Philadelphia: Topographic Views from Plane
Gilchrist, Scott
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2008Description
Walt Whitman Bridge crossing the Delaware River (south of Philadelphia) and the Delaware River Port Authority along the river with cargo boat loaded with containers and headed out to sea; Covanta Camden Energy Recovery Center at upper left; Largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and its only consolidated city-county, the fifth-most-populous city in the United States, and the core of the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the country. The population of the city was estimated at 1,560,297 in 2014. Philadelphia is the center of economic activity in Pennsylvania and is home to seven Fortune 1000 companies; the city's skyline is growing. The 67 National Historic Landmarks in the city helped account for the $10 billion generated by tourism. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 9/3/2015)
Type of Work
topographical view; photographSubject
architecture, cityscape, contemporary (1960 to present), Aerial photography in city planning, Twenty-first century
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