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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]

Going from east to west, Locust Street starts in Washington Park around "Philadelphia's Littlest Streets" and passes by the Library Company of Philadelphia just before Broad Street and Rittenhouse Square at 18th and 19th Streets, before terminating at 25th Street.[3]

Points of interest

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The Library Company of Philadelphia, opened to public in 1966, at 1314 Locust Street between 13th Street and Juniper Street

From east to west:

References

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  1. ^ "Planning Philadelphia". xroads.virginia.edu.
  2. ^ "What's an Odanym?".
  3. ^ Karen Ivory. "Philadelphia Off the Beaten Path: A Guide to Unique Places".

See also

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