James Lee Wright Recreation Center

James Lee Wright Recreation Center is a park in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. James Lee Wright Recreation Center is situated near Charles L. Durham Library, as well as near Mantua Community Garden.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Philadelphia Museum of Art and 30th Street Station.

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Museum

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The Philadelphia Museum of Art is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Eakins Oval. Philadelphia Museum of Art is situated 2,900 feet east of James Lee Wright Recreation Center.

30th Street Station

Railway station

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30th Street Station, officially William H. Gray III 30th Street Station, is a major intermodal transit station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. 30th Street Station is situated 3,900 feet southeast of James Lee Wright Recreation Center.

Rocky Steps

Photo: su1droot, CC BY 2.0.

The Rocky Steps is an informal name to the 72 stone steps leading up to the East entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia that gained global fame after being featured in a notable scene from the 1976 film Rocky. Rocky Steps is situated 3,100 feet east of James Lee Wright Recreation Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mantua and Powelton Village.

Mantua

Neighborhood

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Mantua is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located north of Spring Garden Street, east of 40th Street, south of Mantua Avenue, and west of 31st Street.

Powelton Village

Neighborhood

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Powelton Village is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It consists of mostly Victorian and twin style homes.

Belmont District, Pennsylvania

Neighborhood

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Belmont District was a district that existed briefly in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, 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.

James Lee Wright Recreation Center

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.96385° or 39° 57′ 50″ north

Longitude

-75.19112° or 75° 11′ 28″ west

Open location code

87F6XR75+GH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 753358501

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Charles L. Durham Library and Mantua Community Garden.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: James Lee Wright Recreation Center and Tribute to Herman Wrice.

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