Walking Philadelphia (eBook)

30 Walking Tours Exploring Art, Architecture, History, and Little-Known Gems

Natalie Pompilio (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
256 Seiten
Wilderness Press (Verlag)
978-0-89997-729-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Walking Philadelphia includes the city’s best-known sites and introduces hidden gems. Readers will enjoy discovering little-known facts about such places as Independence Hall. Tours pay tribute to the city’s diversity, from its founding days until today.

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Walking Philadelphia, by award-winning journalist Natalie Pompilio, is the only guide to the city that will make you feel like you're being led by your smartest, closest, funniest friend. The tours not only include all of the important historic facts and figures, but Natalie also shares behind-the-scenes stories and tidbits that you'll later rush to tell others. It's recommended for locals as well as tourists, promising something for everyone.

Inhalt

Walking Philadelphia Table of Contents

1. Mural Arts, Tour 1
2. Mural Arts, Tour 2
3. America’s Most Historic Square Mile
4. Ben Franklin and Philadelphia
5. African American Philadelphia
6.Rittenhouse Square I
7. Germantown Avenue
8. Washington Square
9. Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Northside
10. Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Southside
11. City Hall and points north
12. City Hall and points south
13. City Hall and points east
14. City Hall and points west
15. West Philadelphia I — UCity/The Woodlands/Clark Park
16. West Philadelphia II
17. South Street/Headhouse Square
18. Passyunk Ave/South Philadelphia
19. Northern Liberties I
20. Northern Liberties II
21 The Schuylkill River bank into Fairmount Park, including Waterworks and Boathouse Row
22. Fairmount Park II
23. Sites along or near the Delaware River, including Washington Pier
24. Frankfurt Avenue/Fishtown
26. Chinatown
27. Fairmount, including Eastern State Penitentiary
28. Fitler Square
29. The Gayborhood
30. Wissahickon or Pennypack

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.5.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Walking
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Schlagworte: Constitutional walking tour • Founding Fathers tour of Philadelphia • Franklin footsteps walking tour • guided walks • Mural arts tours Philadelphia • Philadelphia guidebook • Philadelphia guided walking tours • Philadelphia walking tours architecture • Self guided walking tours Philadelphia • Walking Philadelphia • Walking Philadelphia guided walks tour walking Constitutional architecture Franklin footsteps Founding Fathers free Self Mural arts guidebook outdoor life adventure family friends night walk hike city town historic neighborhoods hidden treasures • Walking Philadelphia tour • Walking tour Philadelphia free • Walking Tours
• ISBN-10: 0-89997-729-4 / 0899977294
• ISBN-13: 978-0-89997-729-4 / 9780899977294