Title: Experience the Sights and Eats in Philadelphia: Recommendations from CHPPD members

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Section/SPIG: Community Health Planning and Policy Development

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Mutter Museum. Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC

Member-recommended places

Mutter Museum, College of Physicians of Philadelphia: "museum of pathological anatomy" and a collection of obsolete medical instruments. You can find a coupon for $2 off General Admission for a Sunday visit to the museum on the Web site.

Franklin Museum of Science: Visit Dr. Gunther von Hagens' "Body Worlds: The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies." There is also a heart exhibit at the museum.

Outbreak of Legionnaires at Bellevue (Broad and Walnut Streets): Legionnaires' disease, which is also known as Legionellosis, is a form of pneumonia. It is often called Legionnaires' disease because the first known outbreak occurred in the Bellevue Stratford Hotel that was hosting a convention of the Pennsylvania Department of the American Legion. In that outbreak, approximately 221 people contracted this previously unknown type of bacterial pneumonia, and 34 people died. The source of the bacterium was found to be contaminated water used to cool the air in the hotel's air conditioning system.

Independence Hall: Volunteer headquarters in the battle against Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793.

National Constitution Center: Explore the Constitution - the process, history and content.

Reading Terminal Market: Reading Terminal Market opened its doors in 1892. The new Market was approximately 78,000 square feet and held nearly 800 spaces for merchants, each positioned in six foot stalls. The Market was laid out in a grid system similar to the streets of Philadelphia.

Chinatown: Philadelphia's Chinatown is a compact neighborhood that does not approach the scale of the more famous Chinatowns in San Francisco or New York. Yet, the neighborhood's intimacy is also what makes it attractive. It's been said that if you bring any 20 people together in Philadelphia's Chinatown, five are relatives.

Palate Pleasers
There are a variety of places to eat at Philadelphia, guaranteed to please every palate. Here are two links to eateries to help you with your decision.

AOL city guide: You can search for eateries by type, cost or ambience.


Phila@gov or the City of Philadelphia recommended sites: The official perspective on places you should have a taste of.

The photograph of the skulls from the Mutter Museum is used with permission from Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC).