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This site is dedicated to tourism in the City of Philadelphia. If you are planning to visit the City of Brotherly Love, let us help you plan your stay. Here you will find feature articles on a number of popular locations, a listing of upcoming events, and a huge collection of links to Philadelphia attractions. Also, feel free to use the travel section of this site to plan how to get to Philly, and how to get around once you arrive. Whether you are coming for business or leisure, from far away or the next town over, discoverphilly.com hopes it can help you get the most out of your visit.
November 4, 2007: Major Renovation of the Gallery at Market East
Plans for a major renovation of the Gallery at Market East shopping center are in the works. A new department store tenant has been obtained for the space formerly occupied by Strawbridge & Clothier. At present plans include the addition of sit-down dining options, and improvements to the interior and the Market Street facade. Look for more details coming in early 2008, with a project completion expected in 2009.
July 1, 2007: Center City Macy's Brings in the Holidays
Macy's Holiday Light Show will be getting a new (or old) addition. Those of you who remember the yearly Holiday Light Show at the "Wanamaker Building" (which has now been converted to a Macy's) will remember that the star of the show was the Magical Christmas Tree. For several years, however, the tree has been missing from the show. Lord & Taylor, the previous tenant of the building, removed the tree from the show in the winter of 2001.
Macy's states that the original Christmas Tree was disposed of by Lord & Taylor, so they are attempting to create a new tree in time for the 2007 Holiday Season. While the tree might not look exactly like the original, they are working to make it as close as possible to the tree that yearly show visitors know and love. (Note: As of November 2007, we have learned that the tree has been delayed and will be a part of the 2008 show. During 2007, Macy’s rewired all of the lighting used in the show to use LED lights. These new lights will be twice as bright, while using less energy.)
In addition to returning the Christmas Tree in 2008, Macy's returned the "Santa Train" light sculpture to the show last Christmas, which had also been removed by Lord & Taylor. In future years, they hope to make an attempt to restore the fountains that once accented the show. discoverphilly.com would like to thank Macy's for continued work to restore this Philadelphia tradition, which was originally created for the Wanamaker Department Store in 1955.
While visiting Macy’s this Christmas season, don’t miss the Dicken’s Holiday Village (formerly from Strawbridge & Clothier), and their holiday windows (including one with a Philadelphia theme) this year.
June 21, 2007: discoverphilly.com Redesign
discoverphilly.com is currently undergoing a redesign to make it even simpler to navigate and view in all browsers. As you can see, the front page is the first to undergo this redesign. More pages will be updated to the new design over the course of the next few weeks. Stay tuned to see the new discoverphilly.com!