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An old residential street
Elfreth's Alley - popularly known as "the country's oldest residential street" - goes back to the early days of the eighteenth century. Twenty years after William Penn founded Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and established it as Pennsylvania's capital, the town became a thriving, prosperous merchant on the banks of the Delaware River. Since 1702, Elfreth Alley has been home to more than 3,000 people. Today thirty-two houses, built between 1728 and 1836, line the alley. They are one of the last American cityscapes.