“Whenever I tell people that I found an apartment in five days, they're always astonished. But that's the kind of stuff that the Philadelphia Center does. The Philadelphia Center taught me to embrace city living.”
Marne Litfin, Oberlin College
Fall 2005
University of Pennsylvania Weight and Eating Disorders, Research Intern
Overview
Philly’s like a big, small town. Thanks to the street grid system designed by Philadelphia Founding Father William Penn, the city is easy to navigate and perfect for day-to-day living.
A ten or twenty-minute walk from The Philadelphia Center, located in the heart of Center City, will take you to half a dozen theaters, several major art and science museums, South Street’s shopping, Old City’s galleries, the Kimmel Center, the Italian Market, Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, and a variety of restaurants.
A slightly longer walk takes you to the renowned collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Fairmount Park, the nation’s largest urban park (four times the size of New York City’s Central Park), where you can bike, hike, run, row, and rollerblade.