City Hall Links
The magic of the Internet is the link. In an effort to make this site as comprehensive as possible, this page is dedicated to City Hall links found on the web. City Hall has always been a subject that photographers find interesting in Philadelphia, and most of these links are digitalized images. Some contain other pertinent information.
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  • GOPHILA A website designed & maintained by the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation . This non-profit corporation promotes the city of Philadelphia and the four surrounding counties: Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery.
  • LIBERTY NET A website devoted to linking people and information in the Philadelphia Region
  • INDEPENDENCE HALL ASSOCIATION Promoting historic resources in Philadelphia and the surrounding area, the IHA website is a gateway to over 65 sites dedicated to Philadelphia's historic district. Featured are several virtual tours of the historic district, The Betsy Ross House, The Liberty Bell, Valley Forge, and much more.
  • THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA WEB SITE The official City of Philadelphia web site with links to its various departments, officials, services, and current news.
  • THE WILLIAM PENN LADY A personal site about Elaine Peden (The William Penn Lady) and her successful effort to gain official U. S. citizenship status for William Penn. A great site for background information about William Penn. Elaine is an expert on the history of the man atop City Hall who had a State named after him.
  • THE SAMUEL POWEL HOUSE Visit the historic home of Samuel Powel, Philadelphia's last mayor under the crown, and the first in the new republic.
  • CITY HALL PUZZLE (For some real fun) An interactive site which allows you to put together a twenty piece puzzle of City Hall as viewed from the parkway. Java & Javascript must be enabled.
  • The History Channel A website devoted to historic buildings, events & places. "Where History Comes Alive"
  • Digital City Philadelphia local links
  • Philadelphia Arts & Entertainment A site with links to cultural things to do & see in the Philadelphia area.
  • Practical Penn Online A guide to Philadelphia designed for University of Pennsylvania Medical Students.
  • Philadelphila Art World A monthly internet magazine devoted to Art & artists in the Philadelphia area.
  • City Hall North Pediment A collection of three photos of the North Pedament Sculptures
  • Bently Model City Photo A model photo of City Hall northwest corner by BENTLY . This company displays city images in VRML & displays real 3-D images of a very accurate model. Download the Real Space Viewer plug-in & experience City Hall in a VR scene of it's surrounding area at Bently's Panoramic View. Download the Cosmo 2.0 VRML Viewer and experience City Hall in the Bently Center City environment.
    VRML plugins are new technology to the internet and unless you already have them installed, some effort will be required to view these scenes. However, I highly recommend taking some extra time to experience City Hall in 3D VRML.
  • William Penn Excellent biography & background by Tuomi J. Forrest about Philadelphia's founding father who now stands atop the City Hall Tower as a 37ft. bronze statue.
  • Philadelphia City Archives Anyone looking for genelogical records or relatives who were born, married, or immigrated to Philadelphia in the early part of the century should check out this site for more information.
  • Building City Hall A class project where students from LaSalle College High school have presented papers about various Philadelphia Buildings - including its City Hall.
  • Architecture Web Sites A site full of excellent links to other Architecturally oriented web sites.
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