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Architecture Walking Tour: Gilded Age Philadelphia

Saturday, Aug 10 2:00p

Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia

Meet at steps of the Bellevue, 200 S. Broad St. Experience Philadelphia in the Gilded Age when wealthy industrialists turned to architecture to express money and power...

"Emergence of a Modern Metropolis: Philadelphia" walking tour

Thursday, Jun 20 2:00p

Center for Architecture, Philadelphia

Explore the social, economic, and political forces that helped transform Philadelphia from an engine of industry to a 21st Century capital of business and culture...

Xplore Philadelphia: Solve. Find. Race. Repeat

Saturday, Jul 20 1:00p

Field House Sports Bar, Philadelphia

X Plore is the newest Urban Adventure Racing Series! " Solve. Find. Race...

Architecture Walking Tour: Bella Vista

Sunday, Aug 4 2:00p

Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia

Meet SE corner of 10th & South Sts...

Architecture Walking Tour: Queen Village

Wednesday, Aug 21 6:00p

Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia

Meet front door of Olde Swedes Church, 916 S Swanson St. Explore this worker's neighborhood and be amazed by its history because it predates William Penn...

Architecture Walking Tour: Norristown

Saturday, Jul 6 10:00a

Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia

Meet at SEPTA Transportation Center R-100 platform, Lafayette & Swede Sts. Norristown is the oldest of the four suburban county seats, tracing its history to 1784...

Architecture Walking Tour: Ben Franklin’s Philadelphia

Wednesday, Jul 3 6:00p

Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia

Meet at entrance to Franklin Court, 312-22 Market St. Follow in the footsteps of this most famous "adopted" Philadelphian...

Architecture Walking Tour: Jewish Immigrant Philadelphia

Sunday, Jul 28 2:00p

Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia

Meet in front of Society Hill Synagogue, 418 Spruce St. Relive the Philadelphia experience of Eastern European Jews who settled along South Street in the late 19th century...

Architecture Walking Tour: Media

Wednesday, Aug 7 6:00p

Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia

Meet in front of Delaware County Court House, Front St. & Courthouse Square. Media was planned in the 1850s as the seat of Delaware County...

Architecture Walking Tour: Rittenhouse Square West

Saturday, Jun 29 2:00p

Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia

Meet at pool, center of Rittenhouse Sq...

Architecture Walking Tour: Classical Philadelphia

Saturday, Aug 31 10:00a

Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia

Meet at Penna. Hospital Gate, Pine St. between 8th & 9th Sts. Discover the Philadelphia known as "The Athens of America" in the early 19th century...

Architecture Walking Tour: Fishtown

Saturday, Jul 6 2:00p

Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia

Meet at statue of William Penn, Penn Treaty Park, N. Delaware Ave. at Columbia...

Architecture Walking Tour: Queen Village

Sunday, Jul 14 2:00p

Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia

Meet front door of Olde Swedes Church, 916 S Swanson St. Explore this worker's neighborhood and be amazed by its history because it predates William Penn...