Brian,
The trick is to isolate what is unique about Philly:
1. The Art Museum.
2. City Hall and it 80 story tower (on tour during the day).
3. Manayunk and the South Street shopping districts with their unique stores
and restaurants.
4. Local clubs and bars with local bands.
5. Old City Historic District carriage rides.
6. The ENIAC display (and sometimes a tour) at the UPenn School of
Engineering.
7. Getting your picture taken with Ben Franklin reading a newspaper at
Locust Walk and 37th.
8. Shows at he the Tuttleman Omniverse theater, one of very few IMAX
theaters in the U.S.
9. The Franklin Institute, nuff said.
10. The Academy of Natural Sciences.
11. College basketball an Temple, St. Joe's, Villanova, La Salle and Drexel.
12. First Friday at the Old City art district and other art galleries in the
city like Space 1026 and ICA. Granted other cities do this, but very few.
13. You fill in the rest!!!
Mario Giorno
Communications Research Technician
Health Communications
Annenberg School for Communication
University of Pennsylvania
3620 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 898-7046
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From: Brian Siano [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 10:33 AM
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Subject: Re: [UC] Creative class? What's so hip about Philly?
Richard Hotchkiss wrote:
> An up-and-coming 22 year old from my company was here in Philly
> overnight on Sun and Mon last week for a seminar. Being 22, she
> toured South St. the first night. On Monday, she asked me what there
> was for her to do here. It had to be at night, since she had to be at
> the seminar during the day. I was like, uh . . . ah . . . what is
> there for a young, short-term visiting smarty to do in this city on a
> Monday night? It has to not be fuddy-duddy; it can't be something
> that you could do just anywhere (like eat, or see a movie, or shop at
> a national chain); all it has to be is less than 10 years old, unique,
> and open at night. (Oh, and hopefully it's a place where her
> boyfriend will feel comfortable too - so probably no gay dance
> clubs.) Got any ideas? Let me know, maybe someday a smart young
> person will visit Philly again, and hopefully this time Philly won't
> fail us. Every day, Philly has a chance to impress itself upon the
> movers and shakers of the next decade . . . and statistically and
> anecdotally, it's failing.
There's some nice spots around the Art Museum area that might work,
there's the region around 2nd and 3rd streets just north of Market, and
then there's Manyunk, which makes for a nice stroll up and down the main
drag. That's all I can think off offhand, which probably makes me a
really boring date.
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