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Center City Celebrates Ben Franklin's 300th Birthday
April 2006
I went to Center City to see the special Ben Franklin exhibit at the National Constitution Center. By the time the day was over I had walked about ten miles and visited everything from Penn's Landing to City Hall. I stopped at the Irish Memorial, Ben Franklin's house site (Franklin Square), the Columbus Memorial and a lot more more.

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01 Constitution Center 02 Bonhomme Richard 03 Declaration House
The National Constitution Center on Independence Mall. The giant kite on the roof is for Ben Franklin's 300th birthday exhibit.
Bust of Ben Franklin in the lobby of the National Constitution Center
Declaration House at Seventh and Market is where Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence
04 City Hall and Liberty Place 05 Hard Rock Cafe 06 Bourse Bulding
Philadelphia City Hall with One Liberty Place in the background
Hard Rock Cafe Philadelphia
The Bourse Building. A historic building where I used to work
07 Bourse Building 08 Bourse Building Interior 09 Carpenter's Hall Garden
The Bourse Building. A historic building where I used to work
The Bourse Building. A historic building where I used to work
Garden at Carpenter's Hall
10 Carriageway 11 Irish Memorial Plaque 12 Irish Memorial
Carriageway outside Carpenter's Hall
The Irish Memorial
The Irish Memorial
13 Irish Memorial 14 Ben Franklin Bridge 15 Ben Franklin Bridge
The Irish Memorial
The Ben Franklin Bridge. The unfinished support structure in the foreground is the tram to NJ that never materialized.
The Ben Franklin Bridge
16 Campbell's Field 17 Nipper Building 18 Camden City Hall
Campbell's Field, Home of the Camden River Sharks as seen from Penn's Landing
The Nipper Building as seen from Penn's Landing
Camden City Hall as seen from Penn's Landing
19 USS New Jersey 20 Walt Whitman Bridge 21 Seaport Museum
USS New Jersey Battleship as seen from Penn's Landing
The Walt Whitman Bridge
Independence Seaport Museum at Penn's Landing
22 Christopher Columbus Memorial 23 Duck in River 24 Ducks in River
Christopher Columbus Memorial
Duck tour cruising in the Delaware River
Two Duck vehicles in the Delaware River with the Ben Franklin Bridge in the background
25 Moshulu 26 Becuna and Olympia 27 Submarine Memorial
The Moshulu is over 100 years old. It's now a restaurant at Penn's Landing.
The USS Becuna and the Olympia are two historic vessels at the Independence Seaport Museum.
Memorial to submariners lost in the line of duty
28 Ben Franklin Historical Marker 29 Ben Franklin House
The site of Ben Franklin's house
The white frames outline the location of Ben Franklin's House

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