A report on Mid-Atlantic (United States)

Shipping containers at the Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal, part of the Port of New York and New Jersey.

A USGS fact-sheet interpretation of the Mid-Atlantic in terms of groundwater.<ref>Earl A. Greene et al. "Ground-Water Vulnerability to Nitrate Contamination in the Mid-Atlantic Region". USGS Fact Sheet FS 2004-3067. 2005. Retrieved 25 April 2013. Note: Although the locator map appears to exclude part of northwestern Pennsylvania, other more detailed maps in this article include all of the state.</ref>

An 1897 map displays an inclusive definition of the Mid-Atlantic region.

An 1886 "Harper's School Geography" map showing the region, exclusive of Virginia and West Virginia.

The U.S. Census Bureau Regions and Divisions, displaying an exclusive three-state definition of the Middle Atlantic.

Region of the United States generally located in the overlap between the Northeastern and Southeastern States.

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Pennsylvania

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William Penn, a Quaker and son of a prominent admiral, founded Pennsylvania in 1681

Shelter House in Emmaus, constructed in 1734 by Pennsylvania German settlers, is believed to be the oldest continuously occupied building structure in the Lehigh Valley and one of the oldest in Pennsylvania.

Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where the United States Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were drafted and adopted in 1776 and 1787-88, respectively.

The July 1-3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg in Gettysburg, which was a turning point in the Union Army's ultimate victory in the American Civil War, is depicted in this 1887 Thure de Thulstrup painting. Gettysburg was the Civil War's deadliest battle with 51,118 total casualties.

On November 19, 1863, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln (center, facing camera) arrived in Gettysburg and delivered the Gettysburg Address, considered one of the best-known speeches in American history.

Hazleton coal miners in 1900. Coal mining was a major economic activity in Pennsylvania in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Anti-nuclear protest in Harrisburg following the March 28, 1979 Three Mile Island accident in Londonderry Township, September 1979

The crash site of Flight 93 in Somerset County following the September 11 attacks

South Mountain with Allentown in the foreground, December 2010

Worlds End State Park in Sullivan County, June 2008

Autumn in North Branch Township in Wyoming County, October 2011

Allentown, the state's third largest city, May 2010

Pennsylvania jurist John Morton (1725–1777) was one of nine Pennsylvanians, the most of any of the Thirteen Colonies, to sign the Declaration of Independence. Other Pennsylvanians to sign the Declaration include George Clymer, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, George Ross, Benjamin Rush, James Smith, George Taylor, and James Wilson.

Pennsylvania's population growth from 1790 to 2000

Pennsylvania's population distribution as of the 2000 census

An Amish family riding in a traditional Amish buggy in Lancaster County, May 2004

Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem was one of the world's leading steel manufacturers for most of the 19th and 20th century. In 1982, it discontinued most of its operations, declared bankruptcy in 2001, and was dissolved in 2003.

Geo map of average income by location in Pennsylvania. Data shown is from the 2014 American Community Survey five-year estimate.

Wind Creek Bethlehem casino in Bethlehem, March 2014

The Pennsylvania State Capitol, built in 1906 in Harrisburg, June 2020

South Philadelphia High School on Broad Street in South Philadelphia, February 2010

Benjamin Franklin statue on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League institution in Philadelphia and one of the top universities in the world, August 2007

Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom's Steel Force and Thunderhawk roller coasters in Allentown. Steel Force is the tenth longest steel rollercoaster in the world.

U.S. Route 220 as it passes through Lamar Township, August 2010

30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Amtrak's third busiest train station in the nation, July 2016

The Pennsylvanian navigating the historic Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, May 2013

Philadelphia International Airport is the busiest airport in Pennsylvania and the 21st busiest overall in the United States

The Philadelphia Eagles are presented with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after winning Super Bowl LII, February 4, 2018

Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia, home of the Philadelphia Phillies, May 2009

NASCAR racing at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, September 2006

Beaver Stadium, a 106,572 capacity stadium in University Park, is the home field of the Penn State Nittany Lions.

Geno's Steaks in South Philadelphia is widely credited with inventing the cheesesteak in 1933.

Hershey Chocolate Factory in Hershey, August 1976

Pennsylvania (Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, and Appalachian regions of the United States.

Maryland

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Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, 1st Proprietor of the Maryland colony

The bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore inspired the song, "Star Spangled Banner".

The Battle of Antietam was the single bloodiest day of the Civil War with nearly 23,000 casualties.

Western Maryland is known for its heavily forested mountains. A panoramic view of Deep Creek Lake and the surrounding Appalachian Mountains in Garrett County.

Typical freshwater river above the tidal zone. The Patapsco River includes the famous Thomas Viaduct and is part of the Patapsco Valley State Park. Later, the river forms Baltimore's Inner Harbor as it empties into the Chesapeake Bay.

Typical brackish tidal river. Sunset over a marsh at Cardinal Cove on the Patuxent River

Tidal wetlands of the Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States and the largest water feature in Maryland

Black-eyed susans, the state flower, grow throughout much of the state.

Mature Trachycarpus fortunei in Solomons, Maryland

On Maryland's Atlantic coastal islands: A feral Chincoteague Pony on Assateague

Köppen climate types of Maryland, using 1991–2020 climate normals.

Winter in Baltimore, Lancaster Street, Fells Point

Maryland population distribution map. Maryland's population is concentrated mostly in the Baltimore and Washington metropolitan areas.

The Baltimore Basilica was the first Catholic cathedral built in the U.S.

The Murugan Temple of North America (Hindu) in Lanham, Maryland

A map showing Maryland's median income by county. Data is sourced from the 2014 ACS 5-year Estimate report published by the US Census Bureau.

Agriculture is an important part of the state's economy

The beach resort town of Ocean City along the Atlantic Ocean is a popular tourist destination in Maryland.

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge connects Maryland's Eastern and Western Shores.

Ellicott City Station, on the original B&O Railroad line, is the oldest remaining passenger station in the United States. The rail line is still used by CSX Transportation for freight trains, and the station is now a museum.

The Maryland State House in Annapolis dates to 1772, and houses the Maryland General Assembly and offices of the governor.

The historical coat of arms of Maryland in 1876

Spiro Agnew, 39th Vice President of the United States, is the highest-ranking political leader from Maryland since the founding of the United States.

Memorial Chapel at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland's flagship university

Oriole Park at Camden Yards, home of the Baltimore Orioles

M&T Bank Stadium, home of the Baltimore Ravens

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

$Skyscrapers in Jersey City, one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world<ref name=DiverseJC1>{{cite news|url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/02/jersey_city_named_most_ethnically_linguistically_d.html|title=Jersey City named most diverse city in America: report|author=Summer Dawn Hortillosa|work=The Jersey Journal|date=February 17, 2015|access-date=May 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518105950/http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/02/jersey_city_named_most_ethnically_linguistically_d.html|archive-date=May 18, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=DiverseJC2>{{cite web|url=http://www.movoto.com/jersey-city-nj/jersey-city-facts/|title=53 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Jersey City|author=Spencer McKee|publisher=Movoto|access-date=May 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518094715/http://www.movoto.com/jersey-city-nj/jersey-city-facts/|archive-date=May 18, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>$

Federal Courthouse in Camden, which is connected to Philadelphia via the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in the background

Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, the fifth-largest cathedral in North America, is the seat of the city's Roman Catholic Archdiocese.

Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, in South Orange, Essex County. New Jersey is home to the second-highest Jewish American population per capita, after New York.

Swaminarayan Akshardham (Devnagari) in Robbinsville, Mercer County, inaugurated in 2014 as the world's largest Hindu temple<ref name="World'sLargestHinduTempleNJ">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/worlds-largest-hindu-temple-being-built-new-jersey-n166616|title=World's Largest Hindu Temple Being Built in New Jersey|author=Frances Kai-Hwa Wang|publisher=NBC News|access-date=December 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161209184002/http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/worlds-largest-hindu-temple-being-built-new-jersey-n166616|archive-date=December 9, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

Islamic Center of Passaic County, Paterson, Passaic County, was founded in 1990. New Jersey has the largest Muslim Population in America, and Paterson which is where the Islamic Center of Passaic County is in has New Jersey's largest Muslim community which lead to South Paterson getting the nicknames "Little Istanbul" and "Little Ramallah".<ref>{{cite web |title=Muslims By State |url=https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/religious-tradition/muslim/ |access-date=January 25, 2022 |archive-date=January 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125192549/https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/religious-tradition/muslim/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.

Washington, D.C.

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Capital city and federal district of the United States.

Looking West at the Capitol & the Mall, Washington DC

Historical coat of arms, as recorded in 1876

Following their victory at the Battle of Bladensburg (1814), the British entered Washington, D.C., burning down buildings, including the White House.

President Abraham Lincoln insisted that construction of the United States Capitol dome continue during the American Civil War (1861).

Crowds surrounding the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during the March on Washington, 1963

Satellite photo of Washington, D.C. by ESA

The Washington Monument, seen across the Tidal Basin during 2007's National Cherry Blossom Festival

The L'Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C., as revised by Andrew Ellicott in 1792

Looking Northwest at the Mall, Washington DC

Looking West from RFK Stadium, Washington DC

Construction of the 12-story Cairo Apartment Building (1894) in the Dupont Circle neighborhood spurred building height restrictions.

The Georgetown neighborhood is known for its historic Federal-style rowhouses. In the foreground is the 19th century Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.

Map of racial distribution in Washington, D.C., according to the 2010 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25 people:

D.C. police on Harley-Davidson motorcycles escort a protest in 2018.

Federal Triangle, between Constitution Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue. The U.S. federal government accounts for about 29% of D.C. jobs.

The Lincoln Memorial receives about six million visits annually.

The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest research and museum complex. Like its administration building, known as The Castle, many of its museums are on the National Mall.

The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts is home to the Washington National Opera and National Symphony Orchestra.

Nationals Park in the Navy Yard area on the Anacostia River
is the home of the Washington Nationals baseball team.

The hometown Washington Capitals NHL hockey team plays in Penn Quarter's Capital One Arena; the arena is also home to the Washington Wizards NBA basketball team.

One Franklin Square: The Washington Post Building on Franklin Square

The Watergate complex was the site of the Watergate Scandal, which led to President Nixon's resignation.

The John A. Wilson Building houses the offices of the mayor of Washington and the Council of the District of Columbia.

The Eisenhower Executive Office Building, once the world's largest office building, houses the Executive Office of the President of the United States.

The Library of Congress is one of the world's largest libraries, with more than 167 million cataloged items.

A Blue Line train at Farragut West, an underground station on the Washington Metro

Washington Union Station is one of the busiest rail stations in the United States.

The Capitol Power Plant, built to supply energy for the U.S. Capitol Complex, is under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol.

According to the 2020 Census, it has a population of 689,545, which makes it the 20th-most populous city in the U.S., third-most populous city in both the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, and gives it a population larger than that of two U.S. states: Wyoming and Vermont.

Northeastern United States

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Geographical region of the United States.

New York, the most populous city in the Northeast and all of the United States

Philadelphia, the second most populous city in the Northeast and the sixth most populated city in the United States

Boston, the most populated city in Massachusetts and New England and the third most populated city in the Northeast

Embarkation of the Pilgrims, Robert Walter Weir (1857)

Penn's Treaty with the Indians, Benjamin West (1772)

The High Point Monument as seen from Lake Marcia at High Point, Sussex County, the highest elevation in New Jersey at 1803 ft above sea level

Cape Cod Bay, a leading tourist destination in Massachusetts

The Palisades along the Hudson River, New Jersey

U.S. Route 220 as it passes through Lamar Township, Pennsylvania

The region is often subdivided into New England (the six states east of New York State) and the Mid-Atlantic states (New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania).

Virginia

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The story of Pocahontas was romanticized by later artists, in part because of her association with the First Families of Virginia.

Williamsburg was Virginia's capital from 1699 to 1780.

1851 painting of Patrick Henry's speech before the House of Burgesses on the Virginia Resolves against the Stamp Act of 1765

Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865, when it was partially burned by them prior to its recapture by Union forces.

Many World War I-era warships were built in Newport News, including the USS Virginia.

Protests in 2020 were focused on the Confederate monuments in the state.

Virginia is shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed, and the parallel 36°30′ north.

Great Falls is on the fall line of the Potomac River, and its rocks date to the late Precambrian.

Oak trees in particular produce a haze of isoprene, which helps gives the Blue Ridge Mountains their signature color.

White-tailed deer are also known as Virginia deer, and up to seven thousand live in Shenandoah National Park.

Population density of Virginia counties and cities in 2020

New citizens attend a naturalization ceremony in Northern Virginia, where 25% of residents are foreign-born, almost twice the overall state average

Since 1927, Arlington National Cemetery has hosted an annual nondenominational sunrise service every Easter.

Virginia counties and cities by median household income (2010)

The Department of Defense is headquartered in Arlington at the Pentagon, the world's largest office building.

Ocean tourism is an important sector of Virginia Beach's economy.

Rockingham County accounts for twenty percent of Virginia's agricultural sales.

Colonial Virginian culture, language, and style are reenacted in Williamsburg.

Americana Roots Folk Rock band The Steel Wheels play at the Jefferson Theater in Charlottesville

The annual Pony Penning features more than two hundred wild ponies swimming across the Assateague Channel into Chincoteague.

USA Today, the nation's most circulated newspaper, has its headquarters in McLean.

Virginia's public schools serve over a million students at over 2,200 schools.

The University of Virginia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, guarantees full tuition scholarships to all in-state students from families earning up to $80,000.

Patients are screened for COVID-19 outside Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, the Navy's oldest continuously operating hospital.

The Silver Line extension of the Washington Metro system opened in Tysons Corner in 2014.

The Virginia State Capitol, designed by Thomas Jefferson and Charles-Louis Clérisseau, is home to the Virginia General Assembly.

Unlike the federal system, justices of the Virginia Supreme Court have term limits and a mandatory retirement age, and select their own Chief Justice.

Mirroring Virginia's political transition, the annual Shad Planking event in Wakefield has evolved from a vestige of the Byrd era into a regular stop for many state campaigns.

Republicans gained seven seats (red) in the 2021 General Assembly elections.

Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, Virginia's two U.S. Senators, are both former governors.

The annual Monument Avenue 10K in Richmond has become one of the ten largest timed races in the U.S.

Mike Scott and Joe Harris of the Virginia Cavaliers battle Cadarian Raines of the Virginia Tech Hokies for a rebound at Cassell Coliseum

The state slogan, "Virginia is for Lovers", has been used since 1969 and is featured on the state's welcome signs.

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

Baltimore

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Bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British. Engraved by John Bower

The Battle Monument is the official emblem of the City of Baltimore.

Sixth Regiment fighting railroad strikers, July 20, 1877

The Great Baltimore Fire of 1904, looking west from Pratt and Gay streets

A map of Baltimore with the official city-designated Baltimore neighborhoods, by the Baltimore City Dept. of Planning

Sherwood Gardens, Guilford neighborhood, Baltimore

Rowhouses, Federal Hill neighborhood, Baltimore

Map of racial distribution in Baltimore, 2010 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25 people:

Baltimore Basilica, the first cathedral built in the U.S.

Patrol car of the Baltimore Police Department

Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower, built in 1911. The 15 stories of the Bromo Seltzer Tower have been transformed into studio spaces for visual and literary artists

Courthouse east is a historic combined post office and Federal courthouse located in Battle Monument Square.

Keyser Quadrangle in Spring at the Johns Hopkins University the first research university in the United States.

Interior of the George Peabody Library at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University. The library is renowned for its beauty.

The Baltimore Light RailLink provides service to Baltimore–Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and the Baltimore area. Here, a train stops at Convention Center station, just west of the Baltimore Convention Center on Pratt Street.

View south along I-95 from the ramp from I-395 to I-95 northbound in Baltimore

Charm City Circulator Van Hool A330#1101 on the Orange Line

The interior of Baltimore–Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Baltimore's major commercial airport

Baltimore harbor in 1849 with the prominent Washington Monument in the background north of the city

Francis Scott Key Bridge over the Baltimore harbor.

The "Mr. Trash Wheel" trash interceptor at the mouth of the Jones Falls River in Baltimore's Inner Harbor

Baltimore Visitor Center in Inner Harbor

Fountain near visitor center in Inner Harbor

Sunset views from Baltimore's Inner Harbor

Baltimore is the home of the National Aquarium, one of the world's largest.

Baltimore (, locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, as well as the 30th most populous city in the United States, with a population of 585,708 in 2020.

Pittsburgh

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City in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County.

Fort Pitt Blockhouse, built by the British in 1764, is the oldest extant structure in Pittsburgh.

Downtown facade memorializing Pittsburgh's industrial heritage with an image of legendary steelworker Joe Magarac

Burning of Union Depot, Pittsburgh, during the Pittsburgh railroad strike of 1877

Downtown Pittsburgh and the Duquesne Incline from Mt. Washington

The Carnegie Library, Museums of Art and Natural History (foreground), Carnegie Mellon University (background)

Panorama of Pittsburgh, PA from the Duquesne Incline which shows the confluence of the Allegheny (left) and the Monongahela (right) rivers which merge to form the Ohio River (lower left)

Map of racial distribution in Pittsburgh, 2010 U.S. census. Each dot is 25 people:

PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates

Heinz Field, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Pittsburgh Panthers (football)

Petersen Events Center, home of Pittsburgh Panthers basketball

Palumbo Center, home of Duquesne Dukes basketball

The Pittsburgh City-County Building, the seat of government of the City of Pittsburgh.

2020 Presidential Election by Precinct Biden: Trump:

A Ford Taurus and a Chevrolet Impala belonging to the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police

Allegheny General, the flagship of the Allegheny Health Network

Pittsburgh's numerous bridges visible from the air

The city developed as a vital link of the Atlantic coast and Midwest, as the mineral-rich Allegheny Mountains led to the region being contested by the French and British empires, Virginians, Whiskey Rebels, and Civil War raiders.

West Virginia

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Thomas Lee, the first manager of the Ohio Company of Virginia

Map of Virginia dated June 13, 1861, featuring the percentage of slave population within each county at the 1860 census and the proposed state of Kanawha

Francis H. Pierpont, a leader during the Second Wheeling Convention.

Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight, a statue on the grounds of the West Virginia State Capitol

Harpers Ferry alternated between Confederate and Union rule eight times during the American Civil War, and was finally annexed by West Virginia.

Votes by county in the October 1861 statehood vote

Child labor in the coal mines of West Virginia, 1908.

Saturday afternoon street scene, Welch, McDowell County, 1946

Shaded relief map of the Cumberland Plateau and Ridge-and-valley Appalachians

The summit of Spruce Knob is often covered in clouds.

Köppen climate types of West Virginia, using 1991-2020 climate normals

Bituminous coal seam in southwestern West Virginia

Bluefield, a major center for coal mining, in 2014

The West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston is home to the West Virginia Legislature.

A toll plaza on the West Virginia Turnpike

The iconic New River Gorge Bridge near Fayetteville

The Veterans Memorial Bridge carries US 22 from Steubenville into Ohio.

West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.

Philadelphia

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Largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth most populous city in the U.S., and the second most populous city in the Northeast megalopolis, behind New York City.

Independence Hall on Chestnut Street between 5th and 6th Streets in Philadelphia, where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were ratified on July 4, 1776 and June 21, 1788, respectively

An 18th-century map of Philadelphia, circa 1752

Sentinel-2 true-color image of Philadelphia and the Delaware River, September 2020

This 1683 portrait of Philadelphia, created by Thomas Holme, is believed to be the first map ever developed of the city of Philadelphia

Center City Philadelphia's contrasting architectural styles can be seen in One Liberty Place, built between 1985 and 1987 (in the background), and Philadelphia City Hall, built between 1871 and 1901 (in the foreground), July 2009

Philadelphia's Fairmount Park along the Schuylkill River, circa 1900

Map of racial distribution in Philadelphia, 2010 Census. Each dot is 25 people:

Philadelphia's famed Italian Market, part of South Philadelphia's Italian heritage, June 2006

"Leacht Cuimhneacháin na Gael", an Irish famine memorial at Penn's Landing honors the large Irish community (14.2% of the city's population), April 2015

Gayborhood street sign, near Washington Square, April 2007

Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, April 2010

Interior of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, built in the 1860s

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange, the oldest stock exchange in the United States, October 2009

FMC Tower at Cira Centre South, July 2018

William Penn Charter School, established in 1689, is the oldest Quaker school in the nation

The campus of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university in Philadelphia and one of the highest ranked universities in the world, November 2005

Medical Hall housing at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, the oldest medical school in the United States

Keys To Community, a bust of Ben Franklin by James Peniston, 2007

Kimmel Center, home of the Philadelphia Orchestra

Curtis Institute of Music, one of the world's premier conservatories

Pat's Steaks and Geno's Steaks in Philadelphia, August 2010

The Flyers play at the Wells Fargo Center, March 2014

Historic Boathouse Row at night on the Schuylkill, a symbol of the city's rich rowing history

Old City Hall served as Philadelphia's town hall from 1800 to 1854.

James A. Byrne United States Courthouse houses the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Jim Kenney, the current and 99th Mayor of Philadelphia

Police Administration Building (the Roundhouse) in Center City, east of Chinatown

Mounted police officer in Center City, 1973

A Philadelphia police cruiser on Benjamin Franklin Parkway

Inquirer Building at 400 North Broad Street was home of The Philadelphia Inquirer, the third longest continuously published newspaper in the United States, until 2012. It is currently undergoing renovations to become the new headquarters of the Philadelphia Police Department.

Original studio for WCAU, Philadelphia's NBC affiliate, 1622 Chestnut Street

2016 photo of 30th Street Station, which accommodates both SEPTA regional and Amtrak national trains. 30th Street Station is Amtrak's third busiest train station in the nation.

Market–Frankford Line train departing 52nd Street station

Philadelphia International Airport, the busiest airport in Pennsylvania and 21st busiest in the nation

Traffic heading into Philadelphia on Interstate 95 during the morning rush hour, July 2008

The Ben Franklin Bridge, which connects Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey

Suburban Station with art deco architecture at 16th Street and JFK Boulevard

Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia's second municipal waterworks

Chinatown paifang at 10th and Arch (2013), a symbol of Philadelphia's friendship with Tianjin. Philadelphia is experiencing significant Chinese immigration from New York City, 95 miles to the north, and from China.

The Birth of Pennsylvania, 1680, by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris – William Penn, holding paper, and King Charles II

Penn's Treaty with the Indians by Benjamin West

John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence – the Committee of Five presents their draft in Independence Hall, June 28, 1776.<ref>John Hazelton, The Historical Value of Trumbull's: Declaration of Independence, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, volume 31 (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1907), 38.</ref>

President's House – the presidential mansion of George Washington and John Adams, 1790–1800

Opening day ceremonies at the Centennial Exposition at Memorial Hall, 1876 – first official World's fair in the United States

Elfreth's Alley, "Our nation's oldest residential street", 1702–1836<ref name="marker">Historical marker on Elfreth's Alley</ref>

Carpenters' Hall exhibiting Georgian architecture, 1770–1774

Second Bank of the United States exhibiting Greek Revival architecture, 1818–1824

Second Empire-style Philadelphia City Hall, 1871–1901, from South Broad Street

The grand concourse of the 30th Street Station, in Art Deco style, 1927–1933

The University of Pennsylvania Medical School, the oldest medical school in the United States

The paifang “Friendship Arch” at Chinatown, one of America’s largest, attracting Chinese immigrants from both New York City and China.

The annual Naked Bike Ride attracts participants domestically and worldwide to Philadelphia.

The Wharton School of Business is one of the world’s most prestigious business schools.

Jim Kenney, the 99th Mayor of Philadelphia

The Philly Pops plays orchestral versions of popular jazz, swing, Broadway, and blues songs at the Kimmel Center and other venues within the mid-Atlantic region.