Articles of interest in Norristown, Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal is the primary intercity bus station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located at 1001 Filbert Street in Center City Philadelphia, immediately north of The Gallery at Market East shopping mall and the SEPTA Jef…
Wyncote (pronounced "WIN-coat") is a census-designated place (CDP) bordering North Philadelphia in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,044 at the 2010 census. Wyncote is located 5 miles from Cent…
The Gallery at Market East, or "The Gallery" as it is known to locals, is an urban mall in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States with over 130 stores and a food court.
Saint Joseph's Preparatory School is an urban, private, Catholic, college preparatory school founded in 1851 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. St. Joseph's Preparatory School is run by the Jesuit order of the Cath…
Lansdowne is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States located 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of downtown Philadelphia. It was named for the Marquess of Lansdowne. The borough grew quickly in the early part of the twentieth century when …
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Mumia Abu-Jamal was a 1982 murder trial in which Mumia Abu-Jamal was tried for the first-degree murder of police officer Daniel Faulkner.
The Roman Catholic High School of Philadelphia opened in 1890 as an all-male high school located at the intersection of Broad and Vine Streets in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
The Granite Run Mall is a double-level shopping mall located on U.S.
The history of sculpture in the United States begins in the 1600s "with the modest efforts of craftsmen who adorned gravestones, Bible boxes, and various utilitarian objects with simple low-relief decorations." American sculpture in its many forms, …
The Philadelphia Cricket Club, founded in 1854, is the oldest country club in the United States.
Elisha Kent Kane (February 28, 1820 – February 16, 1857) was an American explorer, and a medical officer in the United States Navy during the first half of the 19th century. He was a member of two Arctic expeditions to rescue the explorer Sir John F…
Broomall is a census-designated place (CDP) in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 11,046 at the 2000 census. The community was a crossroads community renamed for the post office established to honor John Martin Broomall…
Broad Street Station (demolished) at Broad & Market Streets was the primary passenger terminal for the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1881 to the 1950s.
Wynnefield (a.k.a. The Field) is a diverse middle-class neighborhood in West Philadelphia.
The Stella Elkins Tyler School of Art, also known as Tyler School of Art, is an art school at Temple University. The school was originally founded by sculptors Stella Elkins Tyler (of the Elkins/Widener family) and Boris Blai on a separate 14-acre e…
The Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier, sometimes referred to as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the American Revolution, is a war memorial located in Washington Square in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It honors the thousands of soldiers…
The Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Graterford, also known variously as SCI Graterford (SCIG), Eastern Correctional Institution, Graterford Prison, Graterford Penitentiary, and the Graterford Prison Farm, is a Pennsylvania Department …
Girard College is an independent boarding school, a university preparatory and secondary school/high school located on an extensive 43-acre (17 ha) campus in the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the eastern United States.
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