Philadelphia, PA

[ctman987]

Back at the end of July I went to Philadelphia for a few days. Now I live in New England, and I love New York City and Boston so I can be biased towards them. I always read about people comparing Boston and Philadelphia and I truly didn

[ctman987]

Market Street by PA Railroad Suburban Station

Residence Inn Center City at the Market Street National Bank Building

Alley off Walnut St

View from the 22nd floor of the Holiday Inn Midtown on Walnut Street

S. 15th St

Chestnut & S. 15th Streets

Rodeway Inn at 1208 Walnut St

Pennsylvania Convention Center

The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts on Broad

Masonic Temple

Rittenhouse Square

Almade Cubain Rittenhouse Square

[ctman987]

Center City Skyline

Center City Office Buildings

Independence Hall and surrounding area

Independence Visitors Center

The Bourse at Independence Mall

Inside of the Bourse

United States Mint Philadelphia

National Constitution Center

Liberty Bell Site

Christ Church Burial Ground

Market & Independence Mall South by CBS Philly

Lafayette Building

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

CBS Philadelphia at 5th and Market

Independence Mall

[ctman987]

Philadelphia Merchants Exchange

City Tavern

Society Hill Scenes

Chestnut Street

Franklin Square

Forrest Theater

Penn

[Randy@Tacoma]

Philly is absolutely gorgeous! Its one of my top ten favorite cities... :0 Lovin the photos!

[flotown]

Great photos. A lot of history and mix of old and new. Thanks for sharing.

[SouthJersey7]

AWESOME pics. That's not only one of the most thorough Philly threads I've ever seen, it's one of the most creative!

[ctman987]

AWESOME pics. That's not only one of the most thorough Philly threads I've ever seen, it's one of the most creative!

Thanks....I have to say I loved Philly....It was nice to see a bustlin city that was not New York or Chicago

[lammius]

Considering Philly's population (nearly 1.5 million), its land area doesn't seem too huge to me. At 135 sq miles it's a little larger than Queens NY, and it's much, much smaller than the sunbelt cities in a similar range of population.

Excellent photos! Philly is one of my favorite cities as well. Being able to walk from bustling Center City to the quieter, narrow streets of Old City, down funky South Street, and over to University City all within a short period is quite a treat.

[Neo]

It isn't everyday that one gets to see such an extensive photo tour of Philadelphia! Thanks so much for sharing these!

[ctman987]

Considering Philly's population (nearly 1.5 million), its land area doesn't seem too huge to me. At 135 sq miles it's a little larger than Queens NY, and it's much, much smaller than the sunbelt cities in a similar range of population.

Excellent photos! Philly is one of my favorite cities as well. Being able to walk from bustling Center City to the quieter, narrow streets of Old City, down funky South Street, and over to University City all within a short period is quite a treat.

Ill have to say right now im in NYC at college but I grew up near Hartford, CT and I love Hartford but the city is comprised of 17.5 square miles. That figures also about the same for places like New Haven and Providence so far me 135 sq miles seemed enourmas.

[RiverwoodCLT]

I should be up that way in October to see my son. Hope to see some of this in person. Thanks for a very nice photo tour of Philadelphia.

[billpa]

That's the most comprehensive Center City Philly threads I've ever seen. This should be made a sticky on the Philadelphia page, in my opinion. Your pix were all quite good and your new-found love of the city is obvious. Phildelphia certainly has its fair share of neighborhoods which suffer from crime and poverty, but Center City, it must be said, has become one of America's great urban spots.