- Also known as: “Old City (Philadelphia)”, “Old City Historic District”, “Old City Philadelphia”, and “Old City, Philadelphia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Independence Hall and Liberty Bell.
Independence Hall
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Independence Hall is a historic civic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were debated and adopted by the Founding Fathers of the United States.
Liberty Bell
Photo: tonythemisfit, CC BY 2.0.
The Liberty Bell, previously called the State House Bell or Old State House Bell, is an iconic symbol of American independence located in Philadelphia.
First Bank of the United States
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The President, Directors and Company of the Bank of the United States, commonly known as the First Bank of the United States, was a national bank, chartered for a term of twenty years, by the United States Congress on February 25, 1791.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Center City East and Camden.
Center City East
Photo: Eugene Kim, CC BY-SA 2.0.
City Center East is the most dense section of Philadelphia, home to City Hall, the Convention Center, Chinatown, Washington Square West, and Gayborhood.
Camden
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Camden is a city in Camden County, New Jersey, across the Delaware River from Philadelphia. Camden is a former industrial boom-town that has fallen onto hard times.
Center City West
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Philadelphia's Center City West is the downtown area west of City Hall. It contains downtown's upscale shopping district, the financial district, and the museum district along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, culminating in the Philadelphia Art Museum and Fairmount Park.
Old City
- Categories: historic district and old town
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Turkish—“Old City” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Старое места”
- Chinese: “費城老城區”
- Chinese: “费城老城区”
- French: “Old City”
- Hebrew: “המרכז ההיסטורי של פילדלפיה”
- Hebrew: “פילדלפיה/המרכז ההיסטורי”
- Italian: “Città Vecchia (Filadelfia)”
- Italian: “Città Vecchia”
- Japanese: “オールド・シティ”
- Slovenian: “Old City”
- Turkish: “Eski Şehir”
- Turkish: “Old City”
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