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This spooky castle-like prison set the standard for penal reform when it opened in 1829, pioneering the use of solitary confinement and housing the likes of Al Capone and bank robber Willie Sutton. For grandchildren of ages 7 to 12, take the Keys to the Past Family Tour, which lets you unlock boxes
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Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Inc. works to preserve and restore the architecture of Eastern State Penitentiary; to make the Penitentiary accessible to the public; to explain and interpret its complex history; to place current issues of corrections and justice in an historical framework
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This dog park has a separate small dog area.
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Opened in 1829 as part of a controversial movement to change the behavior of inmates through "confinement in solitude with labor," Eastern State Penitentiary quickly became the most expensive and most copied building in the young United States. It is estimated that more than 300 prisons worldwide a
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America?s most historic prison, Eastern State was once the most famous and expensive prison in the world. It stands today in ruin, a haunting world of crumbling cellblocks and empty guard towers. The vaulted, sky-lit cells once held many of America?s most notorious criminals, including bank robber
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Haunted House in Philadelphia PA A MASSIVE Haunted House Inside A Real Prison! Terror Behind the Walls, Americaâs largest haunted attraction, is located inside the walls of Eastern State Penitentiary, a real abandoned-prison in Philadelphia, PA. Named "One of America's scariest Halloween attraction
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Thrust into the middle of urban Philadephia is what looks like a great castle, a massive and haunting building. However, these walls weren't built to keep Crusaders and robbers out, but to keep them in. This castle is a prison. Until this edifice was constructed, prisons had generally been commerci
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Opened in 1829, Eastern State Penitentiary was the world's first true &quo;penitentiary,&quo; a prison designed to inspire penitence among convicts. Today, the massive structure stands in ruins as one of Philadelphia's most historic sites. Visitors can tour this haunting building that once held Ame
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It is estimated that more than 300 prisons worldwide are based on the Penitentiary's wagon-wheel, or "radial" floor plan. Some of America's most notorious criminals were held in the Penitentiary's vaulted, sky-lit cells, including bank robber Willie Sutton and Al Capone. After 142 years of consecut
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Eastern State Penitentiary was once the most famous and expensive prison in the world, but stands today in ruin, a haunting world of crumbling cellblocks and empty guard towers. Known for its grand architecture and strict discipline, this was the world?s first true ?penitentiary,? a prison designed
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Constructed between 1823-1836 from a design by noted American architect John Haviland, this massive Gothic Revival structure epitomized the Pennsylvania System of imprisonment, a system grounded in the Quaker concept of reflection through solitary confinement and the belief that labor should teach
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If Alcatraz is synonymous with San Francisco then the same can be said about Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. Eastern State opened in 1829 and is considered to be the world?s first penitentiary. Their system o...
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Eastern State Penitentiary is the home one of the nation's largest and most ambitious haunted attractions, Terror Behind the Walls, Presented by LUKOIL. The event has been ranked the nation?s 5th best haunted by America Online, and called "perfect for Halloween" by The New York Times. It is current
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