Uploaded September 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Built beginning in 1871, this $24 million limestone, granite and marble structure was the tallest building in the world until 1908 and is now the largest municipal building in the U.S.. Its 700-rooms, house the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the Philadelphia government. It's topped by the world's tallest statue on any building at 37-feet tall, and 53,000 pounds. That's just one of more than 250 statues that adorn the landmark inside and out. In the center of the building is a large, open courtyard called the Centre Square. You can take a look inside any week day and ride the 6-person elevator to the observation deck below The tower's statue.
Spruce Street Harbor Park is Philadelphia's best urban beach relaxation. It features rentable paddle boats and 25 hammocks-for-two which swing below thousands of multicolored LED strings in the trees. Each Saturday, Spruce hosts the Art Star Pop Up Market during which local artist gather to offer handcrafted art and home goods. The surrounding pop-up pubs offer some of the very best Pennsylvania craft beers for you to enjoy while playing on one of the two bocce ball courts. Walk across the floating bar and restaurant where you can enjoy blueberry beers and street tacos while relaxing on the large net-beds over the Delaware River.
Center City is the second most-populated downtown district in the United States at more than 200,000 residents. It features world-renown neighborhoods, like Chinatown, the French Quarter, Logan Square and Society Hill. Iconic sites in this district include Love Park, Friendship Gate, and the Reading Terminal Market.
There are truly innumerable iconic sites in Philadelphia and in this video we capture just twenty. These include: Delaware River, Spruce Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Penn's Landing, Irish Memorial, Elfreth's Alley, Masonic Temple downtown Philadelphia, the World's Largest Clothespin statue, Love Statue, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Rocky Statue, Washington Memorial Fountains, Eastern State Penitentiary, Rodin Museum, Joan d'Arc Memorial, Shakespeare Memorial, Free Library and Philadelphia Temple.
Built beginning in 1871, this $24 million limestone, granite and marble structure was the tallest building in the world until 1908 and is now the largest municipal building in the U.S.. Its 700-rooms, house the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the Philadelphia government. It's topped by the world's tallest statue on any building at 37-feet tall, and 53,000 pounds. That's just one of more than 250 statues that adorn the landmark inside and out. In the center of the building is a large, open courtyard called the Centre Square. You can take a look inside any week day and ride the 6-person elevator to the observation deck below The tower's statue.
Spruce Street Harbor Park is Philadelphia's best urban beach relaxation. It features rentable paddle boats and 25 hammocks-for-two which swing below thousands of multicolored LED strings in the trees. Each Saturday, Spruce hosts the Art Star Pop Up Market during which local artist gather to offer handcrafted art and home goods. The surrounding pop-up pubs offer some of the very best Pennsylvania craft beers for you to enjoy while playing on one of the two bocce ball courts. Walk across the floating bar and restaurant where you can enjoy blueberry beers and street tacos while relaxing on the large net-beds over the Delaware River.
Center City is the second most-populated downtown district in the United States at more than 200,000 residents. It features world-renown neighborhoods, like Chinatown, the French Quarter, Logan Square and Society Hill. Iconic sites in this district include Love Park, Friendship Gate, and the Reading Terminal Market.
There are truly innumerable iconic sites in Philadelphia and in this video we capture just twenty. These include: Delaware River, Spruce Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Penn's Landing, Irish Memorial, Elfreth's Alley, Masonic Temple downtown Philadelphia, the World's Largest Clothespin statue, Love Statue, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Rocky Statue, Washington Memorial Fountains, Eastern State Penitentiary, Rodin Museum, Joan d'Arc Memorial, Shakespeare Memorial, Free Library and Philadelphia Temple.
