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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Phillies decorations are popping up all over town but one place you won't see them is on top of City Hall. Mayor Jim Kenney said William Penn would not be sporting a ...
It’s a tiny version of Philadelphia’s only actually famous tribute to William Penn — the William Penn statue that sits atop City Hall. The people who built Welcome Park didn’t even install ...
As I walked through Philadelphia City Hall last week, a woman was singing ... but it was only during the tour that I noticed William Penn’s face is the keystone of that arch.
PHILADELPHIA — It was never about William Penn ... Philadelphia's Old City, created in 1982 to honor the Quaker who founded Pennsylvania, is an open-air museum that tells Penn's story on ...
The statue of William Penn — a replica of the bronze one that sits atop City Hall some 15 blocks away ... named for the ship that brought Penn to Philadelphia in 1682 and is built on the ...
When you think of Philadelphia’s ... input on its plan to change the city’s “Welcome Park,” which is a small park built on the historic site of William Penn’s home.
PHILADELPHIA — As I walked through Philadelphia City Hall this month ... was a small exhibit about City Hall and its iconic statue of William Penn by Alexander Milne Calder, which is 37 feet ...