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Districts
- Philadelphia/Center City|Center City - home to LOVE Park, the Chestnut and Walnut shopping and dining districts, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia's beautiful city hall, and many museums and cultural attractions. Skyscrapers, designer shops, major restaurants such as Susanna Foo and Brasserie Perrier, and hotels such as the Ritz can all be found in Center City.
- Philadelphia/Old City|Old City - features the Liberty Bell, Constitution Hall, Independence Hall, as well as a burgeoning young artist and student community; this part of Philadelphia was also the location for MTV's The Real World: Philadelphia. Old City hosts a lot of night life activity: expect to see a young, professional crowd here on weekends.
- Philadelphia/Washington Square West|Washington Square West - 7th to Broad Street, Chestnut to South Street, squished in between Rittenhouse Square and Old City/Society Hill. Home of Antique Row and Mid-Town Village, two great shopping districts. Historic cobbled streets, theaters, restaurants and more.
- Philadelphia/South|South Philly - famous for its Italian heritage as well as being featured in Rocky, South Philly is also home to FDR Park and all of Philadelphia's major professional sports teams. You want a cheese steak? South Philly's where it's at: 9th and Passyunk Ave. That's all you need to know.
- Philadelphia/South|South Street - arguably the center of night life and urban activity in Philadelphia, South Street encompasses almost every kind of urban attitude you'd expect in a major city. Tattoo parlors, cheese steak joints, local designer clothing stores, restaurants, music venues, and local cafes line South Street from Penn's Landing up to about 10th street. Every night it seems as if there is a street festival going on here.
- Philadelphia/West|West Philly - From the Schuylkill River to Cobb's Creek. Includes University City, Powelton Village and the Philadelphia Zoo. West Philadelphia is also well known for its turn of the century architecture found in its unique, brick twin style homes. From UPenn to 47th Street along Spruce or Pine is a great place for a stroll. West Philly is also home to much of Philadelphia's Fairmount Park system. Fairmount Park, the largest municipal park in the country, is home to Mann Music Center, the Philadelphia Zoo, and soon the Please Touch children's museum. On Sundays MLK Drive is closed to traffic so bring your Rollerblades!
- Philadelphia/West Philly|University City - home to the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University, and University of the Sciences in Philadelphia; not surprisingly, this area has a distinct college town feel and is the source of controversy over gentrification. However, before redevelopment this area of Philadelphia had crime enough to deter people from coming to school here. University City is also know as the Left Bank (an homage to Paris' Latin Quarter), as well as Philadelphia's international neighborhood because of the multitude of ethnicities living here. For a respite, check out Clark Park on Baltimore Ave at 43rd Street.
- Philadelphia/Manayunk|Manayunk - known as the city on a hill, Manayunk is home to many unique stores and shops as well as a thriving student and artist community. Manayunk also hosts an annual Arts Fest and the main climb for the Philadelphia International Cycling Championship in summer months.
- Philadelphia/East Falls|East Falls - home to Philadelphia University, Drexel University College of Medicine, and Women's Medical College (the first women's medical school in the world), which is currently being renovated into a mixed-used development by a team that includes Philadelphia's own Wulff Architects. The end of Kelly Drive culminates at East Falls; take the bridge over the Schuylkill River to MLK Drive to continue your 8 mile bike ride back down to the Art Museum.
- Philadelphia/Far Northeast|Far Northeast
- Philadelphia/Art Museum Area|Art Museum Area - The Art Museum area is more than just that. Though it is the seat of one the finest art collections in the world (you must see the Impressionist gallery), it also encompasses the Philadelphia Free Library, the Franklin Institute, the Eastern State Penitentiary (where Al Capone sat idle for many years), and an up and coming residential neighborhood that includes galleries, restaurants, and bars just east of the Parkway off of Spring Garden Street and Fairmount Ave. Kelly Drive, the most popular recreational destination in the city with bike and running paths, as well as historic Boathouse Row, begins just behind the art museum.
- Philadelphia/Mt. Airy|Mt. Airy - North By Northwest. Mr. Airy is a residential neighborhood that could be described as eclectic, with its main streets crossing at the site of a natural food co-op. Young families tend to live here on many tree-lined streets.
- Philadelphia/Northern Liberties|Northern Liberties - the latest trendy neighborhood in Philadelphia among students, young professionals and artists is also home to many galleries and shops worth seeing. NoLib, as its residents call it, is fast becoming Philadelphia's version of SoHo with artist lofts, architecturally-conscious condo developments, and plenty of entertainment from bowling, to clubs, to restaurants.
- Philadelphia/Society Hill-Queen Village|Society Hill-Queen Village - one of Philadelphia's oldest neighborhoods, site of Gloria Dei (Old Swede's) Church. Walking around Queen Village will give you a taste of what Ben Franklin might have experienced in Philly when he was alive, as well as give you a peek at Philly's old European roots.
- Philadelphia/North|North - large area north of Center City.
- Philadelphia/Templetown|Templetown - neighborhood of Temple University's main campus, one mile north of City Hall.
- Philadelphia/Northeast|Northeast - for bargain shopping, Northeast Philadelphia is home to Franklin Mills Mall, with many popular brands having large outlet stores there
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