The first Town Hall, popularly called Old Town Hall, was designed by architect Napoleon LeBrun, and built on the site in 1854. Germantown was one of many independent municipalities that spent as much as possible prior to being consolidated with Philadelphia in 1854, knowing that the city would assume all existing debts. Paradoxically, both ...

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Sep 28, 2023 · A colleague is visiting from out of town to do liberty bell and independence hall stuff. Her teenage sons are asking for best cheesesteaks in the area, and I don’t want to send her all over the city. Anything great in the tourist section, or maybe as far as center city / south Philly (not Geno’s or Pat’s)?

With that in mind … Germantown, Collierville, and now the exurb areas heading out toward Ford Blue Oval City are pretty typical suburban areas – church on many corners, Chick-Fil-A always nearby, nice parks, pretty good public schools. It’s what my parents wanted, and why I …

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Jun 28, 2021 · Germantown, Tennessee is a lovely cozy community just miles from Memphis. We have great people, restaurants, great schools, great police and fire departments. Germantown is a wonderful place to grow up and raise a family. I am 5th generation Germantown and love it!

Also within Germantown city limits are Home2Suites and Hilton Garden Inn and I would expect those to be reasonably safe. And nearby (but in Memphis city limits) are Embassy Suites and Hampton Inn and Suites on Shady Grove Rd, which is a posh area and presumably pretty safe.

Moved to Germantown from Baltimore City 5 years ago. Had just started working at my current job when my manager referred to my area of Germantown as “ghetto”. I’ll also say I’ve hardly ever felt unsafe in either city, but I’d move back to Baltimore for the food alone.