LIACOURAS CENTER
www.liacourascenter.com
215/204-2400
1776 North Broad Street at Montgomery Street

Opened in 1997 as The Apollo of Temple, this sports and entertainment facility was renamed in 2000 to honor the outgoing president of Temple University, Peter J. Liacouras. Designed by the Vitteta Group of Philadelphia and Thompson Ventulett Stainback & Associates of Atlanta, it is the largest indoor, public assembly venue ever built north of City Hall. It was the first step a multi-pronged redevelopment that includes the Draught Horse Restaurant (at the Liacouras Center), an inn and retail development (along the 1900-block of Liacouras Walk), and a 1,000-bed dormitory (at 13th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue) for what has been largely a commuter college.

BAPTIST TEMPLE
www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Field/5657/baptist.html
North Broad Street at Berks Street

In 1888, Russell H. Conwell, established a night school for students of limited means in the basement of Grace Baptist Church. That school would later grow into the renowned city-based Temple University. Conwell was one of the greatest orators of his time; his enormous following necessitated construction of a new facility, the Baptist Temple completed in 1891. Designed in a Romanesque Revival style by Thomas P. Lonsdale, the interior includes a 4,200-seat auditorium. In the late-20th century, the Baptist Temple was threatened by Temple University's expansion plans, but the school has agreed to maintain the vacant building and consider a future use. Closed.

CHARLES L. BLOCKSON AFRO-AMERICAN COLLECTION
www.library.temple.edu/blockson
215/204-6632
Sullivan Hall, First Floor
Broad Street and Montgomery Avenue

The Blockson Collection contains over 40,000 items, including books, letters, slave narratives, photographs, sheet music, and original recordings. Mr. Blockson is a noted historian and author of Philadelphia's Guide: African-American State Historical Markers. Open Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.