My Philadelphia photos, let me show you them. Saw the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were debated and signed, the Constitution Center, early copies of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and George Washington's copy of the Constitution, along with a printing of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln, the pre-DC meeting places of the US Supreme Court, the House, and the Senate, the Betsy Ross House, and more.





















































[Edited on August 5, 2013 at 9:25 PM. Reason : .]

8/5/2013 9:21:03 PM

More like Philadullphia photos.

8/5/2013 9:26:13 PM

Did you stop by Paddy's Pub?

8/5/2013 9:30:25 PM

^Tomorrow I will be going here:

http://macstavern.com/

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"Located in historic Old City, Philadelphia, Mac’s offers a welcoming tavern aesthetic and experience… with a little something extra. Mac’s Tavern was formed by a small to semi-medium group of partners, comprised mainly of old friends. Mixed with a few national, local and (perhaps) cult celebrities – most notably, Rob and Kaitlin McElhenney of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia fame – the dynamic is as unique as it gets."

8/5/2013 9:41:03 PM

8/5/2013 9:56:21 PM

^^Technically there is a Paddy's Pub in Philadelphia. It is on Race St between 2nd and 3rd (in Old City a few blocks from Mac's Tavern). Complete Dive Bar. I would stick with Mac's Tavern, but if you want the "full" experience you can hit that one up as well.

8/5/2013 10:05:21 PM

^^^awesome

[Edited on August 5, 2013 at 10:06 PM. Reason : ^^^]

8/5/2013 10:05:52 PM

Philadelphia: not as shitty as Detroit!!! . . . .. . . . .yet

8/5/2013 10:17:09 PM

Got my cheesesteak today, went by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, by the Benjamin Franklin National Monument, ate at Reading Market, saw Pacific Rim at a real IMAX, and found an awesome ice cream place.

8/6/2013 11:31:26 PM

a lot less brotherly love than I was expecting

8/6/2013 11:34:18 PM

8/7/2013 12:42:43 AM

the only time i was in philly

8/7/2013 9:14:20 AM

haha

gg, BHS

8/7/2013 9:16:19 AM

It's been 9 or 10 years since I visited so hopefully it got better, but man I was dissappointed in Philly. So much history and awesome things to see/visit, but the people sucked, the city/downtown was dirty, and there were homeless people everywhere.

8/7/2013 9:55:50 AM

Philly is such an amazing city. One of my favorites. Lots of cool neighborhoods, so many great restaurants and bars, and somehow it's still pretty affordable (that's probably changing fast, though). I love how narrow most of the streets are; it's built at a very human scale.


30th St Station


Philly has some of my favorite residential streets in the US


Rittenhouse Square is consistently named one of the best public spaces in the country


Jim's Steaks is my favorite in the area around center city (ignore the tourist traps of Pat's and Geno's, but if you do go there choose Pat's)


South Street is kind of a shitshow but fun


Would love to live on a street like this some day


Reading Terminal is amazing


In addition to all of the famous murals, there's a lot of cool stuff like this

8/7/2013 10:05:20 AM

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"It's been 9 or 10 years since I visited so hopefully it got better, but man I was dissappointed in Philly. So much history and awesome things to see/visit, but the people sucked, the city/downtown was dirty, and there were homeless people everywhere."

goddam poor people

can't you see i'm on vacation?

[Edited on August 7, 2013 at 10:07 AM. Reason : ungrateful fucks]

8/7/2013 10:06:39 AM

That's a legitimate complaint about an iconic American city. Calm down, Dawg.

[Edited on August 7, 2013 at 10:10 AM. Reason : maybe not "the people" part]

8/7/2013 10:09:16 AM

Philly has definitely revitalized/gentrified significantly since 10 years ago.

http://articles.philly.com/2011-03-21/news/29171563_1_center-city-district-downtown-hotel-rooms

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"As our forthcoming "State of Center City" report shows, serious crimes have been reduced by half over the last 20 years, car burglaries by three-quarters. New landscaping, pedestrian-scale lighting, and signs create a welcoming environment day and night. We can enjoy 213 outdoor cafés and 328 percent more fine dining establishments (and have the waistlines to prove it). There's been a 95 percent increase in hotel rooms, and the state-of-the-art, downtown convention center has just doubled in size."

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"Center City's population has increased 26 percent over the last two decades, to 93,000 residents, 63 percent of whom walk, bike, or take mass transit to work. The number of college-educated residents has jumped 27 percent in 20 years, while more than 17,000 children have been born to Center City families in the last 10 years."

8/7/2013 10:31:41 AM

8/7/2013 10:40:42 AM

i went to genos and it was fucking delicious. everyone gets their chest all puffed talking about god damned cheesesteak in philly. big whoop, its all good to me

8/7/2013 10:58:48 AM

Philadelphia is the trashiest city on the East Coast

8/7/2013 11:01:03 AM

^^ When we went to Philly last year (when that pic I posted was taken) I had a friend with me that had never been to Philly. He ate a Cheesesteak for every meal, even got a breakfast cheesesteak in the PHI airport the morning we left.

I couldn't get him to eat one with Cheez Wiz on it though, which is the true Philly experience.

[Edited on August 7, 2013 at 11:04 AM. Reason : a]

8/7/2013 11:03:05 AM

yeah i definitely got the cheese whiz, how could you not?

8/7/2013 11:21:17 AM

Well, that's what happens when you take a Braves fan to Philly

8/7/2013 11:23:28 AM

"yeah just smother it in ketchup kthanks"

8/7/2013 11:49:43 AM

We went to Atlanta for the series the year before. It was pretty much Charlotte south.

8/7/2013 11:50:49 AM

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"goddam poor people can't you see i'm on vacation? "

You would have felt the same damn way if right across the street from the Liberty Bell, you had to step around the homeless guy lying in the middle of the fucking sidewalk and then having to basically ignore all the people begging for money around every corner. Yeah I understand that homeless and poor people are everywhere, but the city should at least try and keep them from loitering all around the "touristy" areas. Again this was 9-10 years ago so maybe it's better.

As for the people, I worked for about 4 months in that area and yes many of the people were straight up assholes. Maybe it was just the weather or something, but a lot the people acted like they hated life.

8/7/2013 1:41:10 PM

^
maybe philly is not for you?? is every city required to meet your personal standards?

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thats cool as fuck

[Edited on August 7, 2013 at 1:47 PM. Reason : .]

8/7/2013 1:45:59 PM

^^ It's definitely changed a lot. I hadn't been there in over a decade and was expecting the same things you describe. I saw none of it. Especially downtown and the South St. area.

[Edited on August 7, 2013 at 1:50 PM. Reason : a]

8/7/2013 1:50:01 PM

^^it's even cooler than just that picture shows. That's the outside of the magic gardens, I'm hoping to go there this weekend actually. it's a massive mosaic garden, very beautiful http://www.phillymagicgardens.org/

8/7/2013 2:13:36 PM

My only complaint about Philly is that on July 4th SEPTA delays/incompetence nearly resulted in me spending the night on a bench at the Trenton train station.

8/7/2013 2:18:23 PM

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"maybe philly is not for you?? is every city required to meet your personal standards?"

What does this even mean? It's my opinion of Philly based on my visits there 10 years ago. And yes I think cities like Philly, DC, New York, etc should try and keep the homeless and panhandlers away from the touristy areas. It's good for business/tourism for them to do so. You act like I am the only person who feels this way. I am not vacationing/visiting so I can see poor people. If I want to do that, I'll go to some of the neighborhoods in Fayetteville.


[Edited on August 7, 2013 at 3:03 PM. Reason : gh]

8/7/2013 3:03:02 PM

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"I am not vacationing/visiting so I can see poor people"

maybe you shouldn't go to philly then

8/7/2013 3:11:14 PM

8/7/2013 9:48:02 PM

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"I couldn't get him to eat one with Cheez Wiz on it though, which is the true Philly experience."

that's like going to mexico and getting Taco Bell all day


or something like that

8/7/2013 11:59:05 PM

8/8/2013 1:25:52 AM