The Centennial District is a 700-acre section of West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States that contains the Philadelphia Zoo, the Please Touch Museum and the Mann Music Center.[1] The neighborhood sits on a section of town that was the location of the 1876 Centennial Exposition, which was 100 years after the founding of the United States with the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

The area is part of a plan to incorporate parts of present-day Fairmount Park to revitalize neighborhoods in the area for the year 2026.[2][3]

  • Carousel in the Please Touch Museum
    Carousel in the Please Touch Museum
  • Polar Bear at the Philadelphia Zoo
    Polar Bear at the Philadelphia Zoo
  • Law, Prosperity and Power by Daniel Chester French near the Mann Center
    Law, Prosperity and Power by Daniel Chester French near the Mann Center
  • Centennial District signage
    Centennial District signage

Transportation

Streetcar service along Girard Avenue is provided by SEPTA's Route 15 trolley.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Fairmount Park Centennial District Master Plan". locus-partners.com. Locus Partners. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  2. ^ "The Centennial District Economic Development Strategy" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Reviving park's legacy Thriving Centennial District seen for Fairmount. Seeing park district as engine for renewal".