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Every weekday you can get a free guided tour of Philadelphia's City Hall. If you aren't interested in the tour you can just go up for a view of the city from the top of William Penn's statue. The building itself is the largest free standing masonry structure in the world. The city just changed this and the tour is NO LONGER FREE. Leave a Comment Address: Broad and Market StsDirections: The middle of center city. Just look for William Penn's statue on top of the tower.
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 City Hall by EDavis
If you look closely you'll see, City Hall is embellished with a statues. I once read that it has more art work on it than any other building in the world. I find that a little hard to believe but I can tell you that you can spend hours searching for all of them. Leave a Comment
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 by acemjLeave a Comment
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I admit that I'm one of the people that overlook this fantastic building. I take it for granted since it's Philly's City Hall. However, it also is the world's tallest masonry building! William Penn (The founder of Pennsylvania, go figure) is the bronze statue at the top. This is just one of hundreds of sculptures at the site. His statue is also the tallest atop any building in the world. There's a great observation deck where you can have an expansive view of the city. For more unique legends, go ahead and look up the "Curse of William Penn".
Tours for non school groups are noon to 4:15 M-F. Leave a Comment
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Building took 30 years to complete at a cost of over $23 million and at that time there was a law created that stated no building was allowed to eclipse the statue which stands 30 feet from the top. You can get a view of the city from the observation deck. Leave a Comment Address: Broad and Market Streets
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 by richiecdisc
This surrounded by scaffolding for so long, I was mesmerized when I firt saw it out in the open. It's one of the most impressive building in the US and it's stragetic central location makes for a grand entrance if you drive up Broad Street. Leave a Comment Address: Intersection of Broad & Market.
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A little known fact is that the public is allowed to go to the top of City Hall. It's actually pretty high, and you have a fantastic 360 deg view of the surrounding areas. There is a charge, and only about 5-7 people are allowed up at one time, but there are very few visitors that it shouldn't be a problem to go up once to get to the desk. Also, there are some plaques and displays concerning the construction of city hall.
Also, the building is under going a large facelift. They are washing the years of dirt and grime from the facade of the building. One half of the building was complete the last time I was home, and it looked really amazing. It's got great architecture; take the time to enjoy it. Leave a Comment Address: Broad and Market StreetsDirections: Center City - once inside follow the footpath directions to the top
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City hall tours are 12:30 pm Monday-Friday, and take 1.5 to 2 hours.
Tower Tours are given from 9:30 am to 4:15 pm. You get to stand directly under the William Penn statue atop City Hall. Be aware that during the school year, the tours are reserved for school groups until noon. Timed tickets are available at the Tour Information Center.
For more information call 215.686.2840 Leave a Comment
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It took me a while to realize after having lived here for years that you can actually do a (free... what used to be free adn i am sure still is) tour of city hall that is actually QUITE interesting -- I've done it several times now with all my friends who have come to visit me from abroad... you take the elevator up the tower - which mind you, is by far, NOT the tallest building, but its really preety and the view is great - especially on a clear day. then they take you around city hall and tell you a little history adn neat facts (stuff i never knew!) and even outside the hall - there's 4 sides to the building and each one represents a different season of the year! ... its really quit e interesting... Address: city hall - near market street - CAN't Miss IT :)
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