Benjamin Franklin Parkway is a scenic avenue that runs through the cultural heart of Philadelphia. The Parkway serves an an intergal part of the Museum District of Philadelphia. Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ...

Named for favorite son Benjamin Franklin, the Parkway is a mile-long diagonal roadway that cuts across grid pattern of Center City's Northwest quadrant (similar, for example, to Washington, D.C.'s street pattern). Some of the most famous sites in Philadelphia are visible here: City Hall, one block southeast from its starting point; Swann Fountain, which it encircles in Logan Circle; and the Philadelphia Museum of Art at its ending point, where the parkway provides access to Kelly Drive in Fairmount Park and the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76). Benjamin Franklin by Jean-Baptiste Greuze 1777 For the former mayor of Nepean, see Ben Franklin (politician) Dr. Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was an American printer, journalist, publisher, author, philanthropist, abolitionist, public servant, scientist, librarian, diplomat and inventor. ... GRID can refer to : GRID computing short for gay-related immune deficiency, a former name for AIDS. See also homosexuality and medical science General Repository for Interaction Datasets, a database of biological interactions hosted at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which... Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. ... Philadelphia City Hall is the seat of government for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Logan Circle is the urban park of Center City Philadelphias northwest quadrant and one of the five original squares laid out on the city grid. ... The Philadelphia Museum of Art, located at the west end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphias Fairmount Park, was founded in 1876 in conjunction with the Centennial Exposition of the same year and is now among the largest and most important art museums in the United States. ... Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is one of the largest municipal public parks in the world, at over 9,100 acres (37 km²). This figure includes all parkland within the city limits, as all 65 city parks are considered part of Fairmount Park and overseen by the Fairmount Park Commission... The Schuylkill Expressway (I-76) runs along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. ...

In a city famous for its planning, the Parkway represents one of the earliest examples of urban renewal in the United States. The road was constructed to ease heavy industrial congestion in Center City and to restore Philadelphia's natural and artistic beauty. The Parkway was designed to emulate the Champs Élysées in Paris, terminating at the Art Museum rather than the Arc de Triomphe, giving the notion of the Parkway as being "a slice of Paris in Philadelphia." The Parkway also givaes of an international flavor by being lined with flags of countries from around the world. Urban, city, or town planning, deals with design of the built environment from the municipal and metropolitan perspective. ... Center City District, highlighted on a map of Philadelphia County. ... Avenue des Champs-Élysées from Place de la Concorde, seen from above the obelisk The Champs-Élysées (pronounced   audio? literally the Elysian fields) is a broad avenue in the French capital Paris. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Arc de Triomphe The Arc de Triomphe is a monument in Paris that stands in the centre of the Place de lÉtoile, at the western end of the Champs-Élysées. ...