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Locust Street
LocationPhiladelphia
West end63rd Street in West Philadelphia
Major
junctions
PA 611 (Broad Street) in Center City
East end2nd Street in Center City
NorthWalnut Street
SouthSpruce 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]

Former Library Company of Philadelphia building

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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The new Ridgeway Library at 1314 Locust Street between South 13th and 14th Streets

From east to west:

References

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  1. ^ "William Penn Plans the City".
  2. ^ "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania".
  3. ^ "What's an Odanym?".
  4. ^ Karen Ivory. "Philadelphia Off the Beaten Path: A Guide to Unique Places".

See also

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