New York & the Mid-Atlantic Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

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highlighted even more when they’re
illuminated at night.

The Walk » City Hall is dead center down Broad
St; it’s visible the entire way. Entering from the south
portal, look for the keystone sculpture of Moses.

City Hall
The majestic 548-ft tall City Hall sits in
the center of the original orderly city
between the Delaware and Schuykill
Rivers. Standing at the intersection
of Market and Broad Sts, the avenues
shoot out in plumb-straight lines.
It was the world’s tallest occupied
building until 1909 and the tallest in
Philly until 1987. Check out the 250
sculptures including a 37-ft tall, 27-ton
statue of William Penn on the top.

The Walk » Walk through the east-side portal;
look for the Benjamin Franklin keystone. Tower and
building tours leave from here. The two-block stretch
of Market St isn’t the prettiest; turn left at 12th.

Reading Terminal Market
Housed in the railroad terminal since
1892 and renovated in the 1990s, the

Reading Terminal Market (%215-922-
2317; http://www.readingterminalmarket.org; 51 N 12th
St; h8am-5:30pm Mon-Sat, 9am-4pm Sun)
is a bustling cornucopia of cuisines,
crowded with tourists and locals at
lunchtime. The market has everything:
cheesesteaks, Amish crafts, regional
specialties, ethnic eats, top-quality
butchers, produce, cheese, flowers,
bakeries and more.

The Walk » Head west on Arch until you reach
JFK Plaza and Robert Indiana’s LOVE sculpture.
Good food trucks congregate here at lunchtime.

Comcast Center
An entrance to this skyscraper, the
tallest in the city, leads into a massive
all-glass atrium. On the back wall is the
world’s largest high-definition screen.
It’s always on, displaying curious,
sometimes trompe l’oeil images.

The Walk » Walking south on 17th you’ll pass a
Lichtenstein sculpture and several hotels. Go right
on Sansom for a block of nice little boutiques and
then left on 18th or 19th to return to Rittenhouse
Square.
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