Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia has been a Mission Year city since the beginning 1997 to 2008.
Southwest Philly Team
Top L to R: Rori Gilvin, Seth Caldwell, Claire Hevel, Anna Carroll
Bottom: Matt Roark
Church: Ezekiel Baptist Church
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Philadelphia, also known as Philly and The City of Brotherly Love, is the largest city in Pennsylvania . In 2005, the population of the city proper was estimated to be over 1.4 million. A commercial, educational, and cultural center, the city was once the second-largest in the British Empire,[2] (after London) and the social and geographical center of the original 13 American colonies. During the 18th century, it eclipsed New York City in political and social importance, with Benjamin Franklin taking a large role in Philadelphia's early rise to prominence. It was in this city that some of the ideas, and subsequent actions, gave birth to the American Revolution and American independence, making Philadelphia a centerpiece of early American history. It was the most populous city of the young United States and served as the nation's first capital in the 1790s.
Philadelphia falls in the humid subtropical climate zone, it is the northernmost U.S. city that is included in this classification. Summers are typically hot and muggy, fall and spring are generally mild, and winter is cold.
Philadelphia has many neighborhoods, each with its own identity. The large Philadelphia sections, North, Northeast, Northwest, West, South and Southwest Philadelphia surround Center City, which falls within the original city limits prior to consolidation in 1854. Numerous smaller neighborhoods within the areas coincide with the boroughs, townships, and other communities that made up Philadelphia County before their absorption by the city. Other neighborhoods formed based on ethnicity, religion, culture, and commercial reasons
Philadelphia has a long history of professional sports teams, and is one of thirteen U.S. cities to have all four major sports: the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League, the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League of Major League Baseball, and the Philadelphia 76ers in the National Basketball Association. The last major professional sport team to win a championship was the 76ers, which won the NBA Championship in 1983. The failure of Philadelphia's major professional sports teams to win championships since that date is sometimes attributed, in jest, to the so-called "Curse of Billy Penn". The Oakland Athletics and Golden State Warriors were originally from Philadelphia.
Gathered from http://en.wikipedia.org/.
