Logan Square is a neighborhood in

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. Bounded by Market Street on the south, Spring Garden Street on the north, Broad Street on the east, and the

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on the west, it occupies the northwest quadrant of Center City. The

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for which it is named is one of the five "squares", or parks, central to

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's design for Philadelphia. Originally called Northwest Square, it was renamed in honor of James Logan, an eighteenth-century

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. Located here are a number of sites listed on the

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, including the

Arch Street Presbyterian Church Arch Street Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian Church at 1724 Arch Street, located between the two Comcast skyscrapers in the Logan Square neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building was designed by the architectural ...

, the Bell Telephone Company Building, the Board of Education Building, the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, the Harris Building, the Insurance Company of North America Building, the Larkin–Belber Building, Logan Square, the

Francis McIlvain House The Francis McIlvain House was a historic home, built in 1869, in the Logan Square neighborhood of Philadelphia. A -story brick rowhouse faced with ashlar brownstone, it had a mansard roof in the Second Empire style. ''Note:'' This includes ...

, St. Clement's Protestant Episcopal Church, the

Inquirer Building __NOTOC__ The Inquirer Building, formerly called the Elverson Building, is an eighteen-story building at the intersection of North Broad and Callowhill Streets in the Logan Square neighborhood of Philadelphia, completed in 1924 as the new home f ...

, and the

Wesley Building __NOTOC__ The Wesley Building, also known as the Robert Morris Hotel, is an historic, American office building and hotel located at 1701-09 Arch Street, at the corner of N. 17th Street in the Logan Square neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsyl ...

. Other notable sites are the

Academy of Natural Sciences The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, formerly the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, is the oldest natural science research institution and museum in the Americas. It was founded in 1812, by many of the leading natura ...

, the

Barnes Foundation The Barnes Foundation is an art collection and educational institution promoting the appreciation of art and horticulture. Originally in Merion, the art collection moved in 2012 to a new building on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Penn ...

, the

Franklin Institute The Franklin Institute is a science museum and the center of science education and research in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is named after the American scientist and statesman Benjamin Franklin. It houses the Benjamin Franklin National Memori ...

, the

Moore College of Art and Design Moore College of Art & Design is a private art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its undergraduate programs are available only for female students, but its other educational programs, including graduate programs, are co-educational. Hist ...

, the

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 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, the Philadelphia Pennsylvania (Mormon) Temple, Matthias Baldwin Park, and the main campus of the

Community College of Philadelphia The Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) is a public community college with campuses throughout Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1965 and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. It offers over 1 ...

. Penn Center, Franklintown, and much of Philadelphia's

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are located in Logan Square.

Education

Residents are in the Albert M. Greenfield School catchment area for grades Kindergarten through eight; all persons assigned to Greenfield are zoned to Benjamin Franklin High School.High School Directory Fall 2017 Admissions

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South Philadelphia High School South Philadelphia High School is a public secondary high school located in the Lower Moyamensing neighborhood of South Philadelphia, at the intersection of Broad Street and Snyder Avenue. The school serves grades 9 through 12 and is part of t ...

was the neighborhood's zoned high school.South Philadelphia High School Geographic Boundaries

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References

External links

Logan Square Neighborhood Association
{{Philadelphia Neighborhoods in Philadelphia