One tenth of a mile: What Philly looks similar from above

Fairmount Park = broccoli.

Eastern State Penitentiary from above

Eastern State Penitentiary from above

Google Earth

Originally published October 2018; updated October 2019

Philadelphia covers a lot of basis.

In total, the metropolis encompasses about 150 foursquare miles. That'southward more than four billion square feet. If Philly wanted to turn all its land into football fields, at to the lowest degree 7,000 of them would fit within the borders.

Nosotros've got a lot of space to go around, but it's not all treated the same. From the rowhomes of Strawberry Mansion to the skyscrapers of Center City to the woods of Pennypack Park, the landscape of Philadelphia looks very unlike depending on where y'all're standing.

Using Google Earth (and with a lid-tip to The Atlantic) we nerveless nineteen overhead views — each almost a tenth of a square mile in area* — that evidence off Philly's diverse terrain. Check them out below.

Train tracks and more than train tracks near 30th Street Station

30th Street train tracks

30th Street train tracks

Google Globe

William Penn's chapeau, plus the residual of City Hall

City Hall

Metropolis Hall

Google World

The orderly, backyard-fronted homes of Mayfair

Mayfair

Mayfair

Google World

Fairmount Park is basically broccoli

Fairmount Park

Fairmount Park

Google World

Buncha highways converging in Northeast Philly

Highways

Highways

Google Globe

E Passyunk, in all its diagonal glory

East Passyunk

E Passyunk

Google Earth

Houses surrounding the spokes of Eastern State Penitentiary

Eastern State

Eastern State

Google Earth

Planes stopping at the spokes of PHL Aerodrome

Philadelphia International Airport

Philadelphia International Aerodrome

Google Earth

Girard Estates, aka a mini swath of suburbs in deep South Philly

Girard Estates

Girard Estates

Google Globe

Pennypack Park = trees galore

Pennypack Park

Pennypack Park

Google Earth

Skilful to know: Boathouse Row also looks attractive from above

Boathouse Row

Boathouse Row

Google Earth

Kensington, featuring the El and McPherson Square library

Kensington

Kensington

Google Earth

You tin't really tell how tall the Comcast towers are

Comcast

Comcast

Google Earth

Even from above, UPenn'due south campus has an Ivy League vibe

UPenn

UPenn

Google Earth

Poplar looks almost suburban from this angle

Poplar

Poplar

Google Earth

This refinery takes upward a lot of infinite in Southwest Philly

South Philly industry

S Philly manufacture

Google Earth

Home of the globe champions…and another teams too

Stadiums

Stadiums

Google Globe

Strawberry Mansion rowhomes lookin' like ants

Strawberry Mansion

Strawberry Mansion

Google World

Winchester Park residents basically live in the woods

Winchester Park

Winchester Park

Google Earth
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