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Show Perm's Perms Penn's Penns ' Dream Is Ys YsNow IsNow Now Jewel CityPhiladelphia City CityPhiladelphia Philadelphia Continues a Credit Creditto to Founder rounder . Prepared PTt'parcd PTtparcd ' by National No.lIonat NolIonat Nauonal . Oc Geographic oeoeravhlo ogr > .phtc phtc . Roclet1 toctety Society.Washington SocietyWashington ; . , n'lhlngton nlhlngton wavhington \ \ ' D 0 CW"lU C-w'VU C w'VU wVU C -W"lU W"lU WlU - WSU " ' Service ServiceLI Sen Sn . , IceWILl Ice IceCCT -C-CT C CT - - TILIIAM [ LI lAM TAM PCNVS PGNl\'S PGNl 'S S PfN3t'S PfN3tS \ ' statue that thatndorns thatadorns that\ that thatI WILl \ I / adorns ndorns the portal portnJ of the Philqddphla PhllV Phil Phll PhilW W V V Vidciphla ndeiphia qddphla idciphla Federal reder111 Federui Kesei Ueel Iteseive Iteseivebank : , vebanI ve vebank bank banI . Is soon to be remo\ed remo ed remosed remoedbecnuse remosedbecause removedbecause \ becnuse because the bink b'1nl b1nl ' . Is to have hnve a n new fa facade faetude facade cade etude The btntue blntue his h\b h b ' \ , for four fonr dec decades decades decades ' of Phil Phll- Phll Phil- Philadelphia Phlll1deJphl.1 Philadelphia - ades beeu been a fitnous f'ltnous fltnous famous ' landmirk landm\rlt landm rlt tandm'irlc tandmirlc ' \ adelphia l1deJphl.1 l1deJphl1 . , , . In whose whObe lilstory hIstory Penn played playeda a prominent pal pact"At pait pact pait"At t t"At "At At " this time . , Gov William WIlUam Ptnn Pc-nu Pc nu - Ptnnand Pcnuand Pennand and a multitude of friends nrrh arrlsed arrlsedhere arrivedhere ed edbere bere here nnd and erected ' i 't t < ) . city called Phil'i Phili Phil'ideiphia I'hl Ihl ' Philidolphia [ < ) . ' delphla deiphia ' ' ibout 'lbout lbout ! bout a hilf h'1f h1f hiif ' . [ mile from Sh'1c1 Sh1c1 Shack Shacknma Shickama\on Shickama on ' nDln nma \ on " " rcad reads the quaint minutes mlnutec ; of ofa ofa ofa a meeting meetmg o of ( the Society SoC'ltty SoCltty Socicty ' of Friends Friendsbeld Friendsheld Friendsheld beld held at Shackainison Shacham\xon Shacham xon Shackmnixon ' \ on the bunks banks bunksof banksof bunksof of the Delaware Dc.1a\\ure Dc.1aure Dc.1a Dc1a ure Dclawure . \ la In November No\ember No ember \ 8 , . lGS2In 1652In 16S2 lGS2 1652 16S2In In two and a halt half centuries Ph1'1 Ph11 Pliili Pliilidelphia Philidclphia [ ' . delphln delphia has become belome one of ot theorlel the \\orlel orlel worid \ worldsgreatest s sgreatest sgreatest greatest U1 uiban urban ban centers , pos possessing , > s.ing sing ! : . col colorful colorful colorful orful history of leadership in the de- de development de de- development development - - velopment of the arts nnd and sciences nnd and nndIn andin andIn In tlie the progress of Industry . Me1.n Me1n Dlein Me1.nwhile Dleinwhile Memwhile . while Shackima\on Shackima on SharImaon Shackimaxon SharI . \ma-on ma on ' \ \ ' - bccamp becamp became a tiny tinypnrk tinypark tinypark pnrk park 'on on , ' on the Delav/irc Delav irc Delnw'1re Delnw1re Delnwlre / ' river , . tendelly tenderly tendellycared tenderlycared tendeilycared cared for by the big city that now nowentirely nowentirely nowentirely entirely surrounds It It . . ' Philadelphia l'hlladelphla lhlladelphla now nosv is a n metropolis metropolisof of t\\ t two t0 \ 0 million souls , third In size sizenmong sizeamong sizeamong nmong among all American Amerl-can Amerl can - UI uiban urban ban communI comunl communIties comunlties communities ties and eleventh among the thp munici munld- munld munici- - municipalities munldpnliUes municipalities - palities pnliUes of ot the earth It co\ co covers coers \ ers 80000 80000nues 80000acres 80000acres nues acres Despite Its spread , it contln contin contlnues continties continlies ues ties to be the city of Its founder , for forWilham forlVtlltam forWilliam Wilham lVtlltam Penn estibllshed est'1bllshed est1bllshed established ' its plan , se- se selected selected se selected - - lected Its mme n'1mc n1mc name ' , . and piojected plOjected projected its fu future future future ture . . H His is care and forethought in Iarng Iarngout ] lavingout n ) mg mgout out Us its centr centnl 11 tl area are.1 are1 . . in the Ul u uin in n shaped shapeddIstrIct shapeddistrict shapeddistrict dIstrIct between the Delawal Delawar e a nnd and the theScl1u theSchuylkill theSchuilkilL Schuylkill Scl1u lleIl1 . , with Its central and satel satellIte sate satellite ? lIte late squares have been perpetuated to tothis tothis tothis this < . city .Ity Ity . This area nrea stands as a mon monumel1t monument monument umel1t ument to his genius geDllls genets as a city planner plannereven , e even , en in these times of amazing urban urbandevelopments urbandevelopments urbandevelopments urbandevelopmentsThe developments developmentsThe The traditions and the attitudes of ofthe ofthe ofthe the long ago are maintained in thIs thIsmetropollb thismetropolis thismetropolis metropollb metropolis as perhaps nowhere else elsein elseIn elseIn in America Amenca It Is no mere coIncidence coIncidencethat coincidencethat coincidencethat that Philadelphia his h'1.s h1.s h1s has ' . sixteen sbteen establish establishments establishmeats establishments ments meats thit th'lt thlt that ' have ha\e ha e hale \ been doing business businessconsecuth businessconsecutively businessconsecutiv consecuth consecutively ely from ante-Colli ante Colli ante ante-Constitutiondays ante Constitutiondays - - Constitution Constitutiondays > tltutlon tltutlondays days , or that the tbe city has a number numberor numberof numberof or of firms that hive b'1ve b1ve ' persisted for a cen century century century tury . Perhaps Perbaps I'erhaps Ierhaps ' one may gain his bls best l Idea Ideaof Ideaof ea eaof of the city of the tbe Pious Penn by go goIng going goIng Ing forth forthwith " Ith to its capltol capitol , . the city cityhall cityhall cityhall hall , and fiom flom from the parapet of ot Its tower towergettmg towergetting towergetting gettmg getting a bird's birds blrd's blrds ' eye view of this me me- metrop01ls metropolis metropolis - - tropolis trop01ls First rIrst , one notPS notes above , the theberolc theheroic theheroic berolc heroic stitue st'1tue st1tue st'ttue stttue ' ' of the foun'er founer fourlc1er fouric'er fouricer ( ' ThIs ThIshuge Thishuge Thishuge huge bronze brome bronve st'1tte st1tte st'rttle strttle stitue ' ' ( of ot Pennelghs Penn \ weighs \\elghs elghs W 53 53,348 53348 , . 348 343 pounds and stands 37 feet high highAll highAll liighAll All of Its portions pot'tinns pottinns ' are of am\7lng am 7lng ami7ing am7lngsc.alethe ami7ingscalethe ami/Ingscale ami Ingscale ' \ / sc.ale-the sc.alethe sc.ale scale the scale-the . - - the 1 l ' . it 1.t 1t 9 it feet in diameter dmmeter , . the theshoes theshoes theshoes shoes 5 feet 4 inches long , . the CO'lt COlt coat coatculfs CO'ltculTs coitcuffs ' culTs culfs 3 feet deep , . and the buttons j E ( jmches Eincites 6indies mches incites across acrocs ; acrossA A Great World Port Port.I PortI . J I ook 001 . over the outstretched city be below below below low A ma magnificent nlncent rn river riser er front pro proclaims proclaims proclaims claims one of the world s < ; greit gre'lt grelt great ' ports portsa , a to\\ to towering toerlng \ erlng business busmess district dlstrkt tells of ofn ofa ofa n a financial center of the tbe first order ; a dOlen dozen do en [ Industrial n ustrlal areas sp spenk speak < : > ak of man manufacturlng manufacturing manufacturing ufacturlng ufacturing operations operation , > , , . pirks p'lrhs plrhs parks ' , , palle park parkways pailcwiys ways \ 1.ys 1ys . a cimli7cd c1.n'l1I7cd c1.nl1I7cd c1nl1I7cd ciniliyed . ' river , . museums museumsst , . st itely Itcl itelv m ( nit Li t galleries and fine librarIes librarIeswrite librarieswrite librarieswrite write the superscilptlon superscllptIon superscription of culture cultureoser cultureover 0\ 0 0er oser \ er the city , . suburbs suhurhs of nre r\re r re rare ' \ beauty beautyem beautyenv beautyenviron em env Iron It nnd and mike m\l.e ml.e m l.e le m'tke mtke ' \ ' . such areas along alongrhe alongthe alongthe rhe the mail mall line ' ind 'lnd lnd and the fie Reiding Reeding ldng [ route routeIe routeleeplendent routeic Ie leeplendent < : plendent Jewels je\\pls je pls jewils \ , In the tbe city's citys cIt\"s cIt "s s \ " ' crown cro\\n cro n \ ; ; inilroid llulro'1d llulro1d railroad ' facilities of ' litest l'1test l1test latest electrified electrifiedh electrifiedtape electrifiedtvpe tape h fie c extend cstend tend tlie the CI 01(3 013 city tJ ( Into the country countrydnd countrydad countryand dnd dad bring country Into to\\ to toIt tonIt town ton townIt \ n It was uns vsns fll\\a fll a always aha3s \ % s tlie the drcim dre'1m dre1m dream ' of WilIi'lm WilIilm Nilll'tm Nillltm WilIi'lmPpnn Nilll'tmPenn WilllimPpnn ' ' Ppnn Penn tint tll'lt tlllt that ' his citych01l111 cityshould city : should ch01l111 e es ever , er rom rem 11n tin 11nun tin"a iln"n ilnn un "a a " gl gleene greene cene country countr ) to\\ to towne tone tostne \ ne " Throllrrh Through Throllrrhthese Throughthese Throughthese these two t\\O t O \ and nnd n a Inlf h1If half centuries tile tileclti7cns the thecitl7efls thecitizens clti7cns citl7efls steidily ste'1dllv ste1dllv ste'tdily stetdily ' ' kept hept faith " with "Ith Ith pith his hispurposp hispurpose hispurpose purposp purpose , and nnd today tOll11Y we find finl1 one acre acreout acreout acreout out of eefJ eser3 e\ e evcr \ efJ thirteen , within [ thin its con confines confines confines fines de\ de devoted deotl'd \ otl'd otld : ' to paiks palhs packs and squal squates squatesThe squaiesIhe es esI I The 'J J ' he be beuity beI1ty beauty \I1ty I1ty \ ; spot Cllot of the whole city 1 is isFairmount IsFairmount < ; ralrmount Fairmount pirk p'lrh plrh park ' , , . one of the lirgest hrgest largest In Inthe inthe inI the woild wolld world With 43 miles of drIvesand drivesand drives drivesand and 44 miles of paths winding through throughLits throughIts Its df(10 df10 . { { COO roo ( acres of scenic be bciuty beauty luty anc and andromantic andromnntic ) romantic historv hlstor history , . oneho one \ who \\ho ho vivo has a day clay dayto clayto dayto I to spend there re\ re revels reels \ els In d delightful delightfulprospects delightfulprospects delightfulprospectsHere l1ghtful l1ghtfulI l1ghtfulprospects prospects prospectsHere Here Is Lemon , . Hill Hm , the thl : . country countrybomy countryhome home of Robert Hohert Morris , the fin\ncler fin ncler ftniucier fininclerof ftniucierof ' \ of the Revolution llevolutlon , . frequented by Wash Washington Washington Washingtoo ! ington and J JclTeison Jellerson elTel on , Adims Ad\ms Ad ms Adams ' \ and La Lafa Lafavctte Lafavetle fa fatte favctte \tte tte \ ( ! , " who "ho ho sat do\\ do down don \ \ n to breik brt'1.h brt1.h brt1h brisk ' . bread breadwith brl bnadwith ad adwith with the bunker bunkLr vs \ where \ here the populacenow PopulJ.ce PopulJce populace PopulJ.cenow populacenow . now may come and ( ' pat 'at at eat and anL1 be enter taned lamed enterlained entertaned enterlamed [ at the concerts for ss \ which \ hlch hick ralr Fair ralrmount Fairmount Fairmount mount park IMrIe Is famous At the foot footot footof footof ot of Schuvlkillits this historic hill bm bill runs the Schu\ Schu SchuIkill Schuylkill \ Ikill , ' . Its clubhouSs clubhouses eist e'1st e1st ' bank bunk cnveied co\eled co eled cnseted \ with tho the club club'Jiou clubJiou houSs houses ( es of the ' 'Sehuvlkill Sehuvlkill Schuylkill ' cdlU ) ) l1 m n nivv l \ ' Y " . hasbeen hasbetn hasbeca For Lor ror year years 3 < on end Phlladelplila Philadelphia has betn beca con conscious , > cious of a 11 dlic duce dh e need foi for U a Upar aparks uparkv par parks \ u av as v ' from the ( ' center 'enter enter ot of the tbe ut\ ut cite \ " ' citvInto utInto citeinto Into Fan rail Fau mount park and the northwestern north northwebtern northwestern webtern western section scctlon of the city There Therewere Therevvoic were \ \ C'l Cl ' e no d1fi diagonals onal , > fioru flom from the eftS citv eft\ eft clts \ s CLn cen I ter center at Cft Citv Cih , llull Hull Ilull squale sql.l1Ie sqll1Ie sgtate . , Then came R a hmc time atime Rhmc when whc.n whcn wlicn . the [ pisscngcr pissengcr I'l Il ' < ; scngu train truln radII facile faclhties radIIties facileties ties longcr longer of theIneteenth the - . \ Mneteenth r-.lnetcE'nlh r.lnetcEnlh r .lnetcE'nlh lnetcEnlh \Ineteenth Ineteenth . ' century no 110 long er WCI wcie were c aucquite adequrle ndCllu He to llie lhe the ; second cecond qnar quay ter quarter qnarter quayter of the 1 7 w \ wentietli entlCth entieth Steim Stein te'lm telm ' tnilns ltulns hams for forStlbUllYlII forsubutbvi forsiibuibin StlbUllYlII subutbvi h ti tinllic nl11C allic bctsnue beullIJe became arch Uc llc tic . , 'I I ' 1 heold he lieold 0111 old Bioad llioad Broad street station stallon of tlie the Penn Pennsyh'1I Pennsylsinia Permsylvinia syh'1I syh1I sylsinia ' [ l1 . " wis 'l l ' outoiuvvn OUI"llI\\n OUI"llI OUIllI n outtown " , \ the old 0111 Cht CiuSt Chtnut CiuStnut Clieitnut ! . ' ) A.Olilo AOlilo nut street bt stitioii station lUOII of the B'1l1lmOI B1l1lmOI Billimole Biilimote ' e \ . . Ohio ulmustforLottcn uhnostforkotten secmoil seemell seemed i 1 . pipe 11\,1 11 ,1 1 pic ' \ . , ? . froul from an nn ul1Uu uhnost t forbottetl forkotten past IJUbt , . and the Rciiling lidding It ( 'lIHng lIHng ' t'r tr ter t'rmn termin tprminil ( ' mn min [ 11-\\el1 11 el1 it-well it well - \ well \ tint th'1.t th1.t th1t that ' . luinlit 11I1lIt might " , liavu 1I11\l 1I11 l Rase \ ! been heen 111011 ntod 111011ern ntodern nioilern ern In Centennlil Centenn1.1 Centenn11 ! ' . times tlmeq , . but It1S it \\1S 1S seas seasantiquated \ wisantiquated \ 1SantiqU.ltc ' Licetrillc Llcctrinc Licetrifle antiqU.ltc antiqUltc antiquated . In tlie the . Intc Into late twenties t\\entle- t entle t\\enties enties tentleLlcc \ \ " - . , Llcc Lice trinc trifle Undergroundtnllic uJrOl1l1dtr Undergroundtriihc illon 1110n Aron Ind h'1d h1d had ' to come wme cote Ull Underground uJrOl1l1d ; triihc tr Ilhc Ilhc8 \ wis was \ \8 8 ' \ the only wi3 w wiv 1 to speed UI up > uptlie upthe the cilv clt3 city s " , oteit "lL'1t lL1t teat ' I : > buburbin suburb U Ur in ln tlanSllolt'1 tlanSllolt1 tianspotti ' . tianspoititlon tianspottitton Hon tton Hon'J tianspoititlon'JbA 'J J 7 ' 'JbA JbA ' he 1.1 11 . opening openmg up IIp of ot the new monu monumental monuIlcntal Il\cntal Il cntal mental \ Peuusilvania Peuusylsania Pcnus3 h anln stitlon st'1.t1on st1.t1on st1t1on ' . and aud the scrvico servIce of ot the Broad Broadstreet Broadstreet Broadihurhan " Into puttln putting " pOSlbletbe possiblethe possible pOSlble possiblethere street "suburban suburban suburban station made roade ? , " "Cl1lnesc Cl1lnesc "Chinese Chinese " Walt Wall . , as asthe asthe the r'1.zlng r1.zlng r1zlng razing of tbe the ' . llrond Brond llrondstreet Brondstreet viaduct Into the 01d old the grcat great called In Its s stead steadthere street statIon was ithe ithes stead steadthere tbe not- not notdIstant - there will w1l1 bo be opened up Indistant In me noi-d'stant noi d'stant dstant highway , known knownas knownas knownas dIstant ' future a new ctendlng ettending ctendlngfrum ettendingfrom extendingfr boulevard boule\ard boule ard \ , " ' ( as Pcnn Pennsylvania Pennsylanla yhnnla % Hnll null Llall square to the Imposing imposinganti Imposingnod frum from im City < anti D < 1 classical clnssltIll east ! facade acade of tlie the l'ennsJ I'ennsylsanba ' Penn- Penn l'enn- l'enn lenn I'enn- I'enn Ienn Pennsjlvinta ' - sJ sjlvinta sylsanba h 'lnla lnla ' terminal termlnnl termlnnlThe terminalThe terminalThe The railroad Improvements are ra- ra re- re resulling rasulUn re resulting - - of tbo the tboSthuv theSchuviklll thoSehuvlklll uncl htly section seltlon sulting sulUn sulling ' " in the |