Walking Philadelphia: Walking

Freelance journalist Natalie Pompilio lives in an alley off an alley in South Philadelphia. A former staff writer with The Times-Picayune (New Orleans), The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Philadelphia Daily News, she is a frequent contributor to The Star-Ledger (Newark), The Washington Post, the Associated Press, and regional magazines. She and her sister also collaborated on This Used to Be Philadelphia (Reedy Press, 2021). Her other books include More Philadelphia Murals and the Stories They Tell (with Jane Golden and Robin Rice, Temple University Press, 2006) and Philadelphia A to Z (with photographer Jennifer Zdon, self-published, 2009).
Natalie’s idea of a perfect night is sitting on her roof deck on a warm night with her husband, Jordan Barnett, and watching the chimney swifts do their nightly dance.
Tricia Pompilio is a Philadelphia-based portrait and family photographer. Her favorite subjects are dancers and families, especially her husband, Vince Savarese, and their three daughters, Fiona, Luna, and Poppy. In 2019, Philadelphia Family magazine named her the city’s best portrait photographer. When she’s not behind the camera, she’s probably rereading Harry Potter while listening to Rob Thomas while her cats, Albus and Clara, sleep at her feet.

Acknowledgments
Authors' Note
Overview Map
Introduction
Walking Tours

1. Independence National Park
2. Chinatown
3. African American Philadelphia
4. The Museum District: From Love Park to the Rocky Steps
5. The Museum District: From the Art Museum to the Cathedral
6. Rittenhouse Square
7. Fitler Square and the Schuylkill River
8. North Broad Street I: From City Hall to ?Hummingbird Way?
9. North Broad Street II: Temple University and Urban Renewal
10. South Broad Street I: From Navy Yard to City Hall
11. South Broad Street II: From the Avenue of the Arts to Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park
12. Market Street East: The Gayborhood and Reading Terminal Market
13. Market Street West: City Hall and the Skyscrapers
14. Center City
15. Along the Delaware River
16. Old City
17. Society Hill
18. Northern Liberties
19. The River Wards: Kensington and Fishtown
20. Fairmount, the Neighborhood
21. Antique Row, Jewelers Row, and Rittenhouse Row
22. Headhouse Square, Fabric Row, and South Street
23. South Philadelphia I
24. South Philadelphia II
25. West Philadelphia I: University City, The Woodlands, and Clark Park
26. West Philadelphia II: 30th Street Station, Drexel University, and More
27. Manayunk
28. Germantown
29. Mount Airy and Wissahickon Valley Park
30. Fairmount Park

Appendix 1: Walks by Theme
Appendix 2: Points of Interest
Index
About the Author and Photographer