- NGS PID:
- JU0727
- Coordinates:
- N 39.95305° W 75.16305°
- Location:
- Elevation:
- 45.56 ft.
- Type:
- Tidal Bench Mark Disk
- Setting:
- Granite Foundation
- Year Established:
- 1922
- Established By:
- NGS
- Status:
- Recovered
- Condition:
- Good as of June 12, 2009
- Official Description: NGS Datasheet
Rich and I arrived this afternoon in Philadelphia for my graduation ceremony tomorrow. Before supper, we decided to take a short stroll from the Windsor Suites over to City Hall in order to find and log this mark. I had attempted it in 2003, when City Hall was undergoing repairs. The entire area was fenced off at that time, and I had been unable to get anywhere near the station.
On this lovely evening, we had no trouble at all. We stepped out of our hotel and immediately realized that we were looking at the statue of William Penn from "that interesting angle." We wandered through Love Park—enjoying the spray from the fountain and wondering about all the loose paving stones beneath our feet—and eventually over to the square. We spotted the benchmark easily, just inside the north archway and directly beneath a section of wire fence. It appears to be in good condition, undisturbed by the construction. We were unable to obtain good coordinate readings because the mark is basically under cover.
