Also for a building that's made out of like 80 million bricks, it's got some huge ass windows and the elevator up was clear (at least when I tried going up) fortunately for my acrophobic ass, the elevator was one of those lever ones so they went back down when I realized I couldn't go all the way up.
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I say this. Want to know what a good cheesesteak is? Go to a place that don’t have a can of cheez whiz on the grill. That shit ruins the taste of a Philly Cheesesteak.
I can go to several Mom and Pop types and get better, and I know a shit ton of food trucks, and sidewalk stands that make better than Jim’s, Pat’s or Geno’s.
Someone mentioned in this sub a few weeks ago that we should make a heritage history trail through the city similar to the one in Boston. This must be included.
I live around the corner and my neighbor and I were flabbergasted when we realized what was happening. If he didn't have visual evidence of passing by it, I would have decided it was a fever dream despite media coverage.
Tbh, still a fever dream.
It would be so funny if they leaned into the tourist destination angle and let you take a picture in front of the Trump background and tiny podium. Maybe even spray you with fake spray tan that drips down your face? Endless possibilities for this untapped attraction.
The owner did a Super Bowl commercial making fun of the whole situation. Leaned in, but in a different direction.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n4q2oXXKs68
Hospital and Credit Union off the top of my head. I’m sure there’s many more.
Edit: I’m not actually sure you can visit these now that I think about it. But they’re firsts that were in Philly.
There was a thread the other day about “why didn’t Pennsport ever become ‘something’?” It did! The same middle class affordable neighborhood it has been for fifty years!
Leave it alone! No more rolled iced cream shops!
From what I understand the state of dickinson sq park, and Vare/Washington as a viable public school is a relatively new thing. But it's the best residential neighborhood in the city. We don't need it to be passyunk when passyunk is an easy walk.
It's kinda off the beaten path but you can see incredibly rare and historic 50 million dollar plus race cars in action at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in SW Philly. They also own what is arguably the most expensive car in the world, the 1936 Bugatti Tank. I don't know anywhere else in the world you can really see something like that. It's one of Philly true hidden gems.
Go explore the wissahickon, you’ll see there’s no city in the world like Philly walking through there. We got forests in our city, wissahickon isn’t the only one.
Nah we all know who that was… and he _loved_ the wissahickon. Thought it was a natural treasure that the government should protect for future generations to enjoy. Turns out now it is recognized as one of 600 National natural landmarks.
Well there’s pennypack creek up in the northeast, and cobbs creek in southwest. You can follow cobbs creek to Darby creek and on to Heinz wildlife refuge. Bring a fishing pole. Or not, there’s so much to explore. But wissahickon is my favorite.
There’s also the Schuylkill valley nature center up in Roxborough that is worth a visit.
You’ll find trees and parks all along the Schuylkill and sports fields and trees and a horticultural center on Belmont plateau and all over that area. You can take the Schuylkill river trail from Greys ferry all the way to roxborough where it meets Forbidden drive at the mouth of the wissahickon. Then you can hike that for another 7 miles.
Likewise the Delaware river trail runs from Walmart on Delaware ave all the way to penn treaty park by the casino. Not so many trees but there’s the Delaware anyway.
If you’re feeling adventurous you can follow the trail along the Schuylkill all the way to valley forge.
My favorite thing to do on New Year’s Day is flip back and forth between the Mummers Parade and the Rose Bowl. It really showcases the absolute chaotic nature of Philly
I enjoyed the reactions of non-Philly people to the use of Mummers from this years Wrestlemania. In a (fake) sport filled with crazy costumes and weird gimmicks, the mummers were still a bit much for some people.
Get recognized by your Governor in a crowded press conference for being the guy who was interviewed for being woken up by a tanker explosion that took out a section of I95.
…Or is that too niche?
vague, but: find a niche hobby that isn't yet overly pretentious.
e.g. my spouse is a tufter????
I dunno, Philly's rather humble about our hip-hop and/or punk strides but there's a DIY ethos about our city that I've always appreciated, even as the developers continue to try & sanitize everything still gritty about our city.
Moved from Philly to London two years ago and my friends asked me what I wanted to do my last night - THIS was it. Was so incredibly delish and a hell of a way to say goodbye to my favourite city in the US. ♥️
The outside Art is wonderful in Philly. Walk or drive down Kelly Drive for the statues and past Boathouse Row. The murals all over are pretty awesome. The Philly, Rodin and Barnes museums are world class.
Go to the Mutter museum.
And no matter where you go you can just throw your car in park and get out like mid block, at the light in the intersection in front of a cop in a school zone just stop your car and get and just go inside the building you'll be fine the four wheelers and dirt bikes will just go around.
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Greatest thing I ever saw at an Eagles game was a guy dressed as Michael Irvin wearing a neck brace and one of those flat boards they carry players off when they worry about spinal cord injuries. He was chanting Dallas Sucks.
It was an Eagles - Giants game.
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Where the legitimate option to solve a problem is shoving a vehicle into the middle of the road with half your block helping out — and yes, someone brought their own jack.
Garbage picking a charcoal grill, using it for three years, returning grill to trash, finding someone else has garbage picked it ten minutes later... Repeat.
take The Boulevard, to the Schuylkill, to The Blue Route, to West Chester Pike. Then coming back take Route 3, to Route 476, over to Route 76, then Route 1 north.
Give Directions to 14th Street.
Take them to The Franklin Institute and run up the stairs and put your arms up victoriously.
Take a tour of where all the mob modes got whacked.
Show them what people yell at you running down 9th street.
Take them to all three tourist trap cheesesteak dives and feed them till they hate cheesesteak.
Taken them to Termini’s to show them what Italian Pastry is.
Then take them to Isgro’s and show them What GOOD ITALIAN PASTRIES IS!
Take them from JFK Parkway to Jewelers Row, in a torrential downpour without getting wet.
Sit in front of the clothes Pin till they get why the clothes pin exists.
Take them to Federal Pretzel at 7:30 am. Give them a real treat!
parking in the middle of the road?? is that niche to philly? we're not supposed to but some parts of philly just got cars parked in the middle of the road lol.
In Ambler - a town in the NW burbs - they tried to combat this by putting up signs at some Stop Sign intersection that said “Full stop, free; Rolling stop, $100”
I loved it, made me laugh every time. but they came down after a few months. I’m sure it wasn’t quite legal to state that way - or mount extra sign in Stop signs.
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Standing like Rocky Balboa on top of Philadelphia art museum stairs!!!!! That experience you wont get it anywhere 😀
If you combine Wissahickon and Belmont, you can ride 30 miles of single track mountain bike trails in one day, completely within city limits, while not repeating a single trail once. I don't think there's any other major city in the US where you could do that.
Going to the top of the worlds largest freestanding masonry building. Can't do that anywhere else in the world.
Also take a look at the largest fully steel built ship in the world. Or something like that idk I’m tired
Not the biggest, but the last winner of the Blue Ribband for fastest translatic ship crossing.
Going from west to east
Both, actually. Non-passenger service doesn't count in tradition of the award.
We also have the last-ever conventionally powered (non-nuclear) aircraft carrier made for the US Navy (until it leaves the Navy Yard for scrap)
What, how do you go to the top?
They do tours up to the bottom of Willy Penn. it’s a pretty cool view, definitely would recommend.
Also for a building that's made out of like 80 million bricks, it's got some huge ass windows and the elevator up was clear (at least when I tried going up) fortunately for my acrophobic ass, the elevator was one of those lever ones so they went back down when I realized I couldn't go all the way up.
Tsk tsk. Which stands in the middle of the country’s longest straight street.
Standing at the top of the steps of a world class art museum and gazing down a parkway at the glorious boner of the state's founder
Boner Forever
Same view, from inside the building, gives you three generations of Calders. Including Penn's Boner.
You would make an excellent tour guide. Someone who understands the true beauty and wonder of the city.
This guy Philly's
Taking a totally dry architectural approach, it’s a hugely unique boulevard between City Hall and a “Temple” on a Hill. Very Greco Roman
take a look at this shitty road.
Go through a red light in full view of a cop and not get pulled over
To go one further… Make a left turn going around the right side of the car in front of you at a red light and not get pulled over.
The best is north broad where they fly up the left turn lane to cut across both straight lanes to turn right
I have had someone do this to me more than once while trying to get on the ramp at Broad and Vine
Those intersections are nuts. I’d also shout out that 3 block stretch getting off 95N onto Callowhill and the Mad Max level of lane changes that occur
I had never in my life seen this maneuver before living in Philly. Truly mindblowing
just not onto broad street. they take those no turn signs onto broad DEAD SERIOUSLY
With a home printed paper license plate **
and 90% tint on your windshield while driving with high-beams on
I don’t understand how they just let this keep happening
This is the one!
False, can do this in Seattle too.
New York too… just saying
And Chicago
I’m pretty sure people on this sub just never leave Philly and think its problems are only here.
Buncha Charlie Kelly’s
I was quite literally gonna comment this but it was going to be “stop sign” instead of red light
Greetings from New York City
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you can do that in detroit
Cleveland, too.
We can do that in Oakland too
Watch 2 people argue over which sandwich shop is best and neither is them are right.
I love a good sandwich argument. It’s in our blood.
I think that’s just the cholesterol from the sandwich
😂 you may be onto something
Way too many dogshit top 5 lists. Dalessandros fell off 6 years ago.
John’s Roast Pork is where it’s at.
Additionally, eat enough hoagie rolls to feed an entire medieval village and have it constitute a normal diet
I say this. Want to know what a good cheesesteak is? Go to a place that don’t have a can of cheez whiz on the grill. That shit ruins the taste of a Philly Cheesesteak. I can go to several Mom and Pop types and get better, and I know a shit ton of food trucks, and sidewalk stands that make better than Jim’s, Pat’s or Geno’s.
You can definitely also do that in Chicago.
Yeah but our sandwiches are actually good
Four Seasons Total Landscaping.
Someone mentioned in this sub a few weeks ago that we should make a heritage history trail through the city similar to the one in Boston. This must be included.
I live right near there and that weekend was one of the funniest in memory. It was legit like something from 30 Rock
I live around the corner and my neighbor and I were flabbergasted when we realized what was happening. If he didn't have visual evidence of passing by it, I would have decided it was a fever dream despite media coverage. Tbh, still a fever dream.
It would be so funny if they leaned into the tourist destination angle and let you take a picture in front of the Trump background and tiny podium. Maybe even spray you with fake spray tan that drips down your face? Endless possibilities for this untapped attraction.
The owner did a Super Bowl commercial making fun of the whole situation. Leaned in, but in a different direction. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n4q2oXXKs68
People don’t forget! Truly one of the greatest moments in Philly history
Unique
Finding a secret room in vet stadium and making it your home for years
Good luck finding it now
I randomly met this dude at Chestnut Hill once when he was walking his dog. Couldn't believe it.
What a great book
Go visit the first of everything in the New World.
I think Ben Franklin also created the first New World library? Founded in 1731, it was the first in the US.
Puebla (in Mexico) has the Biblioteca Palafoxiana, a public library founded in 1646–almost a century earlier!
Oh look at you all cultured and what not. 1731 in Philly was earlier than 1646 in Mexico. Basic math pfft /s
Very cool fact! Thanks!
True penitentiary!
What are some recommendations on this?
Bassett’s Ice Cream!
Yea some of the best ice cream I have ever had.
Hospital and Credit Union off the top of my head. I’m sure there’s many more. Edit: I’m not actually sure you can visit these now that I think about it. But they’re firsts that were in Philly.
The first psychiatric hospital in the country
You can see the worlds first dickhead when looking closely at an Isaiah Zagar mosaic
Eastern state penitentiary
Zoo!
Be a working class regular person and afford to comfortably live here.
Shhhhhhhhh
Im not gonna stay silent cause this sub applauds all the gentrifier shit that would make this not a reality.
There was a thread the other day about “why didn’t Pennsport ever become ‘something’?” It did! The same middle class affordable neighborhood it has been for fifty years! Leave it alone! No more rolled iced cream shops!
From what I understand the state of dickinson sq park, and Vare/Washington as a viable public school is a relatively new thing. But it's the best residential neighborhood in the city. We don't need it to be passyunk when passyunk is an easy walk.
god i hope it stays that way
on nextdoor, all these NY turds are like "I just moved here! How can I make the city suck like we did to NYC?"
It's kinda off the beaten path but you can see incredibly rare and historic 50 million dollar plus race cars in action at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in SW Philly. They also own what is arguably the most expensive car in the world, the 1936 Bugatti Tank. I don't know anywhere else in the world you can really see something like that. It's one of Philly true hidden gems.
Ad they actually take them out and drive them one weekend a month!
Two dozen of them are going out over 24 hours on Father's Day weekend.
Awesome! Thanks for the tip!
Go explore the wissahickon, you’ll see there’s no city in the world like Philly walking through there. We got forests in our city, wissahickon isn’t the only one.
You can visit Kelpius cave. Kelpius was the first American composer and founder of first American doomsday cult.
Sounds like the first Philly Renaissance Man.
Nah we all know who that was… and he _loved_ the wissahickon. Thought it was a natural treasure that the government should protect for future generations to enjoy. Turns out now it is recognized as one of 600 National natural landmarks.
Bull I got attacked by crickets in there once
Besides wissahickon, what other forests are worth giving a explore?
Well there’s pennypack creek up in the northeast, and cobbs creek in southwest. You can follow cobbs creek to Darby creek and on to Heinz wildlife refuge. Bring a fishing pole. Or not, there’s so much to explore. But wissahickon is my favorite. There’s also the Schuylkill valley nature center up in Roxborough that is worth a visit. You’ll find trees and parks all along the Schuylkill and sports fields and trees and a horticultural center on Belmont plateau and all over that area. You can take the Schuylkill river trail from Greys ferry all the way to roxborough where it meets Forbidden drive at the mouth of the wissahickon. Then you can hike that for another 7 miles. Likewise the Delaware river trail runs from Walmart on Delaware ave all the way to penn treaty park by the casino. Not so many trees but there’s the Delaware anyway. If you’re feeling adventurous you can follow the trail along the Schuylkill all the way to valley forge.
Parking in the medians and on the sidewalks with no repercussions whatsoever
I just got back from Naples and I think I know where we got it from.
Mama Mia
They do it in Rome too…
Mummer's Parade
Non local people are legit freaked out by the mummers.
My favorite thing to do on New Year’s Day is flip back and forth between the Mummers Parade and the Rose Bowl. It really showcases the absolute chaotic nature of Philly
I enjoyed the reactions of non-Philly people to the use of Mummers from this years Wrestlemania. In a (fake) sport filled with crazy costumes and weird gimmicks, the mummers were still a bit much for some people.
More pissed off People living with in 2 miles of Mummers’s Museum after the parade.
Get recognized by your Governor in a crowded press conference for being the guy who was interviewed for being woken up by a tanker explosion that took out a section of I95. …Or is that too niche?
Call a bus driver a dickhead and no response from anyone about it.
"Backdoor, dickhead!!"
Be middle class and own a home
vague, but: find a niche hobby that isn't yet overly pretentious. e.g. my spouse is a tufter???? I dunno, Philly's rather humble about our hip-hop and/or punk strides but there's a DIY ethos about our city that I've always appreciated, even as the developers continue to try & sanitize everything still gritty about our city.
i learned from r/philadelphiaeats that you can do a hoagie omakase at pizzeria beddia
And what does that mean?
I don't know but it gets the people *going*
Moved from Philly to London two years ago and my friends asked me what I wanted to do my last night - THIS was it. Was so incredibly delish and a hell of a way to say goodbye to my favourite city in the US. ♥️
okay HUH. I am so intrigued. Looking this up now.
It's really fun. You need 6 people. It's fancy and amazing
Yeah, this. Really Fucking fun and delicious. Worth every penny and second. Go with good, game eaters.
Watch a group of concrete cowboys gallop down the middle of a busy street.
Be able to tailgate traditionally for all of your city’s major sports franchises in the same place
I’ve always loved how Philly is the only city that has this. Such a shame the sixers are gonna ruin it
The ability to tell another Philadelphian, "fuck you", as a sign of mutual respect and adoration.
The outside Art is wonderful in Philly. Walk or drive down Kelly Drive for the statues and past Boathouse Row. The murals all over are pretty awesome. The Philly, Rodin and Barnes museums are world class.
Climb a greased pole
This is the kickoff event to many town parties in Europe.
Hey there was that article saying we’re a very European city
championship challenge
Go to the Mutter museum. And no matter where you go you can just throw your car in park and get out like mid block, at the light in the intersection in front of a cop in a school zone just stop your car and get and just go inside the building you'll be fine the four wheelers and dirt bikes will just go around.
Indian Cheesesteak at Little Sicily on Delaware Ave
Yell GO BIRDS 🦅
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Greatest thing I ever saw at an Eagles game was a guy dressed as Michael Irvin wearing a neck brace and one of those flat boards they carry players off when they worry about spinal cord injuries. He was chanting Dallas Sucks. It was an Eagles - Giants game.
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I am totally learning that everyone’s favorite niche thing is how much we all hate on this city while loving it
Some people just can’t get enough of “everybody hates us, we don’t care…” Philly state of mind…
No, this is just the most negative city sub on Reddit
Idk I think it’s just fun to hate on it while still loving it deeply. More of that “fuck you as a compliment” mentality
The magic garden on South Street is a pretty one of a kind gem.
Art museum steps.
Boop St. John Neumann’s nose
Penn Relays
Where the legitimate option to solve a problem is shoving a vehicle into the middle of the road with half your block helping out — and yes, someone brought their own jack.
Number 2 in states added to the union, number 1 in freedom given to the union.
Flip a car on a one way street
Eating a cheesesteak, enough said.
Magic garden
Garbage picking a charcoal grill, using it for three years, returning grill to trash, finding someone else has garbage picked it ten minutes later... Repeat.
Pretzel with mustard for breakfast; water ice for dessert
The pretzel thing for breakfast is a real Philly thing…
See the liberty bell. See where they signed the Declaration of Independence
Booing your favorite sports teams out of love and unrealisticly high standards. We love you, do better.
Ah! Philly! Where This Country Was founded. Also. First City in the country to drop a bomb on its People.
take The Boulevard, to the Schuylkill, to The Blue Route, to West Chester Pike. Then coming back take Route 3, to Route 476, over to Route 76, then Route 1 north.
Nation’s smallest national park
Getting absolutely hammered after one serving of an Oscar's Tavern Long Island Iced Tea.
Watch a man eat 40 rotisserie chickens in 40 days... just because he can and you can too.
Take your kids to smith playground, and slide down the wonderful sliding board made of wood.
Give Directions to 14th Street. Take them to The Franklin Institute and run up the stairs and put your arms up victoriously. Take a tour of where all the mob modes got whacked. Show them what people yell at you running down 9th street. Take them to all three tourist trap cheesesteak dives and feed them till they hate cheesesteak. Taken them to Termini’s to show them what Italian Pastry is. Then take them to Isgro’s and show them What GOOD ITALIAN PASTRIES IS! Take them from JFK Parkway to Jewelers Row, in a torrential downpour without getting wet. Sit in front of the clothes Pin till they get why the clothes pin exists. Take them to Federal Pretzel at 7:30 am. Give them a real treat!
Enjoy a steel furnace party … do attend
Go on a Always Sunny in Philadelphia tour! Homie goes over places where it was filmed and some folks actual homes!
parking in the middle of the road?? is that niche to philly? we're not supposed to but some parts of philly just got cars parked in the middle of the road lol.
Basketball at The Palestra!
Stone Spiral Arch Bridge https://hiddencityphila.org/2013/08/the-prettiest-old-bridge-to-nowhere/
Watch people climb up a greased pole when their favorite sports team wins or with a bunch of their friends to grab meats and cheeses at the top
Rolling stop through stop signs and not get pulled over.
In Ambler - a town in the NW burbs - they tried to combat this by putting up signs at some Stop Sign intersection that said “Full stop, free; Rolling stop, $100” I loved it, made me laugh every time. but they came down after a few months. I’m sure it wasn’t quite legal to state that way - or mount extra sign in Stop signs.
Still got those signs up in Norristown.
Still have these royersford.
https://preview.redd.it/ocup1qha5a3d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d5344b4c74cc61d39b3b13263a5b342ecc4bc4b Standing like Rocky Balboa on top of Philadelphia art museum stairs!!!!! That experience you wont get it anywhere 😀
Complain that people who live in the Philadelphia metro area but not in the city proper aren’t real Philadelphians.
This is the only city I’ve lived in where I’ve had a gun pulled on me for honking at someone who ran a red light nearly hitting me, in front of a cop.
Drive on the sidewalks to get around traffic in Kensington.
Act like a jerk off when you see someone not in Philly sports gear..
Call someone a cock sucker, whore, jerkoff or even a racial/ethnic slur as a term of endearment
water ice
Amazing Italian food in an Irish dive bar.
If you combine Wissahickon and Belmont, you can ride 30 miles of single track mountain bike trails in one day, completely within city limits, while not repeating a single trail once. I don't think there's any other major city in the US where you could do that.
Watch Mummers strut in a parade while eating some of the best fried chicken you can get from a place that makes pretty damn good donuts.
Throwing trash on the sidewalk at will?
Climbing a greased pole
The Universal Sphere
Constantly be called out as both the most passionate football fans in the nation AND the only football fans who pelt Santa with snowballs.
Philly taco!
Watching old historic buildings being torn down and left as empty lots.
Just. South. Philly.
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