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Shissler Recreation Center (Newt’s Playground), formerly Kensington Depot/ Kensington Recreation Center
Shissler Recreation Center, bounded by Front Street, Norris Street, East Hewson Street, Trenton Avenue, Palmer Street, and Blair Street, and …
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Philadelphia General Hospital (Old Blockley): Philadelphians "Ain't Goin' to no Bellevue"
At the Southeast corner of the University of Pennsylvania’s campus in University City, where the Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania and …