The Touraine

The Touraine is a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 13-story building was originally constructed in 1917 as a grand hotel. In 1983, it was converted into luxury apartments.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Curtis Institute of Music and Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

Curtis Institute of Music

University

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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. Curtis Institute of Music is situated 1,100 feet northwest of The Touraine.

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Arts center

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The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts is a large performing arts venue in the Center City section of Philadelphia. It is located at 300 South Broad Street and the corner of Spruce Street, along the stretch known as the Avenue of the Arts. Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts is situated 540 feet east of The Touraine.

Academy of Music

Theater building

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The Academy of Music, also known as American Academy of Music, is a concert hall and opera house located at 240 S. Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Academy of Music is situated 790 feet northeast of The Touraine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rittenhouse Square and Center City East.

Rittenhouse Square

Neighborhood

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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.

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.

Center City West

Photo: Lucius Kwok, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

The Touraine

Type: Apartment building
Description: building in Pennsylvania, United States
Categories: building and residential building
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.94694° or 39° 56′ 49″ north

Longitude

-75.16764° or 75° 10′ 4″ west

Levels

Height

165 feet (50 metres)

Open location code

87F6WRWJ+QW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 336760045

OpenStreetMap feature

building=apartments

Wikidata ID

Q7769705

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In Other Languages

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Turkish: “The Touraine”

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