https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/themes/city-of-firsts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=city-of-firsts Connecting the Past with the Present, Building Community, Creating a Legacy Wed, 12 Oct 2022 18:50:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/themes/city-of-firsts/comment-page-1/#comment-1496064 Mon, 14 May 2018 05:52:31 +0000 https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/?p=2624#comment-1496064 […] is the birthplace of the American democracy and a City of Firsts. While there are thousands of places that matter, only two percent of historic buildings are listed […]

]]> https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/themes/city-of-firsts/comment-page-1/#comment-1476191 Sun, 29 Oct 2017 00:15:55 +0000 https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/?p=2624#comment-1476191 […] is the “City of Firsts.” In 1959, the city launched the nation’s first Percent for Art program which requires some […]

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