路過費城

九月的時候去了好幾次費城，每次都是待在室內老老實實地開會，沒有機會到處閑逛。不過因為多年前就去過數趟費城，所以也對那些曆史名跡城內街道比較熟悉而沒有太多的熱情。不過中間偷閑的時候，順道在街上溜達，也逛逛費城引以為豪的市政廳。

這是從wikipedia 上抄來的 關於費城市政廳的介紹：

“Philadelphia City Hall, at 167 m (548 ft), including the statue, it is the world's tallest masonry building: the weight of the building is borne by granite and brick walls up to 22 feet thick, rather than steel; the principal exterior materials are limestone, granite, and marble. The exact height of City Hall is 547' 11-3/4", which has led to mock speculation among some Philadelphians about "what happened to the last quarter inch?", a reference to corruption in city government which was widespread in Philadelphia in earlier days. It was the tallest habitable building (although surpassed by monuments) in the world from 1901 to 1908 and the tallest in Pennsylvania until 1932 when surpassed by the Gulf Tower. It remained the tallest building in Philadelphia until the construction of One Liberty Place (1984-1987) broke the informal "gentlemen's agreement" that limited the height of tall buildings in the city. ”

“The building is topped by an 11.3-m (37 ft), 27-ton bronze statue of city founder William Penn, one of 250 sculptures created by Alexander Milne Calder that adorn the building inside and out. The statue is the tallest atop any building in the world.”



1。 遙望 Ben Franklin Bridge。





2。 樓頂上的汽車.




3。從Market Street 上遠看city hall。





4。近了側看city hall。






5。抬頭仰望。






6。進入city hall 裏的庭院，抬頭看一看。





7。往另外一邊抬頭一看。





8。庭院中間最有名的Tower。




9。街頭一角。






10。順便去Macy's 逛一逛，覺得滿漂亮。



11。肚子餓了，拐進Reading Terminal Market，美食攤位一個連著一個，不知道挑那一家好。最後買了個Sandwich， 很yummy。