Wharton
The Wharton School is an American business school in Philadelphia.
The Wharton School is an American business school in Philadelphia. It is part of the University of Pennsylvania, a private university in the Ivy League. Established in 1881 through a donation from Joseph Wharton, a co-founder of Bethlehem Steel, the Wharton School is the world's oldest collegiate business school. It is one of six Ivy League business schools, and is the business school which has educated the highest number of billionaires in America, including Warren Buffett, Elon Musk, and US president Donald Trump.
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Worth seeing in and around Wharton
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.
- 01University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Chartered in 1755 by its first president Benjamin Franklin, who advocated for an educational institution that trained leaders in academia, commerce, and public service, it is one of nine colonial colleges in the country.
400 m · private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · Wikipedia - 02Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Eakins Oval.
2 km · art museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Wikipedia - 03Drexel University
Drexel University is a private research university with its main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Drexel's undergraduate school was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a financier and philanthropist.
900 m · private research university with its main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Wikipedia - 04Philadelphia City Hall
The Philadelphia City Hall is the seat of the municipal government of the City of Philadelphia in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Built in the ornate Second Empire style, City Hall houses the chambers of the Philadelphia City Council and the offices of the Mayor of Philadelphia.
2.9 km · historic building housing Philadelphia's municipal government · Wikipedia - 05Comcast Center
The Comcast Center, also known as the Comcast Tower, is a skyscraper at 1701 John F. Kennedy Boulevard in Center City, Philadelphia. The 58-story, 973-foot tower is the second-tallest building in Philadelphia and in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the 31st-tallest building in the United States.
2.5 km · skyscraper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · Wikipedia - 06Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is a museum and private art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1805, it is the longest continuously operating art museum and art school in the United States.
3 km · museum and art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Wikipedia - 07Liberty Place
Liberty Place is a skyscraper complex in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The complex is composed of a 61-story, 945-foot skyscraper called One Liberty Place, a 58-story, 848-foot skyscraper called Two Liberty Place, a two-story shopping mall called the Shops at Liberty Place, and the 14-story Westin Philadelphia Hotel.
2.6 km · architectural structure (skyscraper) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Wikipedia - 08Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute is a science museum and a center of science education and research in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is named after the American scientist and statesman Benjamin Franklin.
2.2 km · science museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Wikipedia - 09Barnes Foundation
The Barnes Foundation is an art collection and educational institution promoting the appreciation of art and horticulture. Originally in Merion, the art collection moved in 2012 to a new building on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2.3 km · art museum and educational center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Wikipedia - 10University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, branded as Penn Museum, is a museum at the University of Pennsylvania. It is located on Penn's campus in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia, at the intersection of 33rd and South Streets.
800 m · archaeological museum · Wikipedia
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Getting to Wharton
- Airports
- Philadelphia (PHL), 10 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 120 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 142 km
- Stations
- 30th Street Station, 1.4 km
- New York → Wharton52 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · $5–7
- Newark → Wharton39 km · quickest by road, 56 min · $3.5–5
- Baltimore → Wharton143 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · $13–17
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Wharton
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Wharton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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 Wharton
Wharton is 3 km from Philadelphia, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- West Philadelphianeighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States2.8 km
- Center Cityneighborhood of Philadelphia, PA2.9 km
- Pennsylvania's 1st congressional districtAmerican political district3.2 km
- Suburban Stationcommuter rail station in Center City, Philadelphia2.6 km
- Chinatownneighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States3.7 km
- University Cityneighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania300 m