A blog about the distinctive neighborhoods of Philadelphia with a spotlight on Eastwick in the Southwest - known as the Gateway to Philadelphia.
Friday, June 21, 2013
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Celebrating the Spriit of Competition - Simeone Automotive Museum and Embassy Suites Philadelphia-Airport
"Celebrating the Spirit of Competition" Simeone Automotive Museum
After a visit to the Simeone Automotive Museum chances are you'll never look at museums in the same way again. Simeone is not the last home for automobile racing relics gathering dust in dimly lit corners, forgotten in some massive space. This museum lets you experience the sounds, smells and see classic vehicles in motion. The displays are centered around the Museum's theme - Celebrating the Spirit of Competition. Visitors can be classic car enthusiasts but if you are interested in art, history, science or just want to get in touch with your inner competitor -- you owe yourself a visit here.
The Simeone Museum is one of the few museums in the world where visitors can see, hear, and smell famous race cars run. The Demo Days, which began in 2009, feature extremely rare racing sports cars from the Simeone collection being driven on the three-acre lot in back of the Museum. A brief lecture by Dr. Simeone on the importance of the cars and their place in history precedes each driving demonstration.
Simeone Automotive Museum 6825 Norwitch Drive,Philadelphia, Pa., 19153
(215) 365-7233 is 2.6 Miles - 5 minutes via Hotel Shuttle from Embassy Suites Philadelphia Airport
(215) 365-7233 is 2.6 Miles - 5 minutes via Hotel Shuttle from Embassy Suites Philadelphia Airport
Make your visit to the Simeone Automotive Museum an over-night success with this exclusive package with Embassy Suites Philadelphia Airport which includes:
- Two adult admission tickets to Simeone Automotive Museum
- Hotel shuttle transportation to and from Museum
- Free cooked to order breakfast
- Two Room Suite
- Complimentary Evening Reception
- Complimentary Internet Access
Click here to begin your Simeone Automotive Museum Experience
Visit Motorweek's expose about Simeone Automotive Museum on You Tube
Visit Motorweek's expose about Simeone Automotive Museum on You Tube
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Celebrate the 4th of July Philadelphia Style
Star-Studded Lineup for 2013
Wawa Welcome America!
Sunday, May 12, 2013 • 8:47am
Once again, Philadelphia is celebrating the nation’s birthday in style by putting on “The Largest Free Concert in America,” as part of the Wawa Welcome America! festival. Today, Mayor Michael A. Nutter announced that the Philly 4th of July Jam will feature a number of top musical artists, including: The Roots, John Mayer, Jill Scott, Demi Lovato, Ne-Yo, Grace Potter and J. Cole, along with Ben Taylor and other surprise guests. An additional performance by Marsha Ambrosius will take place on July 6 during the Taste of Philadelphia.
“The City of Philadelphia is proud to welcome an incredibly talented group of musicians to our city this Fourth of July,” said Mayor Nutter. “We believe that this year’s festival will go down in history as the best yet. We know that Philadelphia is the foremost place to celebrate our nation’s birthday. With this superb lineup of talent, we have an opportunity to prove it to the world.”
Philadelphia’s own The Roots, will return as the house band for the Philly 4th of July Jam. This year’s guest artists will join The Roots on stage in a series of nonstop, electrifying performance
John Mayer is one of few musicians to achieve both critical acclaim and popular appeal. A seven-time Grammy Award winner, Mayer has earned accolades for each album release while selling more than 20 million albums worldwide. Known as a musician who defies genre boundaries, he has collaborated with a range of artists, including Eric Clapton, B.B. King, The Rolling Stones, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys. His most recent album—Born and Raised—is nearing platinum and he kicks off his first tour in three years on July 6 in Milwaukee, WI.
After launching her career through several projects with the Disney Channel, Demi Lovato made a smooth transition into the world of Pop music before she even turned 20. With three successful albums under her belt and a fourth on the way, Lovato is a force to be reckoned with. In 2012, Demi was hired as a judge for the second season of the American version of The X Factor, and it has been confirmed that she will return for the show’s third season. “Heart Attack,” the lead single from her upcoming album, Demi, sold more than 500,000 copies and was certified Gold in just four weeks! Demi is scheduled to be released on May 14.
Jill Scott, a Philadelphia native and accomplished R&B songstress, has filled the airwaves with her music for more than a decade. With four studio albums and several Grammy, she has proven that she is here to stay.Scott has also been seen recently on HBO's Number One Ladies Detective Agency, Lifetime's Steel Magnolias, and numerous other film and TV projects.
A Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter, composer, and producer, Ne-Yo is one of the most talented artists in music today. With tracks such as “Give Me Everything” and “Let Me Love You,” Ne-Yo continues to dominate the Pop and R&B charts. When the R&B superstar isn’t recording platinum albums and Top 10 singles of his own, he lends his talents to others in the industry. For years, Ne-Yo has penned hits for Pop’s biggest stars, including Beyoncé, Rihanna, Usher and others.
When Grace Potter began performing with her band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals in 2002, they were self-producing albums and touring extensively on the festival circuit, sometimes doing more than 200 shows a year. Today, the Vermont-based band has taken its place among music industry peers, creating critically acclaimed albums and having their music featured on hit TV shows like The Voice and The X Factor. Grace’s unique voice has landed her numerous comparisons to legendary rock blues singers such as Janis Joplin.
J. Cole, the first artist to sign to Jay Z's Roc Nation label, is one of the most successful emerging hip-hop artists in the game today. After releasing several successful mixtapes on his own, the young rapper’s long-awaited debut album, Cole World: The Sideline Story, debuted at Number 1 on the Billboard Top 200 charts, and sold more than 200,000 copies in the first week. J. Cole also received a nomination for Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards in 2012.
Ben Taylor, the son of legendary folk rock artists James Taylor and Carly Simon, is currently on tour promoting his album Listening – his first in four years. After self-producing his music for more than a decade,Listening is Taylor’s first album with Iris Records.
“We are excited to be back celebrating the Fourth of July in our hometown and we can’t wait to put on another great show for everyone on the Parkway this year,” said The Roots’ Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson. “These artists, who represent a variety of genres, are a perfect fit for the eclectic musical community that can be found in Philadelphia.”
This year, Wawa Welcome America! is giving festival attendees more reasons to celebrate with free events and performances extending past the Fourth of July. One of those performances will be that of Marsha Ambrosius, who will fill Penn’s Landing with the sounds of her soulful music on Saturday, July 6, followed by the Adventure Aquarium Waterfront Fireworks Spectacular. Ambrosius, who made a name for herself as a member of the duo Floetry, released her first solo album, Late Nights & Early Mornings in 2011. The album debuted at Number 1 on the Billboard R&B charts, and its second single, “Far Away,” landed her two Grammy nominations.
The 2013 festival calendar provides visitors with enticing reasons to stay in Philadelphia after the Fourth of July holiday and enjoy all that the City has to offer. Wawa Welcome America! encourages travelers to extend their vacation and continue their holiday celebrations after observing the nation’s birthday, in its birthplace.
“Wawa Welcome America! is looking forward to putting on another outstanding festival this year,” said Desiree Peterkin-Bell, City Representative and Executive Director of Welcome America, Inc. “We are determined to provide our guests with the best possible experience during this 20th anniversary year, and we believe that the musical talent secured for this year’s festival will help us achieve just that.”
Additional details about Wawa Welcome America!’s musical performances, including local acts that will be a part of the festivities, will be available online closer to the start of the festival.
Wawa Welcome America! is a multi-day festival that celebrates America’s birthday in America’s birthplace, Philadelphia. In 2013, Welcome America, Inc. is proud to celebrate 20 years as the producer of Philadelphia’s Fourth of July festival. For more information, please visit www.welcomeamerica.com, like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/wawawelcomeamerica and follow us on Twitter at @July4thPhilly.
Enjoy some of the music from WaWa Welcome America 2012
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Meet, Plan, Play at Embassy Suites Philadelphia Airport
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
The Secret Garden of Philadelphia - Bartram's Garden
Bartram's Garden
from bartramsgarden.org
History
If it's truly a Philadelphia Institution -it must have a long history and Bartram's Garden in Philadelphia fits the bill perfectly.
John Bartram (1699-1777) was a third-generation Pennsylvania Quaker, born in nearby Darby, Pennsylvania. Bartram had a curiosity and reverence for nature, as well as a passion for scientific inquiry. Bartram purchased 102 acres from Swedish settlers in 1728, and systematically began gathering the most varied collection of North American plants in the world. As a result, he was the first Botanist in this country.
His garden became a source of inquiry and pleasure for luminaries like Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. Bartram's Garden was the first botanical garden and nursery in the United States. His seed and plant business thrived, with lists appearing as early as the 1750’s in London publications. In 1783, Bartram published the first ever nursery catalog in the United States. His international plant trade and nursery business survived him and thrived under the care of three generations of Bartrams.
Today
The property consists of Bartram's historic home, a central garden area and a series of woodland paths, some of which border the nearby Schuylkill river. There are numerous unusual and old trees on the property. When in the garden, you lose all trace of the city of Philadelphia around you. Quiet and scenic a true Oasis in the middle of the Eastwick section of Philadelphia.
Trail
Completed in the summer of 2012, the mile-long trail at Bartram’s Garden connects visitors to the Schuylkill riverfront. The Bartram Trail is a new tranquil thruway for bicycles, strollers, and nature lovers.
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To plan your visit, visit here for a bike map.
For a list of Bartram Garden Events click here
Planning is underway for the Bartram’s Mile trail, an initiative with Philadelphia Parks and Recreation and Penn Praxis, which will connect Bartram’s Garden to center city via the Gray’s Ferry Crescent by 2015.
Where to Stay?
If your visiting the Eastwick Section of Philadelphia (better known as Philadelphia Airport Area) the Embassy Suites Philadelphia offers all Bartram Garden Visitors:
- Free cooked to order breakfast
- Complimentary drinks and snacks at the Evening Reception
- Two Room Suite
- Shuttle in 3 mile radius and to nearby public transportation
- Free Internet Access
- Indoor Pool
- Fitness Center
9000 Bartram Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19153
Thursday, April 11, 2013
The Hidden City Philadelphia Festival 2013
The Hidden City Philadelphia Festival celebrates the power of place through the imagination of contemporary artists, inspiring people to explore the city’s history and imagine new futures for our urban landscape. Artists of diverse disciplines and media create site-specific work that illuminates abandoned, obscure or inaccessible sites throughout the city.
The Hidden City Festival 2013 will take place from May 23rd to June 30th, and feature a wide array of installations, performances, exhibitions, talks and tours. Tickets go on sale May 1--sign up to be notified by email about special discounts, performances and events.
The festival will feature eight sites of historical and community interest, including several buildings looking for new ideas to bring them back to life, from the vacant and beguiling Germantown Town Hall, to Shivtei Yeshuron, a 19th century row house synagogue in South Philadelphia.
Creative Director Lee Tusman has curated a series of 10 projects ranging from social experiments that invite the audience to participate, such as Jacob Wick’s creation of government offices for an imaginary “Free Germantown” inside Germantown Town Hall, to massive, sculptural installations by the collectives Rabid Hands and Dufala Brothers. The lineup of artists also includes the collectives Camp Little Hope, King Britt and Data Garden, Ars Nova Workshop, and artists Ben Neiditz and Zach Webber, Andrew Dahlgren, and Ruth Scott.
Funding, volunteers and materials for this year’s festival are being crowdsourced through this web platform, which was developed by Hidden City with the help of a grant from the Barra Foundation. The festival is also funded in part with grants from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
This will the second Hidden City Festival. The first one in 2009 captured the public’s imagination by opening up remarkable buildings such as the Metropolitan Opera House, Royal Theater, Shiloh Baptist Church and Disston Saw Works.
There were a total of nine sites and 10 projects in 2009, featuring work by such artists as Stan Douglas, David Lang, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Steve Roden, Sanford Biggers, Wally Cardona, John Phillips/Carolyn Healy, Todd Reynolds, Phil Kline, Steven Earl Weber, and Aleksandra Mir, as well as local ensembles and presenters, such as Network for New Music, Group Motion Dance Company, Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, Leah Stein Dance Company, and Ars Nova Workshop.
The 2009 Festival won the Henry J. Magaziner Award from the American Institute of Architects’ Philadelphia Chapter, City Paper's "Big Vision Award,” and Philebrity’s “Best Gathering of 2009 Award.”
Monday, April 1, 2013
New Philadelphia Sports Complex - Not just about South Philly Anymore
The "New" Philadelphia Sports Complex
Philadelphia is a city steeped in tradition. It's been said that history, sports and food make this city run (not necessarily in that order).
For years when anyone referred to the "Philadelphia Sports Complex" that meant South Philadelphia and specifically the intersection of Broad Street and Patteson Avenue. There you would find the monoliths of Philly Sports: Veterans Stadium and the Spectrum Arena.
Fast forward to the 21st century and the streets and major teams are the same: Flyers, Phillies, Sixers, Eagles. The arenas are new; the monoliths migrated across the street from that famed intersection. Now fans arrive at Citizens Bank Park, Wells Fargo Center, Lincoln Financial Field and Xfinity Center. But there's another address, not in the old Sports Complex, a little farther out of the city that is getting Philly Sports Fans out of their Broad and Patteson comfort zone-- PPL Park. This state of the art arena on the banks of the Delaware River in Camden, NJ was built for the Major League Soccer team Philadelphia Union. But it is also now the home to Legends Football and the Major League Lacrosse Championships.
So Philly Sports Fans are finding their way west to a new sports experience, not replacing the traditional, but redefining the term "Philadelphia Sports Complex".
It's not all about South Philly any more...
Citizens Bank Park
A 43,651-seat baseball park and home of the Philadelphia Phillies.
Philadelphia Phillies Schedule 2013
PPL Park
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Philadelphia Union Soccer Schedule 2013
2013 USA Sevens Collegiate Rugby Championship June 1&2
Legends Football’s 2013 Season
Major League Lacrosse Championship Weekend, August 24-25
The "New "Philadelphia Sports Complex hotel
As the Philadelphia Sports Complex has expanded, there is a hotel that is now the New Philly Sports Complex hotel. An all suite hotel close enough to all Philly's Sports Action but far enough away to relax and relive the memories of the best Philadelphia Sports has to offer. Easy access to both the South Philly sports arenas and PPL Park in Chester, PA.
Embassy Suites Philadelphia Airport where all fans going to the New Philly Sports Complex will enjoy:
- Free cooked to order breakfast
- Two Room Suite
- Complimentary drinks at evening reception
- Indoor Pool
- Fitness Center
- Airport Shuttle
- Shuttle to nearby public transportation
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Location...Location...Location
Drive time and distance from Embassy Suites Philadelphia-Airport to:
Citizen's Bank Park, Wells Fargo Center and Lincoln Financial Field -- 9 minutes; 5 miles
PPL Park Chester, PA -- 17 minutes; 10 miles
Click here to pick your overnight special offer at the new Philly Sports Complex Hotel - Embassy Suites Philadelphia Airport
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Atrium Lobby of Embassy Suites Philadelphia Airport |
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| The Old Philadelphia Sports Complex: Veterans Stadium, The Spectrum, JFK Stadium |
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