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unusual facts about Philadelphia, Pennsylvania



Angelina Weld Grimké

Both Angelina Weld Grimké and her great aunt Sarah Moore Grimké appear as main characters in Ain Gordon's 2013 play If She Stood, commissioned by the Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia.

Branchburg, New Jersey

Also within driving distance are Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE, formerly Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton International Airport) near Allentown, Pennsylvania, John F. Kennedy International Airport and La Guardia Airport in New York, as well as the Trenton-Mercer Airport near Trenton and Princeton in Mercer County.

CBNA

Community Bank, N.A., a bank servicing Upstate New York and Northeastern Pennsylvania

Committee of Five

On June 11, the members of the Committee of Five were appointed; they were: John Adams of Massachusetts, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Robert Livingston of New York, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia.

Doe v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

John Doe was an employee for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority SEPTA who had contracted Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome HIV/AIDS.

East Oak Lane, Philadelphia

East Oak Lane is defined by the borders of Cheltenham Avenue at the north (the border between Philadelphia and Cheltenham Township), Broad Street on the west, Godfrey Avenue at the south, and the Tacony Creek to the east.

Edward S. Walker, Jr.

Edward S. Walker was born in Abington, Pennsylvania.

Electric Love Muffin

Electric Love Muffin was a Philadelphia-based hard rocking quartet of the late 1980s that spiked the melodic thrash-pop of The Replacements, Soul Asylum and other indie bands of the period with touches of country/western, classic rock and prog-rock.

Errett

Russell Errett (1817–1891), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Exeter, Pennsylvania

In the 1830s the region entered a boom period and began shipping coal by the Pennsylvania Canal, and by the 1840s even down the Lehigh Canal to Allentown, Philadelphia, Trenton, Wilmington, New York City, and other east coast cities and ports via the connecting engineering works of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company such as the upper Lehigh Canal, the Ashley Planes and the early Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad, along with other railroads that flocked to or were born in the area.

Flyer II

Ravine Flyer II, a hybrid wooden roller coaster located at Waldameer Park in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

George K. Brady

He was the son of Jasper Ewing Brady, a lawyer who later served as a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, and whose uncles included noted Indian fighters Samuel Brady and Hugh Brady.

George Sotter

In a recent episode of Antiques Roadshow on PBS, filmed in Philadelphia, a Sotter oil painting was appraised $120,000-$180,000, much to the delight of its visibly stunned owner.

German-Pennsylvanian Association

The first top chairperson was publishing editor Dr. Michael Werner who established the Pennsylvania German newspaper Hiwwe wie Driwwe and an archive for Pennsylvania Dutch literature in Ober-Olm.

Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions

The idea for the song was inspired by an old train depot in Stuart's home town of Philadelphia, Mississippi.

Gil Saunders

The album garnered three Billboard R&B chart hits including "Today's Your Lucky Day," "Don't Give Me Up," and "I Really Love You." Saunders also co-lead with Harold on the track "What We Both Need (Is Love)" which was popular on local Philadelphia radio station WDAS-FM in Philadelphia.

Henry Auchey

Henry B. Auchy (1861–1922) was a businessman famous for, along with Chester Albright, creating the Philadelphia Toboggan Company (later renamed Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 21, 1904.

J. Meredith Read

J. Meredith Read was the son of Philadelphia jurist John M. Read.

John Doebley

John Doebley began his undergraduate education as a biology major at West Chester State College in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

John Westbrook

John Westbrook Hornbeck (1804–1848), Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Juliet Cariaga

She was named, along with Alexandria Karlsen as one of several women connected with Philadelphia businessman Andrew Yao, who was convicted of bankruptcy fraud, and later plead guilty to ten counts of fraud and money laundering for lying about and concealing gambling expenditures and extravagant gifts to former Playboy and Penthouse models.

Kudzu in the United States

Kudzu was intentionally introduced to North America by the Soil Erosion Service and Civilian Conservation Corp in 1876 for the purpose of controlling soil erosion in Pennsylvania.

Largest cities in the United States by population by decade

The 1854 Act of Consolidation greatly expanded the City of Philadelphia to its present borders, coterminous with Philadelphia County.

Louis Ritman

He took a drawing class at Hull House, then attended the Art Institute’s school, the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, and briefly the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, then in 1909 moved to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris at the advice of Parker to continue his studies.

Mariah Stewart

She and her husband now reside in Chester County, Philadelphia "in a century old Victorian country home" with their daughters and Golden Retrievers.

Marino Auriti

Auriti settled in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania and there created his famed work which in 2013 served as the inspiration for director Massimiliano Gioni's main curated pavilion on at the fifty fifth edition of the Venice Biennale.

Marshall Earle Reid

He was born on 31 August 1887 in Philadelphia to Betsey Holmes Marshall and David Christopher Reid.

Mayor Murphy

Thomas J. Murphy, Jr. (born August 15, 1944), mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

McClellan Heights, Pennsylvania

McClellan Heights, located in York County, Pennsylvania, United States, is a neighborhood adjacent to the city of York and is part of the campus of the York College of Pennsylvania.

Michalis Kakiouzis

Kakiouzis began playing basketball at the age of 8, with the Ionikos New Philadelphia Youth Academy of Ionikos, Greece.

Muhlenberg Greene Architects

Frequently confused with the Muhlenberg Brothers, an architecture/engineering firm also operating in Reading, Pennsylvania during the first half of the 20th century, Muhlenberg Greene Architects was never affiliated with Muhlenberg Brothers’ firm, although Frederick Muhlenberg does have familial ties with the Brothers.

Parapolice

Coal and Iron Police - a private police force established by the Pennsylvania General Assembly but employed and paid by the various coal companies.

Patrick McCartan

They persuaded Éamon de Valera to support the Philadelphia branch of Clan na Gael against the New York branch led by John Devoy and Judge Daniel Cohalan in their struggle to focus the resources of the Friends of Irish Freedom to Irish independence rather than domestic American politics.

Robert Michael Dow Jr.

On December 2, 2010, Judge Dow ruled against five states (Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin), stating that five Chicago-area shipping locks will stay open despite the risk that Lake Michigan Asian carp pose to the multi-billion dollar fishing industry, saying not enough evidence was presented that indicated the danger was truly imminent.

Robins Air Force Base

When the U.S. Air Force closed down its maintenance depots at the former Brookley AFB in Mobile, Alabama and the former Olmsted AFB in Middleton Township, Pennsylvania, Robins AFB assumed the workload of these depots.

Ron Rowan

Born in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, Rowan starred at Beaver Falls (Pennsylvania) High School, averaging nearly 26 points per game as a senior.

Ronald G. Beckett

Following the initial work in the Cardiopulmonary Sciences laboratory, Beckett began to apply endoscopy in concert with radiography on the Max Uhle collection of mummies from Pachacamac Peru at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

SeaPerch

Currently, 112 schools in seven states are participating across the United States in Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Connecticut.

Seneca Valley School District

In 2009, the 8th grade was ranked 34th out of 141 western Pennsylvania middle schools based on three years of student academic achievement in PSSAs in: reading, math writing and one year of science.

Solar compass

The instrument was then submitted to a committee at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.

Symyx Technologies

In 2008, Symyx sold non-RTECS portions of the occupational health and safety (OHS) component of the MDL business to ChemAdvisor, Inc., of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The Shubert Organization

The company was reorganized in 1973, and as of 2008 owned or operated seventeen Broadway theaters in New York City, an off-Broadway theater — the Little Shubert — and the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia.

Thomas McMahon

Tom McMahon, American politician and former mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania

Thomas Preston Carpenter

At the breaking out of the American Civil War, he joined the Union League of Philadelphia, and gave his entire sympathies to the Union cause.

Tolib Shakhidi

The musical pieces of the composer have been performed by such orchestras as Philadelphia & Boston Symphony Orchestra, State Symphonic Orchestra of USSR, Orchestra of Valery Gergiev, Bolshoy Symphonic Orchestra of Russia n.a. Tchaikovsky, Orchestra of Cinematography conducted by Sergei Skripka, Saint Petersburg State Philharmonic Orchestra n.a Dmitri Shostakovich.

Tri-state area

Three other prominent areas that have been labeled tri-state areas are the Cincinnati tri-state area, including Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana; the Pittsburgh tri-state area, covering parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia; and the Chicago tri-state area, also known as Chicagoland, which includes Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.

Walter Rand Transportation Center

Northbound service is available to the Trenton Transit Center with connections to New Jersey Transit Northeast Corridor Line, SEPTA trains to Philadelphia, and Amtrak trains.

Westmount High School

Jeffrey Khaner, Principal Flutist, Philadelphia Orchestra, Flute Professor Juilliard School and Curtis Institute

William Findley

At one point, Constitutional Convention delegate James Wilson and Pennsylvania Chief Justice Thomas McKean disputed one of Findley's statements about jury trials in Sweden; Findley returned two days later with William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England and demonstrated that his reference had been correct.

William Milnor

He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Philadelphia, and was elected as a Federalist to the Tenth and Eleventh Congresses.


see also

2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

:Wells Fargo Center - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Host: ECAC Hockey)

7800° Fahrenheit

The album recorded in six weeks between January and March 1985 at the Warehouse Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Abram Salmon Benenson

He subsequently held academic positions at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the Department of Community Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine in Lexington; and the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Graduate School of Public Health at San Diego State University in California.

Adam Taliaferro

After successful surgery, Taliaferro was airlifted back to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to begin his recovery.

Augustus Jackson

Augustus Jackson (born April 16, 1808) was an African-American candy confectioner from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Black capitalism

Some include the historical Highland Beach, Maryland and more recently Mount Airy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Prince George County, Maryland and DeKalb County, Georgia.

Budd BB-1 Pioneer

In 1934 its fabric and lower wing were removed, and it was placed on permanent display outside the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Celia Logan

Celia Logan Connelly (born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 17, 1837; died New York City, New York, June 18, 1904) was an American actress, playwright, and writer, and a member of the Logan family of actors and writers.

Douve

Among those landing at the Douve was the unit known as the Filthy Thirteen, later the basis of the novel and film The Dirty Dozen, loosely inspired on the exploits of PFC Jack Agnew of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Feel the Love

It was filmed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and features young horseback riders and neighborhood scenes from the informal Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club, a longtime homegrown community-based program for youth.

Gregory Michael

At a young age, Michael was active in community theater, portraying lead characters in the musicals Blood Brothers, The Music Man, and Damn Yankees, which were performed at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Institute for Cancer Research

Institute for Cancer Research (ICR) founded in 1927 as a part of the Lankenau Hospital Research Institute (LHRI), now known as Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR); in 1974, ICR split from LHRI and merged with the American Oncologic Hospital (founded in 1904) to become Fox Chase Cancer Center, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Irv Kosloff

Isadore "Irv" S. Kosloff (1912, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – February 1995, Merion, Pennsylvania) was an American businessman and sportsman.

Jonathan Gostelowe

Jonathan Gostelowe (1744 or 1745, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1795, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an 18th-century American cabinetmaker, best remembered for his Philadelphia Chippendale-style furniture.

Justus Christian Henry Helmuth

Justus Christian Henry Helmuth (born in Helmstedt, Brunswick, Germany, 16 May 1745; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 5 February 1825) was a German-American Lutheran clergyman.

Kara Vallow

Kara Vallow (born November 1, 1967 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American animation producer best known for her work as Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane's long time producing partner on Family Guy and American Dad, as well as The Cleveland Show.

King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas

Featuring performances by Steve Walsh and Steve Morse, the album was recorded on February 14, 1989 at the Tower Theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during their In the Spirit of Things tour.

Laury

Lisa Thomas-Laury (born 1954), news anchor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Linothorax

In January 2009, Dr. Gregory S. Aldrete of the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay and Scott Bartell presented a paper discussing the protective qualities of the linothorax at the joint American Philological Association/Archaeological Institute of America Convention held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Lydia Darrah

Lydia Darragh (1729 – December 28, 1789) was an American woman said to have crossed British lines during the British occupation of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolutionary War, delivering information to George Washington and the Continental Army that warned them of a pending British attack.

Mark Dobies

Mark Dobies (born April 3, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor.

Mifflin Township, Pennsylvania

Fort Mifflin, on the Delaware River below Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Moseley Iron Bridge and Roof Company

John Paul Verree used T.W.H. Moseley's designs for his bridge manufacturing business in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

National Industrial Recovery Act

Among the projects it funded between 1935 and 1939 are: the USS Yorktown; USS Enterprise; the 30th Street railroad station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the Triborough Bridge; the port of Brownsville; Grand Coulee Dam; Boulder Dam; Fort Peck Dam; Bonneville Dam; and the Overseas Highway connecting Key West, Florida, with the mainland.

New Sweden

Fort Nya Vasa (1646) – located at Kingsessing, on the eastern side of Cobbs Creek near Cobbs Creek Parkway and Greenway Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Ninian Pinkney

Ninian Pinkney, born in the Hammond-Harwood House in Annapolis, Maryland, on 7 June 1811, graduated from St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, in 1829, and from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1833.

Pat Brister

Brister was a member of the site-selection committee which tapped Philadelphia Pennsylvania, to host the 2000 Republican National Convention.

Peter O. Price

Price was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he attended Friends Select School.

Roger Sanders

Since then he has left the practice and is currently working part time at the Los Alamos Women's Clinic and the Taos Women's Health Institute as well as being Clinical Professor at New Mexico University and Research professor at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Samuel Howell Ashbridge

Samuel Howell Ashbridge (December 5, 1848 in Philadelphia – March 1, 1906) was the mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from April 3, 1899 to April 5, 1903.

Sue Ball

Susan Gabrielle "Sue" Ball (born March 2, 1967 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actress.

Summer Sail

The event, with ship tours, live entertainment, music, crafts and food, was held June 19 to June 23, 2007, at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Gardens at Temple Square

The Olin Partnership landscape architectural firm from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania designed the LDS Conference Center landscape.

Theophilus P. Chandler, Jr.

Bishop Mackay-Smith House, 251 S. 22nd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1903–04).

Tiffany McElroy

She co-anchored portions of the PIX Morning News on WPIX in New York City from August 2004 to August 2009, following two years at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Tour De Force – Live

Tour de Force — Live is a live album by Italian-American jazz fusion and Latin jazz guitarist Al Di Meola, released in 1982, and recorded at the Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 4, 1982.

Tunku Alif Hussein Saifuddin Al-Amin

He was educated at The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential (IAHP), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Wallace H. Robinson

After completing The Basic School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in February 1941, he attended the Base Weapons Course, Marine Corps School, Quantico, Virginia, and on graduation in June 1941, joined 5th Defense Battalion, Fleet Marine Force, at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina.

WELL

WELL-LD, a low-power television station (channel 45) licensed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Wen Vo

Vo was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and a 2004 graduate of the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts.

WFPA

WFPA-CA, a television station (channel 28) licensed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

William Millward

Millward was born in the old district of Northern Liberties in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Wilson Eyre

Corn Exchange Bank, Northeast corner 2nd & Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1896).

Wistar

Wistar Institute, a biomedical research center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, named after the physician.

WYSP

WIP-FM, a radio station (94.1 FM) licensed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which held the call sign WYSP until 2011