1950
Broad Street Station is Closed
Broad Street Station is closed to make way for Penn Center. The Philadelphia Orchestra plays as the last train departs. The model for Penn Center was Rockefeller Center in New York. Gregory L. Heller, Ed Bacon, Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia, Philadelphia; The University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013, p99
1950
George Nakashima Receives the Gold Craftsmanship Medal
1950
Bandstand Premiers Locally on WFIL-TV
1950
Hendler Galleries Inaugural Show
1950
Sculpture of the Twentieth Century: Philadelphia Museum of Art
1950
Joseph Clark Endorsed
November 6- Joseph Clark endorsed by several labor unions, Americans for Democratic Action, and the Philadelphia Inquirer defeats Republican Daniel A. Poling by a margin of 124,700 votes. Clark became the first Democrat Mayor of Philadelphia since 1884. John M. Mclarnon and G. Terry Madonna, "Dilworth, Clark, and Reform in Philadelphia, 1947-1962,"Pennsylvania Legacies . Vol. 11, No. 2 (November 2011), pp. 24-31
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