User:Dthomsen8/Locust Street (Philadelphia)
Appearance
Location | Philadelphia |
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West end | 63rd Street in West Philadelphia |
Major junctions | ![]() |
East end | 2nd Street in Center City |
North | Walnut Street |
South | Spruce Street |
Locust Street is notable as one of William Penn's original streets in his plan for building the "1200 acre site of Philadelphia."[1] Pine Street is one of the original in Penn's plan that are named after a tree traversing east-west, termed an "odanym".[2][3]
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Going from east to west, Locust Street starts in Washington Park around "Philadelphia's Littlest Streets" and passes by the Library Company of Philadelphia at Broad Street and Rittenhouse Square at 18th and 19th Streets in an area known as the French Quarter before terminating at 25th Street.[4]
Points of interest
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From east to west:
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