Musical Fund Hall at 808 Locust Street hosted the first nominating Republican National Convention in 1856 (Source)
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William Penn Charter School, established in 1689, the nation's oldest Quaker school (Source)
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The University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university in Philadelphia founded in 1749 by Benjamin Franklin and one of the world's highest-ranked universities (Source)
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The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, one of the world's most prestigious business schools (Source)
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The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts at 300 Broad Street, home of the Philadelphia Orchestra (Source)
The Philadelphia Eagles are presented with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after winning Super Bowl LII on February 4, 2018 (Source)
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Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia, home of the two-time Stanley Cup champion Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL) and three-time champion Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) (Source)
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Historic Boathouse Row at night on the Schuylkill River, a symbol of the city's rich rowing history (Source)
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Old City Hall at 5th and Chestnut Street, Philadelphia's town hall from 1800 to 1854 (Source)
Cherelle Parker, (D), the 100th and current Mayor of Philadelphia (Source)
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The Philadelphia Police Department administration building, known as the Roundhouse, in Center City east of Chinatown (Source)
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A Philadelphia police cruiser on Benjamin Franklin Parkway (Source)
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Philadelphia's 30th Street Station serves both SEPTA regional and Amtrak national trains and is Amtrak's third-busiest train station in the nation. (Source)
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A MarketFrankford Line train departing 52nd Street station (Source)
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An aerial view of Philadelphia International Airport, the busiest airport in Pennsylvania and 21st-busiest in the nation (Source)
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The 9,650-foot (2,940m) long Benjamin Franklin Bridge spans the Delaware River, connecting Philadelphia and South Jersey (Source)
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The Schuylkill Expressway eastbound at I-676 and US 30, also known as the Vine Street Expressway, in Center City (Source)
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Suburban Station with art deco architecture at 16th Street and JFK Boulevard (Source)
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Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia's second municipal waterworks, in December 1984 (Source)
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A Chinatown paifang at 10th and Arch streets, a symbol of Philadelphia's sister city relationship with Tianjin (Source)
William Penn (holding paper) and King Charles II depicted in The Birth of Pennsylvania 1680 by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (Source)
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William Penn's 1682 Treaty of Shackamaxon with the Lenape tribe depicted in Penn's Treaty with the Indians, a 1772 portrait by Benjamin West (Source)
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The Committee of Five presenting their draft of the Declaration of Independence in Independence Hall on June 28, 1776, depicted in an 1818 painting by John Trumbull; historian Joseph Ellis called the Declaration "the most potent and consequential words in American history."[51] (Source)
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President's House on Market Street served as the presidential mansion for the nation's first two presidents, George Washington and John Adams, from 1790 to 1800 prior to the completion of the White House and the development of Washington, D.C. as the nation's new capital. (Source)
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Independence Hall on Chestnut Street between 5th and 6th streets, where the Declaration of Independence was signed and the Constitution was ratified, on July 4, 1776, and June 21, 1788, respectively (Source)
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Loan of the City of Philadelphia, issued March 7, 1866 (Source)
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Opening day ceremonies at the Centennial Exposition at Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park in 1876, the first world fair held in the U.S. on the centennial anniversary of the nation's founding (Source)
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Chestnut Street in Center City at night in February 2016 (Source)
Philadelphia City Hall at night in December 2012 (Source)
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Two of Center City Philadelphia's most prominent high-rise buildings, One Liberty Place, built between 1985 and 1987 (in background), and Philadelphia City Hall, built between 1871 and 1901 (in foreground) (Source)