City Hall Philadelphia

We arrived in Philly in time to settle in for a bit. The parking garage was just down the street so that was convenient as well. The inner lobby of the Radisson Plaza was pretty extravagant.Giant, twinkling, chandelier hanging high above some chairs and a table made it look like a living room of sorts. The walls looked to be white marble and made …

I had originally planned on getting in to Philly earlier to meet up with some friends, but as I mentioned in my last post the all you can drink brunch deterred my plans a bit. But I get my train into Philadelphia and head straight to the Hyatt Penn’s Landing. Working as a Valet at Hyatt has a few perks and free nights at Hyatt is a good one. …

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... on the street the inevitable pull to see "what`s around the corner" led me on. I walked in the fading light to the Philadelphia City Hall. Too late to  get a city map. So I turned right and headed along a well lighted street, thinking to circle ...

Today I headed into the center of downtown Philadelphia to the Avenue of the Arts.  This central road, leading up to city hall, is home to most of the theatres and art galleries in the city.  It is also the location of the University of the ...

... of Philly's landmarks, the Liberty Bell. The two hour queue filled with school kids seemed a large price to pay to see a bell that hasn't worked in over 150 years. We settled on going to the top of City Hall, a great view from an endangered ...

... on January 17, 1706 and lived to the age of 86. Regarded as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, ...

... .... Very quaint little City, and a lot of history, and at one stage the capital city of the United States until Washington took over. The city's got a city hall, and a couple of other halls, a residence for the president at the time, and a huge bell ...

... the market trader!? You win some... From there we had a long wander around the city, checking out Franklin Square, Penn Square, City Hall, which has a bronze statue of William Penn on the top. Philly is not a city of skyscrapers as no building was ...

... skip the veteran tour. We then went downtown. South St - trendy bars and shops. Broadway to view the beautiful City Hall, and Jewellery Ave loaded with diamond shops. Other sites, Benjamin Franklin's grave, Independance Hall historical political ...

... constitution, I naturally look with suspicion upon those who invent their whole fatherland in one document. In spite of this Philadelphia is a likeable place, has one of the most beautiful City Hall's I've seen, but there's not much to make you ...

What a nice, friendly and cool (also cold) city. Especially the city hall is beautiful. I will definitively come back if I am at the east coast. The hotel, well, when I was there, they were demolishing a building right opposite my room, so already noise ...

... estaba justo enfrente del Benjamin Franklin Bridge. En Philadelphia visitamos Elfreth's Alley, Liberty Bell, Washington Square, City Hall, Logan Square y las Philadelphia Museum of Art. Para cenar estuvimos en Cuba libre, un restaurante cubano muy bien ...