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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KMI_quakers-at-friends-center_Philadelphia-PA.html
Quakers also known as members of the Religious Society of Friends, are a religious group which emerged in a time of ferment among Christians in England in the 1650s. Quakerism is practiced today in a variety of forms around the world. Quakers seek…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KMH_edmund-n-bacon_Philadelphia-PA.html
Internationally known urban planner, his design concepts shaped Philadelphia's city landscape. As city planning director, 1949 to 1970, his legacy includes Penn Center, Market East, Society Hill, the Far Northeast, Yorktown, and LOVE Park here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KMG_the-sphas-basketball-team_Philadelphia-PA.html
The South Philadelphia Hebrew Association was a dominant professional team from 1918 to 1959, winning 12 league championships. During its heyday in the 1930s, the team was all Jewish. Owner/coach Eddie Gottlieb was a seminal figure in the establis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KME_frank-furness_Philadelphia-PA.html
A nationally influential architect, his forceful designs and bold use of industrial materials helped shape American modernism. His works include the Pa. Academy of Fine Arts and U. of Penn Library. Apprentice to Richard Morris Hunt and mentor to L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KC8_louis-i-kahn_Philadelphia-PA.html
Among the foremost architects of the late 20th century. Trained in the Beaux-Arts method at the University of Pennsylvania, Kahn redefined architecture through his extraordinary use of mass, light, and structure. A Penn professor, his office was h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K3X_union-league-of-philadelphia_Philadelphia-PA.html
Founded 1862 as a patriotic society supporting President Lincoln's efforts to preserve the Union. Recruited and financed troops during the Civil War. Its membership of prominent citizens later pursued political reform and social, philanthropic, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JRX_public-sector-collective-bargaining_Philadelphia-PA.html
In 1938, 3,000 Philadelphia municipal workers launched a strike protesting wage cuts and layoffs, among the first in a major American city. After 8 days, a collective bargaining agreement was reached, leading to the formation of AFSCME District Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JRQ_civilian-public-service_Philadelphia-PA.html
During World War II, some 12,000 men who were classified as conscientious objectors to war — about fifteen percent of them from Pennsylvania — served in non-military occupations across the United States. Under the leadership of Mennoni…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JRP_pennsylvania-academy-of-the-fine-arts_Philadelphia-PA.html
America's oldest art museum and school, founded 1805 by Peale, Rush, and other artists. Trained here were Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassatt, Maxfield Parrish, John Marin, Charles Demuth and others. Furness and Hewitt designed the Neo-Gothic building, 1876.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDT9_broad-street-station_Philadelphia-PA.html
Opened here, 1881, by the Pennsylvania Railroad; enlarged 1893. This was once the world's largest railroad passenger terminal. Its great arched train shed burned, 1923. The station and its long elevated stone track bed (the "Chinese Wall") remaine…