The City of Philadelphia 1997
* Monument to the work of Thomas Holme
and
William Penn
* smallmap of Philadelphia
* inscription:
A portraiture of the City of Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania in America
by Thomas Holme Surveyor General. Sold by Andrew Sowle in Shoreditch London.
Planned 1682
Dedicated 1997
American Society of Civil Engineers, 1852
National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
The City of Philadelphia
Surveyor General Thomas Holme, Governor William Penn and others
planned the open public squares and rational street layout
that we enjoy today. These original features have inspired city
engineers for 300 years.
* Aviator Park, West side of Logan Square.
19th and the Parkway.
* 39.957550,-75.171450 [map]
* On the Parkway tour.
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's William Penn page
+wikipedia.org's Logan Circle page
