Marconi Plaza (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
USA /
New Jersey /
National Park /
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
World
/ USA
/ New Jersey
/ National Park
World / United States / Pennsylvania
park, plaza
Marconi Plaza was designed in 1914 - 1916 and was built as the grand entrance for the 1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition, leading visitors south along a tree lined Southern boulevard to the exhibition grounds that started at Packer Avenue. The neighborhood held the common name of Oregon Plaza until 1937 when it was officially named Marconi Plaza in honor of the Nobel Prize Laureate Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of the “Radio.”
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marconi_Plaza,_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°54'55"N 75°10'17"W
- Cooper River Park 6.3 km
- Fairmount Park 11 km
- Wissahickon Park 20 km
- Pennypack Park 21 km
- Core Creek Park 40 km
- Tyler State Park 40 km
- Lake Galena & Peace Valley Park 48 km
- Mercer Meadows 58 km
- Mercer County Park 59 km
- Village of Kingston Greenbelt 70 km
- South Philadelphia 0.4 km
- South Philadelphia Sports Complex 1.2 km
- Southwest Center City/Graduate Hospital Area 3 km
- Queen Village 3.3 km
- Washington Square West 3.5 km
- Center City 4 km
- University of Pennsylvania 4.2 km
- Old City 4.3 km
- University City 4.8 km
- West Philadelphia 8.5 km