Excerpt from Magee's: A Guide and Description to All Places of Interest in or About Philadelphia, to the Centennial Grounds and Buildings, and Fairmount Park; Illustrated Guide of Philadelphia and the Centennial Exhibition Less than half a century ago, the above couplet was the familiar rhyme to express the bounds of our old city north and south, and the regularly built up districts did not extend far above or below these lines. Now Philadelphia reaches to Alleghany avenue, No. 3200 north, and to Hartranft street. No. 3400 on the south, and from the Delaware river east to Cobb's creek, the Delaware county line on the west; forming an area of 82,603 acres, or 129 square miles, thus giving to Philadelphia the largest area of any city in the world. Philadelphia was founded by the illustrious William Penn in the year 1682. The euphonious name, so characteristic of the leader of the fraternity of "Friends," he derived from that of a city in Asia-Minor, and which in the Greek means "Brotherly Love." The first landing of William Penn on the site of his future city, was what was then known as the "Blue Anchor Landing," near to which stood the Blue Anchor Tavern, and what is now Front and Dock streets. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.