Fairhill, Philadelphia
Fairhill is a neighborhood on the east side of the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Fairhill is a neighborhood on the east side of the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Fairhill is bordered by Front Street to the east, Germantown Avenue to the west, Allegheny Avenue to the north, and Cumberland Street to the south. The neighborhood serves as the center of the Hispanic community of Philadelphia, and is known for its "El Centro de Oro" commercial strip along North 5th Street. Fairhill is adjacent to Harrowgate and West Kensington to the east, Hartranft to the south, Glenwood to the west, and Hunting Park to the north.
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Worth seeing in and around Fairhill, Philadelphia
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Temple University
Temple University is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation at the Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia, then called Baptist Temple.
1.7 km · public research university in Philadelphia, United States · Wikipedia - 02Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
Founded in 1850, The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, formally known as The Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, was the first American medical college dedicated to teaching women medicine and allowing them to earn the Doctor of Medicine degree. In 1867, the college was renamed the Woman's Medical College.
3.9 km · American medical school, now absorbed by Drexel University School of Medicine · Wikipedia - 03Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic cathedral located in the Poplar neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the seat for the Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
3.2 km · Ukrainian Catholic cathedral in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · Wikipedia - 04Shibe Park
Shibe Park, known later as Connie Mack Stadium, was a ballpark located in Philadelphia. It was the home of the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League from 1909 to 1954 and the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League from 1938 to 1970.
1.7 km · Philadelphia major league stadium from 1909 to 1970; known as Connie Mack Stadium from 1953 to 1970 · Wikipedia - 05Liacouras Center
The Liacouras Center is a 10,206-seat multi-purpose venue located on the campus of Temple University in North Philadelphia. Opened in 1997, the arena was originally named The Forum at The Apollo of Temple and was renamed in 2000 for university president Peter J. Liacouras.
2 km · indoor arena at Temple University · Wikipedia - 06National Shrine of Saint John Neumann
The National Shrine of St. John Neumann is a Catholic national shrine dedicated to John Neumann, the fourth Bishop of Philadelphia and the first American male to be canonized.
2.8 km · church building in Pennsylvania, United States of America · Wikipedia - 07Columbia Park
Columbia Park or Columbia Avenue Grounds was a baseball park in the Brewerytown neighborhood of Philadelphia. It was built in 1901 as the first home of the American League Philadelphia Athletics, who played there for eight seasons, including two games of the 1905 World Series.
3.5 km · Baseball park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Wikipedia - 08Philadelphia Doll Museum
The Philadelphia Doll Museum is located in Philadelphia at 2253 North Broad Street along the Avenue of the Arts. It is the only known museum in the United States that emphasizes the collection and preservation of black dolls as artifacts of history and culture.
1.2 km · museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Wikipedia - 09Tyler School of Art
The Tyler School of Art and Architecture, frequently referred to by community members as simply Tyler, is part of Temple University, a large, urban, public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Tyler currently enrolls about 1,350 undergraduate students and about 200 graduate students in a wide variety of academic degree programs, including architecture, art education, art history, art therapy, ceramics, city and regional planning, community arts practices, community development, facilities management, fibers and material studies, glass, graphic and interactive design, historic preservation, horticulture, landscape architecture, metals/jewelry/CAD-CAM, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and visual studies.
1.4 km · school at Temple University · Wikipedia - 10Moore College of Art and Design
Moore College of Art & Design is a private art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1848 by Sarah Worthington Peter as the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, and was renamed Moore College of Art & Design in 1989.
2.6 km · Private art and design college in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · Wikipedia
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Getting to Fairhill, Philadelphia
- Airports
- Philadelphia (PHL), 16 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 113 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 136 km
- Stations
- York–Dauphin, 1.5 km · Spring Garden, 3.9 km · Huntingdon, 1.6 km · Hunting Park, 2.5 km
- New York → Fairhill, Philadelphia125 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · $12–16
- Newark → Fairhill, Philadelphia116 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · $11–15
- Baltimore → Fairhill, Philadelphia148 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · $13–18
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- Get inAir charter companies such as Monarch Air Group and Mercury Jets fly a variety of private charter aircraft and jets, from charter luxury Gulfstream's down to economical piston twins for small groups and individuals.
- Get inThe RiverLink and Freedom Ferry services provide travel from Philadelphia to neighboring Camden, New Jersey, between April and September.
- Get inAccess to the other waterfront attractions, including an aquarium, is also provided by the ferry service.
- Get aroundThose rates are as follows: Lindenwold, Ashland & Woodcrest Stations and Philadelphia: $3.00 Haddonfield, Westmont & Collingswood Stations and Philadelphia: $2.60 Ferry Avenue (Camden) Station and Philadelphia: $2.25 Travel within Pennsylvania, between Broadway and City Hall (Camden), and between PA and those two stations: $1.40 Any other trip within New Jersey: $1.60 Note that PATCO is not operated by SEPTA and uses its own fare system.
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Next door to Fairhill, Philadelphia
Fairhill, Philadelphia is 5 km from Philadelphia, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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