Rittenhouse Square

Year

1683

Type

landscape

One of William Penn's five original public squares in his 1682 plan for Philadelphia, Rittenhouse Square evolved from an open common to the city's most fashionable residential address. The current layout, diagonal paths converging on a cent …

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