Logan Square - Philadelphia, PA
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N 39° 57.481 W 075° 10.235
18S E 485430 N 4423111
Logan Square, located on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in the South East part of the Museum District of Philadelphia.
Waymark Code: WM4CP8
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/06/2008
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Logan Square, part of William Penn's original plan for the City of Philadelphia dates back to 1682. In the 1920s, when Benjamin Franklin Parkway was overlayed onto the City street grid, Logan Square became a traffic circle.
Whether you follow the official plaque, which says "Logan Square," or the Wiki says "Logan Circle," the key feature of this plaza area is the Swann Fountain built in 1924. In present times, this fountain is the place where Philadelphia school children symbolically jump into the fountain to celebrate the beginning of Summer... a practice that has been discourage in recent years.
Key landmark buildings surround Logan Square: Free Library of Philadelphia, the Academy of Natural Sciences, the Franklin Institute and the Roman Catholic Cathedral-Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul.
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