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Philadelphia is known for its rich college basketball history, and the Palestra, located on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, is a museum of the Philadelphia Big 5 programs (La Salle, Penn, Saint Joseph's, Temple, and Villanova). The arena serves as the home court for the Penn Quakers basketball team and is the court for many basketball games between the city's colleges.
The Palestra is a historic arena and the home gym of the Penn Quakers men's and women's basketball teams, volleyball teams, and wrestling team. Located at 235 South 33rd St. on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, in the University City section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the arena opened on January 1, 1927. The Palestra is particularly regarded for its importance in the history of college basketball. Nicknamed "The Cathedral of College Basketball", the arena has been called "the most important building in the history of college basketball" and is said to have "changed the entire history of the sport for which it was built".
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Offers an eclectic offering of concerts, from jazz to rock, from locally and nationally-renowned artists.
An anthropology and archeology museum run by the University of Pennsylvania. Houses an impressive collection of Egyptian and Greco-Roman artifacts. It also houses two of the Six Steeds from the mausoleum of Emperor Taizong of China's Tang Dynasty, which were controversially stolen and smuggled out of China in 1914.
Roughly speaking, University City begins at 30th Street anchored by the historical 30th Street Station, extends west just beyond 40th Street, and north to Spring Garden Street. The area includes two of Philadelphia's major universities, Drexel University and University of Pennsylvania, and a teaching hospital. The neighborhood is undergoing gentrification and is a rapidly growing, heavily policed, student-friendly enclave within the larger predominantly working class West Philly. It also includes the prestigious culinary school The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College at 43rd and Walnut, and the private university University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. West Philadelphia also includes the residential areas of Powelton Village, Spruce Hill and Cedar Park, all of which have large student populations. Locust Walk, a part of Locust Street that has been made pedestrian-only through the University of Pennsylvania campus, is a particularly nice place for a stroll.
A modern art museum.