Centennial District (Philadelphia)

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The Centennial District is a 700-acre section of West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States that contains the Philadelphia Zoo, the Please Touch Museum and the Mann Music Center.{{cite web|url=http://www.locus-partners.com/fairmount-park-centennial-district-master-plan/|title=Fairmount Park Centennial District Master Plan|website=locus-partners.com|publisher=Locus Partners|access-date=2017-11-05|archive-date=2017-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107002759/http://www.locus-partners.com/fairmount-park-centennial-district-master-plan/|url-status=dead}} The neighborhood sits on a section of town that was the location of the 1876 Centennial Exposition, which was 100 years after the founding of the United States with the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

The area is part of a plan to incorporate parts of present-day Fairmount Park to revitalize neighborhoods in the area for the year 2026.{{cite web|url=http://www.phila.gov/CityPlanning/plans/Area%20Plans/CentenDistrictStrategy2004.pdf|title=The Centennial District Economic Development Strategy}}{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/2008-10-15/news/25264580_1_master-plan-memorial-hall-turtles|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610105849/http://articles.philly.com/2008-10-15/news/25264580_1_master-plan-memorial-hall-turtles|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 10, 2015|title=Reviving park's legacy Thriving Centennial District seen for Fairmount. Seeing park district as engine for renewal}}

Carousel longshot Philly.JPG|Carousel in the Please Touch Museum

PhilaPolarBear2.JPG|Polar Bear at the Philadelphia Zoo

Law PnP French Philly.JPG|Law, Prosperity and Power by Daniel Chester French near the Mann Center

File:CentennialPhiladelphia.jpg|Centennial District signage