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The newly renovated Embassy Suites Philadelphia – Center City hotel is conveniently situated in the heart of downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia´s Center City business district. This hotel in Philadelphia is located only eight miles from Philadelphia International Airport and just minutes from top Philadelphia attractions, including: Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia City Hall Philadelphia Zoo Franklin Institute Historic landmarks Leer más...
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OVERVIEW One of the most important architectural works of the 20th Century, the PSFS (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society) Building has been converted into the new 585-room Loews Philadelphia Hotel. Designed by George Howe and William Lescaze, the building was erected in 1932 and was the first international style, modernist high-rise building. Today, the building retains period details, such as Cartier Leer más...
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Unlike the other squares, the early Southwest Square was never used as a burial ground, although it offered pasturage for local livestock and a convenient dumping spot for “night soil”. History By the late 1700s the square was surrounded by brickyards as the area´s clay terrain was better suited for kilns than crops. In 1825 the square was renamed in Leer más...