Philadelphia and the Countryside - Press Room

Explore the gophila.com Visitor Site

Items Tagged: Architecture

The Comcast Holiday Spectacular

The Comcast Holiday Spectacular

The world’s largest LED screen, The Comcast Experience at the 57-story Comcast Center continues to impress with a Philadelphia holiday tradition for the 21st century. “The Comcast Holiday Spectacular” amazes onlookers of all ages by projecting original holiday imagery set to music. The 15-minute show, which runs from Thanksgiving to...

Credit: Photo by J. Holder for GPTMC

Tags: Architecture, Events, Holidays

The Comcast Holiday Spectacular

The Comcast Holiday Spectacular

The world’s largest LED screen, The Comcast Experience at the 57-story Comcast Center continues to impress with a Philadelphia holiday tradition for the 21st century. “The Comcast Holiday Spectacular” amazes onlookers of all ages by projecting original holiday imagery set to music. The 15-minute show, which runs from Thanksgiving to...

Credit: Photo by J. Holder for GPTMC

Tags: Architecture, Events, Holidays

The Comcast Holiday Spectacular

The Comcast Holiday Spectacular

The world’s largest LED screen, The Comcast Experience at the 57-story Comcast Center continues to impress with a Philadelphia holiday tradition for the 21st century. “The Comcast Holiday Spectacular” amazes onlookers of all ages by projecting original holiday imagery set to music. The 15-minute show, which runs from Thanksgiving to...

Credit: Photo by J. Holder for GPTMC

Tags: Architecture, Events, Holidays

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, founded in 1805 in Philadelphia, is the nation’s oldest art museum and school. Housed in a landmark Gothic Victorian building, the museum offers one of the world’s finest collections of American painting and sculpture....

Credit: Photo by B. Krist for GPTMC

Tags: Architecture, Arts & Culture, Museums & Attractions

Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building

Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building

A dramatic restoration has transformed this 1927 Art Deco building into the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s new 59,000-square-foot annex. Just steps from the museum’s main building, the Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building houses an education center, archives, library, café and several exhibition spaces, including a new fashion and textile...

Credit: Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC

Tags: Architecture, Arts & Culture, Museums & Attractions

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

The $265 million Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, a soaring, glass-enclosed facility on the Avenue of the Arts, is home to The Philadelphia Orchestra, Peter Nero and the Philly Pops®, Philadanco, The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and American Theater Arts for Youth....

Credit: Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC

Tags: Architecture, Music, Performing Arts, Theaters

Benjamin Franklin Memorial, The Franklin Institute

Benjamin Franklin Memorial, The Franklin Institute

The heroic, 30-foot statue of Benjamin Franklin presides over the octagonal Benjamin Franklin Memorial Chamber, which was inspired by the Pantheon in Rome, at his namesake institute in Philadelphia. The Franklin Institute is the oldest organization in the United States devoted to the study and promotion of mechanical arts and...

Credit: Photo by B. Krist for GPTMC

Tags: Architecture, Museums & Attractions

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

The $265 million Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, a soaring, glass-enclosed facility on the Avenue of the Arts is home to The Philadelphia Orchestra, Peter Nero and the Philly Pops®, Philadanco, The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and American Theater Arts for Youth....

Credit: Photo by B. Krist for GPTMC

Tags: Architecture, Music, Performing Arts, Theaters

Philadelphia Skyline

Philadelphia Skyline

In the forefront, the Philadelphia Museum of Art rises majestically at the end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Constructed of Minnesota Dolomite and completed in 1928, the museum covers 10 acres and houses more than 200,000 works spanning 2,000 years. In the back of the photo, the Comcast Center towers...

Credit: Photo by B. Krist for GPTMC

Tags: Architecture, Arts & Culture, Icons, Museums & Attractions, Skylines

  • First
  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • Next
  • Last