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Attractions & Events: With moving places like the Liberty Bell Center and Independence Hall, Philadelphia is full of history. But the Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Barnes Foundation make artistic achievement another notable characteristic of city's vibrant cultural scene.
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City of Brotherly Love hosts Magna Carta
June 29, 2007, 4:48 pm
When they're not scarfing down charred hot dogs or craning sunburned necks skyward to ooh and ahh over Fourth of July fireworks displays, Americans might pause Wednesday to consider the Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution. More on the new exhibit at Philadelphia's... » View Article
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Hear the unheard of at electronic musicfest
May 31, 2007, 12:00 pm
The Electro-Music Festival plugs in big-time with a generous sampling of the unconventional. It's not a Star Trek convention, but the annual Electro-Music Festival arouses similar passion and commitment. Now in its third year, the event - for lovers of theremins, vintage synths and vocoders,... » View Article
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Synagogue designed by Wright designated historic
May 8, 2007, 12:49 pm
The only synagogue ever designed by Frank Lloyd Wright has been designated a National Historic Landmark. Beth Sholom, a soaring glass-and-concrete temple just outside Philadelphia, began welcoming worshippers nearly 50 years ago. On Sunday, the National Park Service recognized it as one of the... » View Article
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George Washington's Philadelphia
April 16, 2007, 11:11 am
George Washington's Philadelphia By Richard Grant George Washington was a Philadelphian. He lived more of his adult life in Philadelphia than anywhere else, except his beloved farm Mount Vernon in Virginia. In 1776, Philadelphia was the second largest city in the British... » View Article
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Travel: Philly, flowers, food and Franklin
April 3, 2007, 1:50 pm
Glorious old hotels face park squares established in Colonial times. Architecture from the 1700s mingles easily with ultra-modern art and soaring skyscrapers. Philadelphia is ultra-hip and thoroughly modern yet every bit as Colonial-quaint as the Betsy Ross house and City Tavern. Whether you're... » View Article
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A neighborhood small on space, but big on culture
March 28, 2007, 1:56 pm
Chinatown remains an Asian cultural center despite city construction. Philadelphia's Chinatown is small in size, but what it lacks in city blocks, it makes up for in rich history, deliciously diverse foods and handfuls of surprises. Historically, most Chinatowns, including ... » View Article
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Collective Creation, in Philadelphia and Beyond
March 21, 2007, 11:43 am
The city of brotherly — and sisterly — love is home to an unusual number of art collectives, specialized communities of shared interests in which groups of artists work and, often, live together under one roof. And there are more of them than ever in town at present, thanks to “Locally... » View Article
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Phood and Phun in Philadelphia: The Perfect Girls' Getaway
January 29, 2007, 3:14 pm
Philadelphia has way more to offer than colonial history, settings from the Rocky movies, and South Street. From anywhere in the mid-Atlantic, you can jet to Philadelphia for some fun shopping, dining, and luxury spa excursions. Philadelphia as an escape...who knew? The Westin is a... » View Article
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It Happened First in Philadelphia
March 9, 2007, 12:32 pm
Many of America'slandmarks and modern inventions can trace their histories back to Philadelphia.   As one of the original and successful colonies in the United States, Philadelphia is known as a city of historical ‘firsts,’ and has many entertaining and historical attractions that portray... » View Article
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Philadelphia has plenty to offer, even for those who aren't members
February 6, 2007, 12:33 pm
Philadelphia is sometimes described as having an inferiority complex. Right in the middle of the East Coast megalopolis that runs from Washington D.C. north to Boston, Philly often feels lost in the shadows of the Nation's Capital to the south and dwarfed by NYC to the north. But that inferiority... » View Article
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King Tut fever: Exhibit in Philadelphia is last of four stops on U.S. tour of nearly 130 ancient Egyptian artifacts
March 5, 2007, 7:54 pm
PHILADELPHIA — King Tutankhamun became perhaps the world’s oldest media darling when British archaeologists discovered his approximately 3,300-year-old tomb in 1922. A display of his treasures set traveling show attendance records when it went on nationwide tour in the ’70s. The Franklin... » View Article
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Philadelphia charged up over Franklin
January 29, 2007, 5:07 pm
Mim Swartz Denver Post Travel Editor PHILADELPHIA - Trail Benjamin Franklin's shadow along the cobblestone sidewalks in Philadelphia's compact historic district and see where this self-made man worked, worshiped, experimented, created and helped shape a new nation. ... » View Article
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36 Hours Philadelphia
January 29, 2007, 2:06 pm
PAY your respects to the Liberty Bell if you must, but linger too long on Independence Mall and history fatigue sets in. As the birthplace of the nation, Philadelphia can seem far less entertaining than educational. But look past all that and you will find a younger, more vibrant city emerging... » View Article
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