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Wayward5oul -> RE: Philadelphia suggestions? (7/23/2015 1:38:51 PM)
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ORIGINAL: smileforme50
I'm probably too late for your trip now....but if you ever want to see some interesting art....Philly is loaded with it, and not just in the museums. There's a big thing called the Mural Arts Program that was started originally as a way to clean up graffitti. They commissioned artists to paint murals on buildings all over the city. You certainly can just pick them out on your own as you walk around town, but they also have some great tours.
Mural Arts Tours
I went on the "Love Letters" tour....was REALLY cool. I've seen these murals so many times before and now it's neat knowing the story behind them.
We ended up with one day entirely free, where we just hit the streets to see what we ran into, without an itinerary. I saw one of the murals, and remembered this post. Pulled the site up on my phone, and saw it has self-guided walking tours. Me and my buddy ended up doing both of them, and catching a lot of other cool places along the way. This was probably my favorite part of the trip. So thank you!
My pedometer logged us as walking 13 miles that day. It certainly felt like it.
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