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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the sixth-most-populous city in the United States and the largest in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, both in area and population. Since 1854, the city has been coterminous with Philadelphia County. Philadelphia has the third-largest downtown residential population in the U.S., behind New York and Chicago. The Philadelphia metropolitan area is the fourth-largest in the U.S. by the official definition, with some 5.7 million people, though other definitions place it sixth behind the San Francisco Bay Area and Washington-Baltimore. Philadelphia is the central city of the Delaware Valley metropolitan area.
Philadelphia is one of the oldest and most historically significant U.S. cities. It was the nation's first capital. At the time of the American Revolution, it was the second-largest English-speaking city in the world, after only London. Into the first part of the 18th century, it was the country's most populous city and eclipsed Boston and New York City in political and social importance. Benjamin Franklin played an extraordinary role in Philadelphia's rise.
Mill Creek 1878, photographed by John C. Browne. Dove Lake, Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania was created in 1873 when Samuel Croft dammed Mill Creek to supply water power to his brass rolling mill downstream. The stone jetty shown above (actually the ruins of an abandoned mill) was made famous by the Philadelphia painter Thomas Eakins, who posed his nude male students on it for his painting Swimming (1885, Amon Carter Museum). Dove Lake is now much smaller, and this section of Mill Creek is now a township park. See the site today.
Sources: Lower Merion Historical Society, The First 300: The Amazing and Rich History of Lower Merion (Ardmore, PA: LMHS, 2000), pp. 60-62.[1] Doreen Bolger and Sarah Cash, eds. Thomas Eakins and the Swimming Picture (Fort Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum, 1996), pp. 50-54.
Congress Hall is a building at 6th and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that served as the seat of the U.S. Congress from December 6, 1790 to May 14, 1800, during Philadelphia's tenure as the temporary national capital. In that decade the country admitted three new states, Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee; ratified the Bill of Rights; and oversaw the Presidential inaugurations of George Washington (second term) and John Adams. Built as a municipal courthouse, Congress Hall was restored in the 20th century to its appearance in 1796. The building is now managed by the National Park Service within Independence National Historical Park, and open for tours by the public. Congress Hall should not be confused with Independence Hall, which is located next door.
Tory Burch is an American fashion designer, socialite, businessperson, and celebrity who was born, raised, and educated in the Philadelphia metropolitan area and is described as having Main Line roots. Her parents had been a part of the Hollywood celebrity culture and were part of Philadelphia high society. Thus, Burch was raised in an upper-class home with live-in household help. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, she moved to New York City, where she pursued a professional career with various leading fashion industry businesses. While living in New York, she maintained personal relationships with a series of extremely wealthy men. With the financial savvy of her former second husband, she began a fashion label in February 2004 in New York City. The label was an immediate success and was even endorsed by Oprah Winfrey the following year. The label has opened stores in several large American cities and has lines that are sold in several upscale specialty department stores. Burch has won several fashion awards for her designs, and she continues to be involved in high-profile personal relationships within the social elite of New York City.
- November 1, 1701 - William Penn leaves Philadelphia for England for the last time.
- November 10, 1876 - The Centennial Exposition in Fairmount Park ends after six months.
- November 21, 1976 - The film Rocky, starring Sylvester Stallone, is released in U.S. theaters.
- November 29, 1929 - The Rodin Museum opens.
- November 4: House of Representatives elections, 2008: Democrats Bob Brady, Chaka Fattah, Patrick Murphy, and Allyson Schwartz, Philadelphia's members of the House of Representatives, are all reelected. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- October 29: The Philadelphia Phillies win Philadelphia's first major sports championship in twenty-five years after beating the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2008 World Series. (Philadelphia inquirer)
- October 18: The Please Touch Museum reopens in its new home in Memorial Hall. (The Morning Call)
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