Penn's Landing is a waterfront area of Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, situated along the Delaware River. Its name commemorates the landing of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, in 1682. The actual landing site is farther south, in Chester. The city of Philadelphia purchased the right to use the name. Penn's Landing is bounded by Front Street to the west, the Delaware River to the east, Spring Garden Street to the north, and Washington Avenue to the south, and is primarily focused on the Christopher Columbus Boulevard corridor.
The neon Penn's Landing sign in May 2024
A tugboat off Penn's Landing in the Delaware River near the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in August 2007
Penn's Landing (foreground), the Delaware River, and the USS New Jersey in Camden, New Jersey (background) in February 2009
A 1907 interurban car on the former trolley line in 1990
Center City, Philadelphia
Center City includes the central business district and central neighborhoods of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It comprises the area that made up the City of Philadelphia prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854, which extended the city borders to be coterminous with Philadelphia County.
The Schuylkill River (foreground) and Center City Philadelphia (background) in July 2007
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Center City at night in May 2007