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114  NE W Y ORK CIT Y & THE MID-A TLANTIC REGION

boundary walls. Each solitary
cell had a private outdoor
exercise yard contained by
a 10-ft (3-m) wall. Eastern
State’s many “guests” included
bootlegger and crime lord
Al Capone. The prison was
officially closed in 1971.

0 Philadelphia Zoo
3400 W Girard Ave. Tel (215) 243-1100.
@ Philly Phlash. Open Mar–Oct:
9:30am–5pm daily; Nov–Feb: 9:30am–
4pm daily. Closed Jan 1, Thanksg., Dec
Displays of medical curiosities at Mütter Museum 24, 25 & 31. 7 & 0 - =
∑ philadelphiazoo.org
8 College of 9 Eastern State
Physicians of Penitentiary This zoo, the oldest in America,
Philadelphia/ 2027 Fairmount Ave at 22nd St. was founded in 1859. Set within
Mütter Museum Tel (215) 236-3300. @ 7, 32, 33, 43, verdant grounds, interspersed
with statuary, the zoo is home
48. Open 10am–5pm daily.
19 S 22nd St. Tel (215) 560-8564. Closed Jan 1, Thanksgiving, Dec 25. to over 2,000 animals, including
q 22nd St. @ 17, 21. Open 10am– & 7 8 9 ∑ easternstate.org rare species such as naked mole
5pm daily. Closed Jan 1, Thanksgiving, rats and blue-eyed black lemurs.
Dec 24 & 25. & 7 Named the “house” by inmates A walk-through giant otter
∑ muttermuseum.org and guards, the Eastern State habitat shows the animals at
Penitentiary, established in their playful best. The big cats –
Founded in 1787 for the 1829, was a revolutionary lions, clouded leopards, tigers
“advancement of the science concept in criminal justice. (including rare Amur tigers),
of medicine,” the still-active Prior to this, criminals were and jaguars – are kept in near-
college is a major source of thrown together in despicable natural habitats or inside the
health information. This is conditions and punished by Carnivora House, in weather-
provided by the institute’s C. physical brutality. The protected cages that provide
Everett Koop Community Philadelphia Quakers proposed close-up views. Other features
Health Information Center, an alternative – a place where are an open birdhouse
through the library, videotapes, a criminal could be alone to with uncaged finches and
and searchable computer system. ponder and become penitent hummingbirds, a reptile house,
Mütter Museum, on the first for his actions. During incar- where alligators bask in a
floor of one of the buildings, ceration, with sentences seldom tropical paradise, and a 3-acre
is a fascinating collection of less than five years in length, (1-ha) reserve for 11 primate
preserved specimens, skeletal prisoners literally never heard species, including the nation’s
constructions, and wax figures. or saw another human being only blue-eyed lemurs. A large
These were originally used for for the entire duration of their zoo balloon offers a panoramic
educational purposes in the stay. The prison had a single view of the city.
mid-19th century, when entrance and 30-ft- (9-m-) high
diseases and genetic defects
were identifiable only by their q Fairmount Park
physical manifestations. Some n John F. Kennedy Blvd & N 16th St,
afflictions are quite grotesque, (215) 683-0200. @ Philly Phlash.
and may not be suitable for q Market-Frankford line. Open daily.
small children or those who ∑ myphillypark.org
are queasy.
The museum also contains Designed by Frederick Law
medical instruments, exhibits Olmsted (1822–1903), America’s
on the history of medicine preeminent land-scape archi-
over the last 100 years, a tect who also designed New
re-creation of an early 20th- York’s Central Park, Fairmount
century doctor’s office, and Park is a 14-sq-mile (36-sq-km-)
a medicinal plant garden. greenway. It encompasses
As well as this, it also holds seven historic manor houses
shows displaying contemp- decorated in period style,
orary art, photography, and Corridor inside the Eastern State dozens of sculptures, a
other subjects. Penitentiary horticultural center, and
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