Map of the Original City of Philadelphia in 1682 by Thomas Holme

Vine Street is a major east-west street in Center City,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

. It begins at the

Delaware River The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock (village), New York, Hancock, New York, the river flows for along the borders of N ...

, and proceeds west until 20th Street, where it merges with the

Benjamin Franklin Parkway Benjamin Franklin Parkway, commonly abbreviated to Ben Franklin Parkway and colloquially called the Parkway, is a boulevard that runs through the cultural heart of Philadelphia. Named for founding father Benjamin Franklin, the mile-long Parkway c ...

. In

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, it begins again near the intersection of 52nd Street & Haverford Avenue, and ends just past 66th Street, in Cobbs Creek Park. Vine Street is non-continuous between 5th and 7th Streets, because of the Vine Street Expressway and the approach to the

Benjamin Franklin Bridge The Benjamin Franklin Bridge, originally named the Delaware River Bridge and known locally as the Ben Franklin Bridge, is a suspension bridge across the Delaware River connecting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden, New Jersey. Owned and ...

It was part of Philadelphia's original street plan, laid out by

William Penn William Penn ( – ) was an English writer and religious thinker belonging to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, a North American colony of England. He was an early advocate of democracy a ...

and

Thomas Holme Thomas Holme (1624–1695) was the first Surveyor General of Pennsylvania. He laid out the first and original plan for the city of Philadelphia. Holme was one of the Valiant Sixty, a group of early leaders and activists in the Religious Society ...

in 1682, and remained the northern border of the City of Philadelphia until 1854. It forms the northern border of Franklin Square and Logan Circle.

Parkway Central Library Parkway Central Library also known as Free Library or Central Library is the main public library building and administrative headquarters of the Free Library of Philadelphia system. It is the largest library, and only research library, of 54 lib ...

, the main branch of the

Free Library of Philadelphia The Free Library of Philadelphia is the public library system that serves Philadelphia. It is the 13th-largest public library system in the United States. The Free Library of Philadelphia is a non-Mayoral agency of the City of Philadelphia gove ...

system and the (now-vacant)

Family Court Building The Philadelphia Family Court Building also known as Juvenile and Domestic Branches of the Municipal Court, is a historic building registered under National Park Service's, National Register of Historic Places. The building was constructed betwee ...

both have their main entrances on Vine Street. The Street is referenced in the song, "Beat Up Guitar" on the album Zig Zag by the Hooters. File:Philadelphia Fire Department Memorial.png, Philadelphia Fire Department Memorial, Franklin Square. Vine Street is in the background. File:Great Sanitary Fair 1864.jpg, Great

Sanitary Fair Sanitary fairs were fund-raising events held in various cities on behalf of the United States Sanitary Commission to raise funds and supplies for the Union Army during the American Civil War. Established in 1863, the last major event was held in 1 ...

, Logan Square (now Logan Circle), June 1864. Vine Street is in the foreground, left. File:Family Court Building Philadelphia.jpg, Family Court Building, 1801 Vine Street. File:The Free Library of Philadelphia.jpg, Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street. File:VineStreet2.jpg, Vine Street between 12th and 13th Streets File:VineStreet3.jpg, Vine Street at 12th Street

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