South Street South Street was said to be the edgiest street in Philadelphia. We took a stroll down the street from 12th and South down to Penns Landing. There are no shortage of restaurants, bars, gift shops and boutiques. The facade of many stores need some fresh paint. Part of South Street seem a bit desolate. Not a bad place to walk around if you have couple hours to kill, but definitely not worth the hype, IMHO. Touring the City Double deckers are not rare, but look at the Big Red Pedicycle, a 15-person bike! Isn’t it cool? I also read there is a Philly Cheesesteak Tour, which take guests…

Center City to Art Museum 09-08-2018 Leaving St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, we headed north. The Gallery at 10th and Market was bleak, it’s under renovation and has no sign of any occupancy. Pennsylvania Convention Center to its west, however, looks grand. It was the Headhouse to Reading Terminal built in the 1890s, and was converted to Convention Center in the 1990s. Reading Terminal Markets The train shed behind the Headhouse is now the Reading Terminal Markets. At 3:30 in the afternoon, the market was crowded. Several vendor stalls had long lines of customers waiting for bakery, or meat and produce. One spice vendor has a full shelf of different spices, quite…