Colors of Light: Gateway to Chinatown
Chinatown & Center City East
Bursting out the side of a building on the corner of Vine and 12th Sts, this 1999 Mural Arts project is inspired by the Asian American community. With its…
Must-see attractions in Philadelphia
Logan Square & Fairmount
Several bronze statues by 13 different artists stand on the stone plinths and columns that make up this striking 1912 memorial to Pennsylvania’s naval and…
Philadelphia
This giant 2016 work by Meg Saligman features Tameka Jones, a student at the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, at the center…
Philadelphia
Hidden in plain sight is this grassy 1.25-acre park that's atop the parking garage of the Cira Centre South complex. It's a pleasant spot to relax and…
South Philadelphia
It's forever a golden fall in this beautiful work by David Guinn on the side of the Fleisher Art Memorial. The trees in the mural blend in seamlessly with…
Philadelphia
This 51ft fiberglass paintbrush with an accompanying giant blob of paint is a 2011 work by Claes Oldenburg. At night the orange paint-coated bristles of…
Logan Square & Fairmount
Philadelphia is a national leader for skateboarding culture and this riverside park, designed specifically for boarders, is the first of several that a…
Philadelphia
Founded in 1988 this artist collective gallery is one of the city's leading contemporary art spaces. Their diverse programming includes monthly…
Philadelphia
A DIY ethic pervades this Kensington cooperative art space run by a group of artists and based in what was once a textile mill. Check online first to see…
Chinatown & Center City East
At the junction with Arch St and marking the entrance to Chinatown, this 40ft structure was built in 1984 in part by artisans from Philadelphia's sister…
Philadelphia
Hard to believe, but back in the early 18th century this was the outskirts of town, thus the ideal location for a burial ground. The cemetery is the final…
Philadelphia
Although closed to the public, it's impossible to ignore the grand neoclassical architecture of this 1797 building that housed the First Bank of the US…
Philadelphia
George Washington lived here twice making this the oldest presidential residence in the US. In 1793 the first US president sought refuge here from the…
Logan Square & Fairmount
One of the original squares from William Penn's town plan, this public space (named in honor of James Logan an 18th-century major) is centered on the…
Logan Square & Fairmount
One of two historic houses in Fairmount Park managed by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Cedar Grove was moved here from its original location in Frankford…
Logan Square & Fairmount
This 1799 mansion is named after the lemon trees that once grew in the greenhouses that were here in the early 19th century. The Federal-style mansion is…
Philadelphia
George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Betsy Ross, among other notable Philadelphians, worshiped at this handsome Episcopal church built in 1744. The…
National Shrine of St John Neumann
Philadelphia
Entombed in a glass case in front of an altar, the preserved body of the first Catholic saint in the US resides at St Peter's. Neumann (1811–1856) was…
Philadelphia
This small square named after Edwin Fitler, a well-regarded 19th-century mayor of Philadelphia, is a quiet focal point for the residential area south of…
Philadelphia Art Alliance at the University of the Arts
Philadelphia
In 2017 the Philadelphia Art Alliance, housed in an impressive Gilded Age–era mansion, became part of the University of the Arts. The future direction of…
Philadelphia
Originally called New Market to distinguish it from the old market on the High St (now Market St), this covered market hall dates back to the mid-18th…
Logan Square & Fairmount
Begun in 1756, this Georgian mansion was built in several stages and completed in the 1770s. It houses a fine collection of colonial furniture and…
American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia
The oldest learned society in the US was founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin with the aim of 'promoting useful knowledge.' It continues on its mission by…
Philadelphia
Congress Hall is where the first legislators met when Philly was the nation's capital. Entrance (no ticket necessary) is through the security checkpoint…
Krishna P Singh Center for Nanotechnology
Philadelphia
One of the most striking pieces of contemporary architecture that's part of U Penn's campus is this 2013 building designed by Weiss/Manfredi. A series of…
Philadelphia
Built in 1804 on land donated by William Penn in 1701, this is the largest Quaker meetinghouse in the US. The furniture is original and predates the…
Philadelphia
In the early 1960s the architect IM Pei made his name by designing this condo complex comprising three 32-story towers in which each of the units have…
Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial
Logan Square & Fairmount
This riverside garden section of Fairmount Park comprises three terraces decorated with 17 sculptures that were commissioned between 1933 and 1961. Among…
Philadelphia Merchants Exchange
Philadelphia
Designed by William Strickland this impressive 1834 building adopts the Greek Revival style. It originally served as a commercial and financial center as…
Philadelphia
Be prepared for some serious artistic and academic theory at this conceptual art gallery, which supports worthy projects that might not otherwise find a…
South Philadelphia
A giant mural of ex-mayor Frank Rizzo overlooks the Italian Market parking lot on the corner of Montrose St. It's one of the most regularly vandalized…
Logan Square & Fairmount
Built in 1787, this neoclassical mansion was the home of Samuel Breck, a wealthy merchant who purchased 33 acres of land along the Schuylkill. The Marquis…
Logan Square & Fairmount
Martin Puryear's functional artwork is made from three types of wood so it blends in harmoniously with the leafy surroundings. Walk along a 60ft walkway…
Center / Architecture + Design
Chinatown & Center City East
Run by the American Institute of Architects, there's an exhibition space here with regularly changing exhibits about local architecture projects. Check…
Philadelphia
The creative body Spiral Q's collection of giant puppets, banners, flags, signs etc are on display at this space that is occasionally open for events –…
Philadelphia
It was in this building, Philadelphia's Old City Hall, that the US Supreme Court made its first decisions between 1791 and 1800.
Philadelphia
This mosque is housed in a 1920s Spanish Revival–Moorish building that was originally the Commodore Cinema.
