Fairmount/Art Museum area

In the northwestern corner of Center City lie the quaint residential neighborhoods of Fairmount and Spring Garden, known collectively as the Art Museum area. The heart of the area is Fairmount Avenue, which offers several restaurants (including London Grill and Illuminare) and neighborhood bars (like the Bishop's Collar) that are usually packed with young professionals in the evenings. North of Fairmount Avenue, you'll find small streets densely packed with brick rowhouses, with a restaurant (like Trio or Rembrandt's) or coffee shop tucked away here and there. Throughout most of the twentieth century, factory and other blue-collar workers populated this area, with several generations of families often occupying the same house or the same block. In the mid-1990's, Fairmount began to gentrify and real estate values went up; now, many of those adorable brick rowhouses cost half a million dollars. South of Fairmount Avenue, in the neighborhood officially titled Spring Garden, you'll find beautiful large homes and tree-lined streets that have appeared in several movies, including The Sixth Sense. You can also find great restaurants and bars like the Belgian Café. While the Art Museum Area is just a bit removed from Center City, there is plenty to do there. Residents love it for its quiet, neighborhood feel, as well as the fact that it is close to both the Ben Franklin Parkway (where the Franklin Institute, the Academy of Natural Sciences, and, of course the Philadelphia Museum of Art are located) and Fairmount Park. The neighborhood also witnesses seasonal entertainment, including fireworks on the Fourth of July and October's popular haunted house at Eastern State Penitentiary.

Nightlife

Bishop's Collar

Verizon Hall

Clef Club

The Urban Saloon

Rembrandt's Restaurant and Bar

Bridgid's

McCrossen's Tavern

St Stephens Green

Gallery Cafe


Attractions

Logan Circle

Stephen Girard Collection

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Masters Rowing Association

Fresh Fields Whole Foods Market

Eastern State Penitentiary

Fairmount Soccer Association

Benjamin Franklin National Memorial

Malta Boat Club

Franklin Institute Science Museum (The)

Boathouse Row

Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul

Rodin Museum

Moore College of Art & Design

Clef Club

Academy of Natural Sciences

Free Library of Philadelphia


Restaurants

Water Works Restaurant & Lounge (The)

Rose Tattoo Cafe

Museum Restaurant

Savannah Soul Food

Bishops Collar

Bridgid's

Trio

Isabel

Jack's Firehouse

Gallery Cafe

London Grill

Rembrandt's Restaurant and Bar


Hotels

Hamilton House

Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel

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