Later American English spellings, neger and neggar, prevailed in a northern colony, New York under the Dutch, and in metropolitan Philadelphia's Moravian and Pennsylvania Dutch communities ; the African Burial Ground in New York City originally was known by the Dutch name " Begraafplaats van de Neger " ( Cemetery of the Negro ); an early US occurrence of neger in Rhode Island, dates from 1625.

The Delaware Valley is home to extensive populations of African Americans ( over 40 % of Philadelphia's residents are black ), Europeans ( the majority of residents are white European of German, Irish, Italian and Polish descent ), Asians such as Chinese, Indian, Korean and Vietnamese, Arabs and Turks, Indians and Pakistanis, Israelis ( while American Jews form a significant ethno-religious community ), Hispanics.

In his study of Philadelphia's African American neighborhoods, W. E. B.

The majority of North Philadelphia's residents are African Americans and Hispanic Americans.

The bulk of North Philadelphia's population is made up of African Americans and Puerto Ricans, together the two groups represent about 68 % of the area's population, 46 % and 22 % respectively.

Although it was predominately Caucasian from its inception until the mid-1960s, West Oak Lane is now one of Philadelphia's middle class African American communities.

The city has more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other American city, and Philadelphia's Fairmount Park is the largest landscaped urban park in the world.

The logo portrays the patriotic nature of the United States, prominently featuring the colors red, blue and white, and Philadelphia's reputation as the birthplace of American independence.

American locations such as Fairfield County, Connecticut, Litchfield County, Connecticut, Westchester County, New York, Long Island's Gold Coast, the Upper East Side of Manhattan, Boston's Back Bay and Beacon Hill, Weston, MA, Newport, RI, Grosse Pointe, MI, and Philadelphia's Main Line are associated with old money.

In 1893, Elizabeth Duane Gillespie, a descendant of Benjamin Franklin and the president of the Colonial Dames of Pennsylvania, attempted to have a resolution passed requiring the American flag to be displayed on all Philadelphia's public buildings.

Philadelphia's first newspaper, Andrew Bradford's American Weekly Mercury, began publishing on December 22, 1719.

Once the American Civil War began in 1861, Philadelphia's southern leanings were reduced.

Arnold and his wife Terry helped pioneer many of the early Philadelphia progressive-rock groups such as The Nazz, American Dream, Stone Dawn, Woody's Truck Stop, Mandrake Memorial, Elizabeth, and The Legions, Stone Dawn, Almond Joy, The Driftwoods, by hosting the first " Be-IN " at Belmont Plateau in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park.

The area continued to grow, becoming a vital part of Philadelphia's large industrial base and attracting immigrants from Italy, Ireland, Poland, and many other countries during the 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as Black American migrants from the southern United States during the Great Migration of the early 20th century.

Most of South Philadelphia's communities are largely Italian American.

Mendte received acclaim for a series of reports he did on the Eternal Flame, a tribute to American veterans, in Philadelphia's historic Washington Square.

It is one of the best-studied dialects of American English since Philadelphia's University of Pennsylvania is the home institution of William Labov, one of the most productive American sociolinguists.

He was a member of the American Philosophical Society and Philadelphia's Democratic Club.

The Buddy Deane Show is a teen dance television show, similar to Philadelphia's American Bandstand, that aired on WJZ-TV in Baltimore, Maryland from 1957 until 1964.

In 1918, leaders within the American Jewish community, consisting of Jewish, Zionist, and immigrant community organizations, convened the first American Jewish Congress ( AJCongress ) in Philadelphia's historic Independence Hall.

East Norriton is a former farming community 8 miles north of Philadelphia's city limits.

A community in Philadelphia's northern suburbs, the population was 15, 726 at the 2010 census.

By the 1850s, Still was a leader of Philadelphia's African-American community.

His first job was teaching sixth grade at the William B. Mann Elementary School in Philadelphia's Wynnefield community.

Once a country retreat for Philadelphia's most prominent families, the community includes the estates of Woodcrest ( now Cabrini College ), Walmarthon ( now Eastern University ), Bolingbroke, Rock Rose, and The Woods.

The station is highly regarded among Philadelphia's Caribbean community for the Saturday reggae programs, most of which have been running for over thirty years.

Food: Reviews and features centered around local restaurants, cafes and bars, and also chronicles the goings-on of Philadelphia's restaurant community, such as openings and closings.

While he was teaching, he moonlighted at the old WDAS studios on Edgley Drive in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park, working for free and later, for minimum wage.

Like Philadelphia's late Dr. Albert C. Barnes who kept his own great collection closed to the general public ( Time, Jan. 2 ), Thompson, at 61, is something of a legend in his own lifetime.

He also served as a city councilman, and Philadelphia's Kelly Drive is named for him.

Frank Furness is considered Philadelphia's greatest architect of the second half of the 19th century, but his contemporaries included John McArthur, Jr., Addison Hutton, Wilson Eyre, the Wilson Brothers, and Horace Trumbauer.

Philadelphia's traditional gay village comprises several downtown blocks and is called " the Gayborhood ".

It is a very relied-on route for commercial transporters who do not want to travel out to Philadelphia's bridges to deliver goods to the Northern states.

Wilmington Train Station is one of the last stops on Philadelphia's SEPTA rail transportation system and is also served by Northeast Corridor Amtrak passenger trains.

The area is part of Philadelphia's Main Line suburbs.

Originally part of Philadelphia County, Cheltenham is often noted as " Philadelphia's first suburb ".

Nearby Wynnewood is also home to one the principal three teaching hospitals that serve Philadelphia's Main Line.

The only non-goaltender to win the award in a losing cause is Philadelphia's Reggie Leach, who won it in 1976 as he had set a league record for most goals in the playoffs ( 19 ), which included a five-goal game in the semi-finals and four goals in the Finals series, even though his team was swept by the Canadiens.

Probably the closest present day trolley line resembling a 1920s interurban – with city to countryside to village, side-of-road, " hill and dale " operation – is the present-day broad gauge Upper Darby to Media 100-year-old former Red Arrow line of Philadelphia's SEPTA system.

Merion is served by one of the principal three teaching hospitals that serve Philadelphia's Main Line.

* 1 Liberty Place is Philadelphia's tallest building at 61 stories

" The Main Building is visited by more than 800, 000 people annually, and is located at the west end of Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

Several organizations, such as KYW Radio and the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, consciously use the term " Greater Philadelphia " to assert that Philadelphia is the center of the region, referring to the less urbanized areas as " Philadelphia's countryside ".

While some have argued that the Pennsylvania System was Quaker-inspired, there is little evidence to support this ; the organization that promoted Eastern State's creation, the Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons ( today's Pennsylvania Prison Society ) was in fact less than half Quaker, and was led for nearly fifty years by Philadelphia's Anglican bishop, William White.

Most of Roxborough is in Philadelphia's 21st Ward.

It is currently held at Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center, where it is still broadcast live on 94-WIP-FM.

Philadelphia's City Hall is another example, situated on Penn Square where Broad and Market Streets intersect.