Source/Free Library of Philadelphia, freelibrary.org
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The view south along 18th Street from the southeast corner of Logan Square in 1913. The dome of the Arch Street Presbyterian Church is just visible, center, and beyond it in the distance is a section of the old "Chinese Wall." The houses at right were removed in 1918 to make way for the construction of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, which enters the square at this point and cuts across it diagonal.
SOURCE/HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA
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This watercolor by David Johnson Kennedy shows Logan Square (Potters Field), from Vine Street looking toward Market Street, in 1836.
SOURCE/WIKIMEDIA
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The square was named for statesman James Logan.
Source/Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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This 1847 painting by James Queen shows the east side of Logan Square.
Source/Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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Artist James Queen captured the scene at Logan Square during the Great Central Fair in June 1864. President Abraham Lincoln attended the three-week-long fundraiser to benefit sick and wounded Union soldiers.
Source/PhillyHistory.org
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This photo of the Academy of Natural Sciences at 19th and Race streets in Logan Square, circa 1892. It was joined on the square by the Franklin Institute in 1934. Today, the Barnes Museum, the Rodin Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art all sit along the Parkway.
Source/Free Library of Philadelphia, freelibrary.org
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The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul at 18th and Race streets, facing Logan Square, is seen in 1902. Napoleon LeBrun and John Notman designed the great brownstone cathedral, begun in 1846 and completed in 1862. It is the cathedral church of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Source/PhillyHistory.org
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A view of Logan Square at 2 Franklintown Boulevard in April 1910.
Source/ PhillyHistory.org
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A manure pile sits at 18th and Race streets, in August 1916.
Source/PhillyHistory.org
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This map shows a plan of the The Fairmount Parkway, better known today as Benjamin Franklin Parkway, including the Logan Square circle at right. From "The Fairmount Parkway: A Pictorial Record,” 1919, Fairmount Park Art Association.
SOURCE/PHILLYHISTORY.ORG
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"The Thinker" is one of Auguste Rodin's famous sculptures. Cast in 1919, it was placed at 19th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the location pictured in this 1927 photo. The sculpture is now located in front of the Rodin Museum, a short distance up the Parkway.
Source/PhillyHistory.org
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Men sit on benches at Swann Fountain at Logan Circle, which overlooks the Franklin Institute at rear, in 1933.
AP/File photo
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In this Oct. 3, 1979 file photo, Pope John Paul II performs an outdoor Mass for a huge audience on an altar above Logan Circle in Philadelphia. Thirty-six years later, another popular pope would visit the city.
Thom Carroll, File/PhillyVoice
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Pope Francis waves from the popemobile on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Center City Philadelphia moments before the papal Mass on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015.
Thom Carroll/PhillyVoice
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The 'Schuylkill Girl' is one of three figures in Logan Square's 'Swann Memorial Fountain' that represent the major waterways in the Philadelphia region.
Thom Carroll/PhillyVoice
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The view of Logan Square from the Free Library of Philadelphia at 1901 Vine St.
Thom Carroll/PhillyVoice
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An aerial view of Logan Circle and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Logan Square's history, as rich and diverse as any of founder William Penn's original squares, includes public executions, burial grounds and world-famous museums.
