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My Favorite Place: Rare Book Department At FLP

Join Charles Dickens, Edgar Allen Poe, and Grip the raven inside the Rare Book Department of the Free Library in the newest installment of My Favorite Place

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My Favorite Place: The Light Research Lab At Thomas Jefferson University

In the early 20th century offices of 1015 Chestnut Street, experiments with light and space travel converge. Photonic researcher Ben Warfield leads us out of the abyss and into the sensory control pods of his favorite place

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My Favorite Place: Carman Garden Skating Rink

Take a peek inside Carmen Gardens, where we’ll be celebrating the Hidden City Daily’s third anniversary this Friday, October 3rd

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My Favorite Place: Smith Memorial Playground

It’s like a slide in your dreams, the 44-feet-long by 12-feet-wide slope of hard maple at Smith Memorial Playground that’s been around since 1905. Small wonder this remarkable place is someone’s favorite spot in town

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My Favorite Place: Eastern State Penitentiary

Work in your favorite place? Sure, if your job’s at a historic prison in a state of fabulous decay. Director of Tours Fran Dolan takes us behind the scenes to some of Eastern State’s secret spots

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My Favorite Place: Imperfect Gallery

Step into the heart of Germantown and see why Imperfect Gallery is Renny & Rocio’s favorite place, in this latest episode of Meredith Nutting’s video series

My Favorite Place: Reading Terminal Market
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My Favorite Place: Reading Terminal Market

This month’s My Favorite Place takes us into what is certainly many, many Philadelphians’ true number one: the Reading Terminal Market. Meredith Nutting’s beautiful video with Elizabeth of Flying Monkey Bakery reminds us why–and even takes us somewhere new

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My Favorite Place: The Walnut Lane Bridge

Take a look at this graceful span built over Wissahickon Creek in 1908 through the eyes of Germantown resident (and Clivedon Executive Director) David Young


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