路过费城

九月的时候去了好几次费城，每次都是待在室内老老实实地开会，没有机会到处闲逛。不过因为多年前就去过数趟费城，所以也对那些历史名迹城内街道比较熟悉而没有太多的热情。不过中间偷闲的时候，顺道在街上溜达，也逛逛费城引以为豪的市政厅。

这是从wikipedia 上抄来的 关于费城市政厅的介绍：

“Philadelphia City Hall, at 167 m (548 ft), including the statue, it is the world's tallest masonry building: the weight of the building is borne by granite and brick walls up to 22 feet thick, rather than steel; the principal exterior materials are limestone, granite, and marble. The exact height of City Hall is 547' 11-3/4", which has led to mock speculation among some Philadelphians about "what happened to the last quarter inch?", a reference to corruption in city government which was widespread in Philadelphia in earlier days. It was the tallest habitable building (although surpassed by monuments) in the world from 1901 to 1908 and the tallest in Pennsylvania until 1932 when surpassed by the Gulf Tower. It remained the tallest building in Philadelphia until the construction of One Liberty Place (1984-1987) broke the informal "gentlemen's agreement" that limited the height of tall buildings in the city. ”

“The building is topped by an 11.3-m (37 ft), 27-ton bronze statue of city founder William Penn, one of 250 sculptures created by Alexander Milne Calder that adorn the building inside and out. The statue is the tallest atop any building in the world.”



1。 遥望 Ben Franklin Bridge。





2。 楼顶上的汽车.




3。从Market Street 上远看city hall。





4。近了侧看city hall。






5。抬头仰望。






6。进入city hall 里的庭院，抬头看一看。





7。往另外一边抬头一看。





8。庭院中间最有名的Tower。




9。街头一角。





10。顺便去Macy's 逛一逛，觉得满漂亮。



11。肚子饿了，拐进Reading Terminal Market，美食摊位一个连着一个，不知道挑那一家好。最后买了个Sandwich， 很yummy。