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[edit] 2007
- December
Citizens Bank Park is a 43,647-seat baseball-only stadium in Philadelphia that opened on April 3, 2004, and hosted its first regular-season baseball game nine days later. Built to replace the now-demolished Veterans Stadium, it has a natural-grass-and-dirt playing field.
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- November
The Schuylkill River is a river in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The river is approximately 130 miles (209 km) long. Its watershed of around 2000 square miles (5,000 km²) lies entirely within Pennsylvania. The source of its eastern branch starts in the Appalachian Mountains at Tuscarora Springs, near Tamaqua in Schuylkill County. The west branch starts near Minersville and joins the eastern branch at the town of Schuylkill Haven. The Tulpehocken Creek joins it at the western edge of Reading. Wissahickon Creek joins it in northwest Philadelphia.
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- October
Geno's Steaks is a South Philadelphia restaurant specializing in cheesesteaks. Founded in 1966 by Joe Vento, Geno's is located directly across the street from rival Pat's King of Steaks. The rivalry between Geno's and Pat's about which has the best cheesesteaks is a popular Philadelphia argument.
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- September
The Reading Terminal Market is an enclosed public market at 12th and Arch Streets in downtown Philadelphia. Philbert the pig, a sculpture by Eric Berg, is displayed there.
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- August
The Comcast Center is the tallest building in Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Currently under construction, the Comcast Center officially became the tallest building on June 18, 2007, surpassing One Liberty Place (reflected in the building's glass facade).
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- July
The Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site is a preserved home once rented by American author Edgar Allan Poe. Of the many homes in which Poe lived during his six years in Philadelphia, it is the only one which still survives. The picture is a statue outside of the home which depicts a raven, representative of the poem, "The Raven."
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- June
- May
The Benjamin Franklin Parkway is a scenic avenue that runs through the cultural heart of Philadelphia. The Parkway serves as an integral part of the Museum District of Philadelphia. Named for Benjamin Franklin, the Parkway is a mile-long diagonal roadway that cuts across the grid plan pattern of Center City's Northwest quadrant. It starts at the Philadelphia City Hall and ends at Eakins Oval in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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- April
The Gross Clinic is an 1875 painting by Thomas Eakins. It is oil on canvas and measures 8' by 6'6". The painting depicts Dr. Samuel D. Gross lecturing a group of Jefferson Medical College students. Admired for its uncompromising realism, The Gross Clinic has an important place documenting the history of medicine - both because it honors the emergence of surgery as a healing profession, and because it shows us what the surgical theater looked like in the nineteenth century.
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- March
Independence Hall is a U.S. national landmark located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known primarily as the location where the Declaration of Independence was approved, the building was completed in 1753 as the Pennsylvania State House for the Province of Pennsylvania. The Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and United States Constitution were all signed at Independence Hall.
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- February
The Fairmount Water Works was the first municipal waterworks in the United States. Designed in 1812 by Frederick Graff and built between 1819 and 1822 it operated until 1909, winning praise for its design and becoming a popular tourist attraction. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
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- January
The Philadelphia Police Department is the police agency responsible for law enforcement and investigations within the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is one of the oldest municipal police agencies in the United States, and the fourth largest in the country.
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