56th Street Plaza

56th Street Plaza is a park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 56th Street Plaza is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Watt Khmer Palelai, as well as near Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram’s Garden.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bartram’s Garden and B&O Railroad Bridge.

Bartram’s Garden

Park

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Bartram's Garden is a 45-acre public garden and National Historic Landmark in Southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, situated on the banks of the Tidal Schuylkill River. Bartram’s Garden is situated 1,900 feet north of 56th Street Plaza.

B&O Railroad Bridge

Bridge

The B&O Railroad Bridge is a 1910 swing bridge across the Schuylkill River from Bartram's Garden on the west bank to the east bank Grays Ferry neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. B&O Railroad Bridge is situated 3,700 feet northeast of 56th Street Plaza.

Passyunk Avenue Bridge

Bridge

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The Passyunk Avenue Bridge is an American, double leaf bascule bridge that spans the Schuylkill River between South Philadelphia and the Southwest Philadelphia sections of the city of Philadelphia in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Passyunk Avenue Bridge is situated 3,900 feet southeast of 56th Street Plaza.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elmwood Park and Kingsessing.

Elmwood Park

Neighborhood

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Elmwood Park, also known simply as Elmwood, is a neighborhood in the Southwest section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It borders the city line with Delaware County at Cobbs Creek, and extends to the Schuylkill River.

Kingsessing

Neighborhood

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Kingsessing is a neighborhood in the Southwest section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. On the west side of the Schuylkill River, it is next to the neighborhoods of Cedar Park and Elmwood Park, as well as the borough of Yeadon in Delaware County.

Grays Ferry

Neighborhood

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Grays Ferry, also known as Gray's Ferry, is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, bounded by 25th Street on the east, the Schuylkill River on the west, Vare Avenue on the south, and Grays Ferry Avenue on the north.

56th Street Plaza

Type: Park
Also known as: “Bartram’s Plaza” and “Gibson Point”
Category: recreation area
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.92702° or 39° 55′ 37″ north

Longitude

-75.21307° or 75° 12′ 47″ west

Open location code

87F6WQGP+RQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 708549361

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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