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Philadelphia Young Playwrights

Philadelphia City Hall courtyard, 2014. Photo courtesy of Paul Farber.
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Penn Institute for Urban Research

Most meetinghouses are ¼ of the size of the Arch Street Meeting House, which is so large because it was constructed to hold an annual meeting of Quakers from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware. Photo by Brian Kutner.
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Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust

A group of activists held the first organized civil rights demonstrations in front of Independence Hall and Liberty Bell in Philadelphia on July 4, 1965. Photo © Mattachine Society.
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Independence Visitor Center Corporation

Esperanza Academy dancers. Photo courtesy of Esperanza Arts Center / Nueva Esperanza.
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Esperanza Arts Center / Nueva Esperanza

Mikael Owunna, Infinite Essence: Uche, 2019. Image courtesy of the artist. Owunna is a collaborating artist on University City Science Center’s Futures Without Guns.
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University City Science Center