#1 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Sesame Place
Langhorne PA
~2.53 miles from Langhorne city center
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Sesame Place is not only a fun place to bring young kids, there are rides and attractions that will appeal to all ages.
Sesame Place might be assumed to only be a place to bring young kids, but it is not. While young kids familiar with Sesame Street the TV show and the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) will enjoy the surroundings and characters, older kids (of all ages) will enjoy the rides and many of the parks features. The rides are usually grouped into two age groups: under 7 only and those of most ages (small children will be required to participate with a responsible adult/older person).
The rides are grouped into two categories: wet and dry. Some people see the parks as primarily a water park, but there are plenty of things to do to stay dry. The wet rides are tubing style rides either down a long and/or fast slide or wading pools. There is the "Sesame Streak" that travels down a twisting chute and ends in a splash pool. There is also "Big Bird's Rambling River," a 1000 foot meandering path traveling around the middle of the park. It is a nice way to relax on a hot day. The park has single inner tubes for older children and double inner tubes for adults with younger kids. The dry attractions have a few standard rides (i.e. balloon ride and roller coaster) but there are many climbing and physical fun activities. Kids can climb the "Cookie Mountain" or bounce on "Ernie's Bed." There is also a large "Nets -n- Climb" structure for older kids to climb, swing, and play in. And, unlike many other parks, you can ride the dry rides in your bathing suit- no need to change your clothes.
There are also some theatre-type shows that use the Sesame characters. There is an inside (and air-conditioned) show called Elmo's World which mimics the TV Show. There are also other musical shows featuring the Sesame cast dancing and singing. The park also has a parade of all of the characters traveling down 123 Main Street.
The park opens for weekends in May through October, operating all week long June through August. Ticket prices can be found on their official web site. The best bet for tickets is the "Elmo pass" which is a two day ticket for the price of one day. And the park is usually less crowded on Monday through Friday. On the weekends, the parks fills up with locals trying to escape (especially on a hot day).
Small coolers are allowed in the park. If you drive there you can leave a cooler in your car (pack it with plenty of ice) and sit at one of the tables just outside the park. However, remember to get your hand stamped to be able to re-enter.
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Bucks County Community College
275 Swamp Road Newtown PA - 215-968-8000
~5.92 miles from Langhorne city center
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Bucks offers classes at our main campus in Newtown, Upper Bucks Campus in Perkasie.
http://www.bucks.edu
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Byberry (Neighborhood)
Philadelphia PA
~6.16 miles from Langhorne city center
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Byberry is a place name in Northeast Philadelphia that can have several references.
Byberry is a neighborhood in the far northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Originally it was incorporated as the Township of Byberry and was the northeasternmost municipality of Philadelphia County before the City and County consolidated in 1854.
Byberry had a strong abolitionist presence and may have been an original stop on the Underground Railroad. Today, the area occupied by the township is mostly synonymous with the neighborhood of Somerton, as neighborhoods Byberry and Somerton tend to overlap.
Byberry can also refer to Byberry Road, an often-congested traffic artery that connects to Roosevelt Boulevard (U.S. 1) and the unfinished Woodhaven Road Expressway (Pennsylvania Route 63), eventually continuing west to Hatboro in Montgomery County.
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Franklin Mills Mall
Bensalem PA
~6.62 miles from Langhorne city center
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Stand-alone stores adjacent to the main mall include Wal-Mart, Pathmark (formerly known as Super Fresh), Dick's Sporting Goods and Raymour & Flanigan in a failed Carrefour building, plus various fast food eateries and restaurants. In addition, there is a neighboring strip mall called "Franklin Marketplace" (former Home & Design Center) which now serves as a campus of the CHI Institute and also a Big Lots store. Also included on site are a Bally Total Fitness gym, a non-denominational church called Bethel, The Church @ Franklin Mills, a Sam's Club, and a Toys "?" Us.
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Somerton (Neighborhood)
Philadelphia PA
~6.79 miles from Langhorne city center
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Somerton is located in the Far Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The neighborhood is generally bound by Tomlinson Road to the south, Roosevelt Boulevard to the east, East County Line Road and Poquessing Creek to the north, and the Philadelphia County / Montgomery County line to the west. Somerton is adjacent to the Philadelphia neighborhoods of Bustleton, Normandy, and Byberry, the townships of Bensalem and Lower Southampton in Bucks County, and Lower Moreland Township in Montgomery County. The area is home to a large and fast-growing foreign-born population, most notably of Russian and Indian immigrants.
Somerton's Zip Code is 19116, with its Post Office located at the northeast corner of Hendrix and Banes Sts.
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Parkwood (Neighborhood)
Philadelphia PA
~7.17 miles from Langhorne city center
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Parkwood is a neighborhood located in the Far Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The neighborhood is generally bound by Red Lion Road to the east of the Roosevelt Boulevard, Knights Road to the northwest and Academy Road to the southeast. The community is situated between the Poquessing Creek and Woodhaven Expressway. The neighborhood was developed in the late 1950’s as a planned residential community. The predominant housing type is the brick row house. Parkwood has a neighborhood shopping center as well as the regional Franklin Mills Mall which is located immediately to the east of Parkwood's residential area.
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Morrell Park (Neighborhood)
Philadelphia PA
~7.80 miles from Langhorne city center
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Morrell Park is a neighborhood located in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on the eastern side of the Far Northeast, north of Grant Avenue and east of Northeast Philadelphia Airport.
Morrell Park is primarily a residential district, with only a handful of small industries, all of which are located within twelve and a half miles of the Northeast Philadelphia Airport. The residences themselves consist mostly of rowhouses, but Morrell Park is distinctive in that most of its row homes have garages in front, facing and with access to the street, something quite different from the traditional Philadelphia rowhouse design. (An exception is one side of one block of Wessex Lane and Churchill Lane, where houses have garages in the back with access to a shared driveway. The duplexes along Frankford Ave. are also set up in this manner.) Later rowhouses followed this form of having garages in the front, but this was first seen in Morrell Park in the very late 1950s. Most homes have kitchens that face the front, living rooms that face the rear of the property, three or four bedrooms, and about 1,200 sq ft (110 m2) of living space. The street pattern of the development is also quite distinctive, as a view of an aerial photo will confirm, consisting of a few through streets that curve through many looping side streets with only one culs-de-sac, Pitt Pl. The streets curve to conform to the natural topography of the area, for years avoiding development right along the stream valley of Byberry Creek, which flows through and about the development before its confluence with Poquessing Creek.
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Pennsbury Society
400 Pennsbury Memorial Rd Morrisville PA - 215-736-9169
~7.90 miles from Langhorne city center
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Waterfront Park
Trenton NJ
~8.46 miles from Langhorne city center
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Waterfront Park continues to be one of the best draws in all of minor league baseball. Whether it's because of the stadium itself, or because of the 3.5 million people that live in the vicinity, can be debated. When it was built in '94, Waterfront was one of the first of the new breed of stadiums - those that have an open concourse at the top of the seating bowl, with luxury boxes stacked on top. So having visited for the first time in '99, I was not as impressed as I might have been several years ago. Still there is little debating that this is one of the finest parks in the Eastern League. Set on the Delaware River, the water can be seen over the right field fence. So for those who can see the water from their seats, this is definitely a scenic park. The Thunder put on a good show with many between inning events as well as two mascots named Boomer and Strike. Though neither seem to be too active. Between inning contests included the Dizzy Bat Race, Race the Mascot, and musical chairs. The concourse area has two main concession stands as well as several other food kiosks. The variety and quality of concessions is excellent - besides the normal ballpark fare, they offer Famous Dave's BBQ (pulled pork, brisket), Chickie & Pete's crab fries, as well as some healthy options (grilled chicken and California burgers). Prices are a bit high on concessions, but overall they are relatively cheap ($2 parking and free programs). Seating is comfortable with the aisles being wider than in other newer parks. Two minor complaints with the structure of the ballpark - first, it has the useless center concourse which splits the seating sections into an upper and lower part. Second, with the press box on the concourse level, it creates a dark spot on the concourse. These are two issues which seem to have been resolved in most new parks that have been built since. Waterfront has two electronic scoreboards and one manual scoreboard. But strangely, they have not gotten around to updating their video board to HD yet, so the picture is a bit grainy. In fact, after returning for a second visit in 2008, I saw very little that had changed since 1999. I realize the park is only 15 years old, but I still figured some improvements would have been made. In summary, a nice place to see a game, but one that doesn't offer anything too unique.
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Sovereign Bank Arena
81 Hamilton Ave Trenton NJ - 609-656-3200
~8.84 miles from Langhorne city center
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The Sun National Bank Center (formerly known as the Sovereign Bank Arena, and also referred to as the Mercer County Arena) is a $53 million, 8,500 seat arena in Trenton, New Jersey, that is home to the Trenton Devils of the ECHL and other special events. In 2011 it will be home to the Trenton Steel of the American Indoor Football Association. Naming rights to the arena were bought by Sovereign Bank for a ten year, $2.7 million term in support of its newly acquired Trenton Savings Bank and other New jersey branches. On November 13, 2009, Sun National Bank signed a naming rights deal for seven years for $2.1 million.
The Arena opened on October 6, 1999 with a World Wrestling Entertainment event. Since opening, the Arena has hosted over 1200 events with over 4,000,000 guests attending and has sold out shows by Bruce Springsteen, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Shania Twain, Keith Urban, Cher, Elton John, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and Britney Spears.
The arena held the first and second rounds of the 2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2000 and 2001 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournaments were held there as was the 2003 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament. The 2009 edition of the MAAC men's basketball tournament was scheduled to be played at the arena until administrators at the facility asked MAAC tournament officials to consider an alternate location for the games. The finals of the Trenton Regional in the 2009 NCAA women's tournament, were held there as well.
The Arena seats approximately 8,100 for hockey and other ice events, 8,600 for basketball and up to 10,500 for concerts, family shows, and other events which makes it the largest arena in Southern New Jersey. The arena is located next to, and served by, the Hamilton Avenue station on NJ Transit's River Line and New Jersey Route 129.
The arena is managed by Global Spectrum, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based arm of sports and entertainment conglomerate Comcast-Spectacor.
The arena hosted the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Pay-Per-View Hard Justice 2008 on August 10, 2008.
The Sun National Bank Center also hosts the FIRST Robotics Competition and FIRST Tech Challenge New Jersey Regional.
http://www.sovereignbank-arena.com
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Bustleton (Neighborhood)
Philadelphia PA
~9.00 miles from Langhorne city center
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The Bustleton section of Northeast Philadelphia is located in the Far Northeast, north of Rhawnhurst and Fox Chase and south of Somerton; sitting between Roosevelt Boulevard to the east, the city boundary to the west, Red Lion Road (PA-63) to the north, and Pennypack Park to the south, it is centered at the intersection of Grant Avenue and Bustleton Avenue (PA-532) and is completely included in the 19115 postal zip code.
In the early history of the city, Bustleton was known as a rich farming area. Common legend states that the early neighborhood centered on the Bussleton Tavern, a local bar established before the American Revolution. Pennypack Park is part of the Fairmount Park system and was the site of much industry including mills. The area was a trading center and had hotels drawing farmers bringing goods for sale.
Bustleton was originally part of Lower Dublin Township, also known as Dublin Township, a defunct township that was located in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The township ceased to exist and was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia following the passage of the Act of Consolidation, 1854.
Bustleton is home to one of the oldest churches in America, Lower Dublin Baptist Church now known as Pennepack Baptist. Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the large Roman Catholic parish that served as a mother church for most of the parishes in the Northeast section of Philadelphia. Saint Katherine Drexel attended Mass in the Old BVM Church, now included in Pennypack Park.
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Torresdale (Neighborhood)
Philadelphia PA
~9.75 miles from Langhorne city center
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Torresdale, also formerly known as Torrisdale, is a neighborhood in the Far Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Torresdale is located along the Delaware River between Holmesburg and Bensalem Township in neighboring Bucks County.
The adjacent confluence of the Poquessing Creek with the Delaware River had been favored by William Penn's surveyor, Thomas Holme, as the site for the city that Penn planned to found. Although a more southerly site was finally selected, Holme and others acquired property there, where he is buried.
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Fox Chase (Neighborhood)
Philadelphia PA
~10.86 miles from Langhorne city center
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Fox Chase is a neighborhood in the Northeast Philadelphia[1] section of the United States city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The origin of the name comes from The "Fox Chase Inn" which opened in 1705. It thrived on the Turnpike trade, but it also catered to the affluent who wanted to hunt fox, thus the name "Fox Chase".
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Rhawnhurst (Neighborhood)
Philadelphia PA
~10.94 miles from Langhorne city center
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Rhawnhurst is a residential neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, named for George and William Rhawn by area real estate developers. Roughly bordered by Cottman Avenue to the south, Pennway Street to the west, the Pennypack Creek to the north, and Roosevelt Boulevard to the east, Rhawnhurst encompasses zip codes 19152 and part of zip code 19111. The geographic center of Rhawnhurst is at the intersection of Castor Avenue and Rhawn Street.
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Mayfair (Neighborhood)
Philadelphia PA
~12.19 miles from Langhorne city center
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Mayfair is a neighborhood located in the Lower Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania centered on the intersection of Cottman and Frankford Avenues. It is bordered by Tacony to the south and east, Holmesburg to the east, Pennypack Park to the north, and Oxford Circle and Rhawnhurst to the west.[
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Tacony (Neighborhood)
Philadelphia PA
~12.86 miles from Langhorne city center
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Tacony is a neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, about 10 miles from Center City. It is bounded by Frankford Avenue on the northwest, Cottman Avenue on the northeast, Levick Street on the southwest, and the Delaware River and Interstate 95 on the southeast. Early Swedish records spell it Taokanick, a Lenape word for "forest" or "wilderness." Tacony's ZIP code, along with Wissinoming and East Mayfair, is 19135.
The Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, one of only two Delaware River spans connecting New Jersey with northeast Philadelphia (the other being the Betsy Ross Bridge further downstream), has its Pennsylvania terminus in Tacony. The bridge, which carries Pennsylvania Route 73, connects with New Jersey Route 73 in Palmyra, New Jersey.
The neighborhood is known for having a large Italian American and Irish American population.
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Frankford (Neighborhood)
Philadelphia PA
~13.89 miles from Langhorne city center
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Frankford is a large and important neighborhood in the lower Northeast section of Philadelphia situated about six miles northeast of Center City. Although its borders are ill-defined, the neighborhood is bounded roughly by the original course of Frankford Creek, now roughly Adams to Aramingo Avenues, Roosevelt Boulevard, and Cheltenham Avenue. Adjacent neighborhoods are Bridesburg, Kensington, Juniata, Oxford Circle, Summerdale, and Wissinoming. Historically, Frankford had an unofficial division separating Frankford (proper) from East Frankford encompassing the area east of Frankford Avenue. The division divided the community first along racial lines, with Caucasians on the west of Frankford Avenue and African Americans to the east. As the community has become less homogeneous, the division is more of a vestige of the past.
In 2005, the 19124 ZIP code, which roughly contains Frankford and Juniata, had a median home sale price of $81,075, an increase of 22% over 2004.
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Arcadia University
450 South Easton Road Glenside PA - 215-572-2900
~14.18 miles from Langhorne city center
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Non-sectarian, with strong ties to the Presbyterian Church, Arcadia University is committed to serving students of all ages and cultural backgrounds.
http://www.arcadia.edu/
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Funplex
Mount Laurel NJ
~14.41 miles from Langhorne city center
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The Funplex is a spectacular family entertainment center. Exciting indoor and outdoor attractions and arcade activities make this a great to come with family, friends, and on company outings. And the packages we make for special visits of all kinds — from birthday parties to corporate team-building outings, make this ideal for your special event!
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Olney (Neighborhood)
Philadelphia PA
~14.65 miles from Langhorne city center
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Olney (pronounced /'??lni/ or /'??l?ni/) is a neighborhood in the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is roughly bounded by the Roosevelt Boulevard to the south, Tacony Creek to the east, Godfrey Avenue to the north, and the railroad right-of-way west of Sixth Street to the west.
Although Olney is primarily a quiet residential neighborhood, portions do serve as major commercial centers for many surrounding groups. 5th Street has a Korean-American business district in the vicinity of Olney Avenue, and Hispanic businesses flourish in the southern reaches of the neighborhood.
Fisher Park is located in Olney. It is a 23-acre (93,000 m2) public park which was originally laid out and owned by Joseph Wharton, founder of Swarthmore College and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. It was donated to the city by Joseph in 1908 as a "Christmas gift" to Philadelphia. Fisher Park has a football field, basketball and tennis courts, and a wooded hiking area.
Olney is named after the estate of Alexander Wilson (not the ornithologist), who resided on Rising Sun Avenue, near Tacony Creek. Wilson chose the name for his residence because of his love for the poet William Cowper, of Olney, England. The mansion was demolished in 1924, but the name was applied to the growing village nearby. Recently, youths living in the area have dubbed Olney 'The Ozone'
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Bridesburg (Neighborhood)
Philadelphia PA
~14.71 miles from Langhorne city center
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Bridesburg is a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Bridesburg has a significant Polish community and continues to be a destination from incoming immigrants from Poland to live. The Polish community is centered around the various Polish establishments, most notably, Saint John Cantius Church, built in Polish Cathedral style.
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
West Oak Lane (Neighborhood)
Philadelphia PA
~14.97 miles from Langhorne city center
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West Oak Lane is a neighborhood in the Northwest Philadelphia section of Philadelphia. It is located between East Mount Airy, East Germantown, Cheltenham, Montgomery County, East Oak Lane, and Fern Rock.
West Oak Lane is one of Philadelphia's middle class African American communities. The area known as Ogontz is widely held to be a section of West Oak Lane. West Oak Lane is commonly referred to by teens with the acronym W.O.L. and Uptown.
Officer Charles Cassidy was shot at a Dunkin' Donuts by Jonathan Lewis in West Oak Lane while on duty on October 31, 2007. His subsequent death caused an outpouring of grief and one of the biggest manhunts in Philadelphia history.
The neighborhood has distinct architecture that separates it from surrounding neighborhoods. Along with larger and sometimes detached houses, West Oak Lane also has many tree-lined streets and small yards. In 2005, the 19126 and 19138 zip codes, which contain West Oak Lane, had a median home sale price of $113,200. This was a 34% increase over the median price in 2004.
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Cedarbrook (Neighborhood)
Philadelphia PA
~15.30 miles from Langhorne city center
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Cedarbrook is a neighborhood located in the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is also sometimes said to be in Northwest Philadelphia, owing to its rather northwestern location on Philadelphia's letter-y-like outline.
The Ivy Hill neighborhood is roughly the northwestern half of Cedarbrook. Ivy Hill Cemetery (established 1867) forms the geographic heart of the neighborhood. (The neighborhood most likely takes its name from the cemetery [rather than vice-versa], as the area was woods and farmland when the cemetery was established.) Ivy Hill Road is sometimes mistakenly restyled as "Ivyhill Road"—most notably on its own newest street signs
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Juniata (Neighborhood)
Philadelphia PA
~15.56 miles from Langhorne city center
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Juniata (also known as Juniata Park) is a neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, which is a section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; however, it is sometimes said to be in North Philadelphia because it lies west of Frankford Creek. Juniata is located south of the Juniata Golf Club in Tacony Creek Park. It is bordered to the north and east by Frankford, to the northwest by Feltonville, to the west by Hunting Park, and to the south by Harrowgate and Port Richmond. Juniata shares the ZIP code of 19124 with the nearby neighborhood of Frankford.
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Logan (Neighborhood)
Philadelphia PA
~15.60 miles from Langhorne city center
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Logan is a neighborhood in the upper North Philadelphia section of the city of Philadelphia, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
The area was once part of the plantation of James Logan, adviser to William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania. Modern transportation formed the community: the Broad Street Subway, which opened in 1928, and a thriving network of streetcar and bus routes, allowed development of what was then considered one of the earliest suburban communities in Philadelphia, though the area is considered urban today. The transportation network still provides Logan residents easy access to the rest of the city.
In 1980, the Fishers Lane Historic District was created, certifying 12 Second Empire and Italianate architecture style buildings.
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Paws Farm Nature Center
1105 Hainesport Mount Laurel Mt Laurel NJ - 856-778-8795
~15.61 miles from Langhorne city center
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This refuge for injured and orphaned wildlife also features nature trails and some "touch and feel" exhibits where children may pet and feed some of the animals.
Contact: 856-778-8795
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Kensington (Neighborhood)
Philadelphia PA
~16.55 miles from Langhorne city center
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Kensington is a neighborhood located in the United States city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located between the Near Northeast section of Philadelphia and North Philadelphia. Not to be confused with the former Kensington District, now commonly referred to as Fishtown, the area modernly referred to as "Kensington" is more of a section of smaller sub-neighborhoods than a clearly defined area. As such, there are disputes among locals as to the boundaries of the area. Generally-accepted boundaries are the triangular area bounded by Erie Avenue to the north, Front Street (and sometimes Fifth Street) to the West and Trenton Avenue to the East. Within these boundaries, sub-neighborhoods include Harrowgate, Lower Kensington, West Kensington and Fishtown. Due to colloquial changes in the boundaries of the area since the Act of Consolidation, 1854, no clear definition is possible. The Greater Kensington area of the city roughly coincides with the former Kensington District, Richmond District, Aramingo Borough and Northern Liberties Township. Since incorporation into the City of Philadelphia (see Act of Consolidation, 1854), these areas have evolved over time to include portions of the modern "Kensington". The area is located just a couple of miles northeast of Center City and just to the West of the Port Richmond neighborhood.
Kensington is home to a large population of Irish Americans, Hispanic Americans, mainly Puerto Ricans and Dominicans, African Americans, and Polish Americans.
In the nineteenth century, Kensington was one of the leading centers of the textile industry, particularly in carpet manufacture. McNeil Laboratories began with the purchase of a pharmacy in the area in 1879 by the company's namesake.
Deindustrialization eventually took its hold on the neighborhood in the 1950s, leading to a significant population loss, mass unemployment, economic decline, and the abandoning of several homes in the neighborhood. However, some sections of the neighborhood have become arguably gentrified in recent years, especially those near Frankford Avenue, those near Port Richmond, Kensington's neighbor North of Lehigh Avenue, and those in lower Kensington now referred to as Fishtown, a once derogatory name given to area of Kensington where many Shad fisheries were located, another traditionally working class neighborhood which has seen rents increase. While most of the large manufacturers have left, the area has many small shops and large renovated factories and warehouses for newer artisans to set up shop.
Kensington use to be the home of the K&A Gang, an organized group of Irish-American thieves, of whom many of its members were not actually from Kensington, but simply hung out in the bars in the area around intersection of Kensington & Allegheny (K & A) Avenues.
The U.S. Postal Service designates Kensington as ZIP code 19125(Kensington Station) AND 19134 (Richmond Station). Adjacent neighborhoods are Northern Liberties, Fishtown, Port Richmond, Juniata, and Frankford.
Kensington is noted as the childhood home of fictional Cold Case character Lily Rush.
A small minority of the residents of Kensington refer to themselves as "Kenzos." The term can be used both derogatively and affectionately. One prominent example is the rock band known as The Kenzos.
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Grumblethorpe
Philadelphia PA
~16.60 miles from Langhorne city center
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Grumblethorpe, in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the home of the Wister family. It was built as a summer residence in 1744 by Philadelphia merchant and wine importer John Wister. It eventually became the family's year-round residence when they withdrew from the city during the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793. The stones for the house were quarried on the property and the joists were hewn from oaks in Wister Woods, also owned by the family.
With its strong stone and oak facade, Grumblethorpe was known as "John Wister's Big House." In the early 19th century, Charles Jones Wister gave the house its name, from the popular comical novel Thinks-I-To-Myself by Edward Nares.
In September 1777, the house was the scene of events in the Battle of Germantown. While the Wisters were staying in another home, British General James Agnew occupied the house as his headquarters during the battle. He was wounded and died in the front parlor, where his blood stains can still be seen on the floor.
The Wister family lived in the house for over 160 years. The house, which has been restored and refurnished to match the original period, now serves as a museum. The historic gardens are also being restored.
Grumblethorpe is part of the Colonial Germantown Historic District, which has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Cliveden
Philadelphia PA
~16.64 miles from Langhorne city center
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Cliveden is a historic site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Located in the Germantown neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia, the walls of Cliveden’s historic Chew House sheltered British troops from George Washington’s army during the Battle of Germantown. Built in the mid-18th century by Benjamin Chew, Cliveden served as home to Philadelphia’s Chew Family for seven generations. Cliveden’s Chew House and historic battlefield are now open to the public for tours, April through December. Concerts, lectures and workshops, annual celebrations and special events make Cliveden a vital member of Historic Germantown (Freedom’s Backyard).
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Langhorne
Port Richmond (Neighborhood)
Philadelphia PA
~16.65 miles from Langhorne city center
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Port Richmond, also referred to as simply Richmond, is a neighborhood in the Richmond District of the United States city Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is notable for its extremely large Polish immigrant and Polish American community. The neighborhood is also home to sizable Irish, German and Italian communities as represented in the various churches and organizations. In more recent years, a sizable Albanian community has moved in. The Richmond Zip Code is 19134.
The neighborhood is bounded by Castor Ave. on the north, Lehigh Ave. on the south, I-95 and the Delaware River to the east, and the railroad along Trenton Avenue/Martha Street to the west. While some people dispute the western boundary of the neighborhood, stating either Aramingo Avenue or Front Street, general consensus among residents on either side of the railroad is that those east of it claim Port Richmond and those west of it claim Kensington.
While some have referred to Port Richmond as Richmond, there is an area named Richmond, not colloquially used often, that refers to the most northeast section of the neighborhood. Adjacent neighborhoods are Bridesburg and Frankford to the northeast, Juniata to the north, Kensington to the west, and Fishtown to the south.
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