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Philadelphia on Screen, Stage & Song
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Follow Philadelphia’s pop-culture trail from Rocky’s unforgettable museum steps to the studios, stages, murals, and institutions that shaped movies, television, music, and performance. This city-spanning route mixes essential icons with storied local creative landmarks.
- Pop culture
- Music
- Art
- Architecture
- Science & Tech
- Nature
- Local culture
- History
- Social Justice
- Food traditions
- Sports
- Religion
Places in this guide
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Philadelphia Art MuseumPhilly's answer to European design - 2
Rocky StepsRocky almost carried his dog up these steps 🐕 - 3
Rocky StatueCritics call it a movie prop 🥊 - 4
Boathouse RowHome of America's oldest amateur athletic governing body 🚣 - 5
Rodin MuseumLargest Rodin collection outside Paris 🗿 - 6
The Mario Lanza Institute and MuseumBoxing gloves and a smuggled bust - 7
City HallAmerica's largest municipal building 🏛️ - 8
LOVE ParkA 92-year-old city planner's skateboard protest 🛹 - 9
American BandstandBefore Dick Clark: a scandalous start 🎙️ - 10
Reading Terminal MarketBorn from a million-dollar railroad deal - 11
Forrest TheatreNamed for the man who sparked a deadly riot 🎭 - 12
Academy of MusicAmerican premieres of Wagner, Strauss, and Mahler 🎼 - 13
Kimmel Center for the Performing ArtsHome of the first electronically recorded orchestra 🎶 - 14
Philadelphia's Magic GardensSite of Zagar's largest public mosaic 🎨 - 15
The Uptown TheaterPhiladelphia's own Apollo Theater 🎭
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