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==Points of interest== * [[Corinne's Place]] is a Black-owned soul food restaurant located in Camden, New Jersey. Corinne Bradley-Powers opened the restaurant on Haddon Avenue in 1989.<ref name=":1" /> * [[Adventure Aquarium]] β Originally opened in 1992, it re-opened in its current form in May 2005 featuring about 8,000 animals living in varied forms of semi-aquatic, freshwater and marine habitats. The aquarium is the only aquarium in the world to house [[Hippopotamus|hippopotamuses.]]<ref>[http://www.adventureaquarium.com/About-Us About Us], [[Adventure Aquarium]]. Accessed October 13, 2015.</ref> * [[BB&T Pavilion|Waterfront Music Pavilion]] β An outdoor [[amphitheater]]/indoor theater complex with a [[seating capacity]] of 25,000. Formerly known as the Susquehanna Bank Center. * [[Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial]] β Opened in October 2001, providing access to the battleship [[USS New Jersey (BB-62)|USS ''New Jersey'']] that had been towed to the Camden area for restoration in 1999.<ref>[http://www.battleshipnewjersey.org/the-ship/full-history/ History], [[Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial]]. Accessed November 20, 2016. "On Sept. 12, 1999, the ship was towed by the tug Sea Victory from Bremerton to Philadelphia where it arrived on Nov. 11. On 20 January 2000, Secretary of the Navy Richard Danzig announced that the battleship would be donated to Home Port Alliance of Camden, N.J., for use as a museum."</ref> * [[Harleigh Cemetery, Camden|Harleigh Cemetery]] β Established in 1885, the cemetery is the burial site of [[Walt Whitman]], several Congressmen and many other South Jersey notables.<ref>Staff. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB2A387D1569AE0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Camden's Spot of Peace in a Troubled World β Harleigh is More Than Just a Cemetery. It's Also a Park."], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', June 28, 1992. Accessed October 22, 2013. " For decades after it opened in 1885, Harleigh Cemetery was a favorite destination of many Camden residents, a park and outdoor art museum, much like Fairmount Park in Philadelphia."</ref> * [[Walt Whitman House]] * [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Camden County, New Jersey]]
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