PHILADELPHIA UNEDITED - WHY ARE THE STORES CLOSING IN CENTER CITY PHILLY

Come Sail with The Philly Captain as he rides his scooter through Center City Philadelphia. The Captain starts his ride near Rittenhouse Square and ends up near Delaware River. Go inside some of the iconic stores of Philadelphia and see some major changes happening to the City of Brotherly Love #phillycaptain #philadelphia #POV
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[@cidsanta4204]

Love the priceless fun facts from a real Philadelphian! Always a good time! 😎

[@daveassanowicz186]

@32:29 it blows my mind that there are any Subway sandwiches in Philadelphia. WE EAT HOAGIES!

[@LifeofMarie267]

Exactly!

[@stephenpugh2227]

From Philly. I went to the High School for the Creative and Performing Arts with my Buddies Tony Luke and Franco Borda. I now live in Key West and I enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work

[@dglorious1269]

And speaking of the best largest public restrooms back in the day, Imma take ya way back. Gimbel's, Wanamaker's and Lit Brothers had the absolute best swanky restrooms in Center City. The best everything period. Wow I really miss those stores. 🙂 Edit: Philly has the best murals. There's a group of wonderful artists that does them, getting the talented children artists of Philly involved. 😎 Nice video, I've liked and subscribed. 🙂

[@MightyMouseFan78]

Great vid and history tour as always Captain. My dad and stepmom are actually Quaker. Philly has so many little spots that others just don't know about...always nice to just get out and explore our fine city. Go Phillies...I told you a few months ago at the Phillies game when things weren't looking too good...always believe in...The Hunt for Red October!

[@wr-co2fn]

Why are the stores in Center City closing ? Let’s all think really hard and maybe we can come up with the answer ! 😂

[@thornil2231]

Amazon...

[@mtnvortex]

Chicken swingers and their pet golem horde.

[@ritabengermino317]

Shoplifting and it’s not a crime any longe? SMH 🤦‍♀️

[@godschild2432]

Crime and immorality

[@cjbotts]

🤷🏿

[@explorers1979]

Billy from Philly here. Great vlog Captain! lovin' it!

[@richardellis-fe3yj]

There is a church right in the middle of the 2 Comcast skyscrapers built in 1855 that's awesome looking 2,century side by side

[@recl971]

Your passion for Philly shines with these scooter videos I gotta catch you on one of your walking tours when im in Philly Luv ya CUZ

[@candacefisk4581]

Love your Scoot videos! Your information is amazing! Thank You!

[@joshledford8921]

I worked at the Macy's building on the 4th floor and top floor for an advertising company. I loved working there and just walking around the area on my lunch breaks. Then I would take the L home. I miss Philly! I live in Ohio now. Def. want to come back and visit soon.

[@kevingartland723]

"No refunds dickhead, your on your own" and John Wanamaker said "That's bullshit"🤣

[@ConfusedConservative]

Amazing tour. Thank you for taking the time to share.

[@joeygirlusa]

Your great! Very entertaining as well! Just subscribed! Be safe on that scooter! 😂😂

[@robertdredden5474]

Jeeze be safe Captain! People are nuts!

[@edward.jantonelly3183]

Hey Capt. Love the Philly scooter tour the Philly municipal building had the ex-c commissioner / Mayor Frank Rizzo Statue. It was there for years! LOVE THE RICH HISTORY OF OUR CITY OF PHILADELPHIA 😊 GLAD YOU'RE MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.😊 YOUR THE BEST.!! GOD BLESS AND BE SAFE.😊

[@KirkandRA]

Hey Capt. I’m an Adam the Woo fan and got to say your content is much better than what I saw on ATW channel. New subscriber btw 👍. I now understand your passion for Philly

[@Ssilb4942]

Thank You!!!! I used to go sit under the Wanamaker 🐦 Bird when I was little! I was having an impossible day...that made it alittle better. x

[@dglorious1269]

Basically stores are closing everywhere not just Philly. The economy has been bad for many many many years now with no real recovery. And the pandemic didn't help anything. And Philly does have some beautiful areas like Rittenhouse Square,I love the parks around there. That's my hometown, and I hate the bad rap that it gets. Philly has some of the most helpful, kindest, coolest people in the world.😎

[@TheGnomestead]

Goin on a looooong history scoot! Nice! The Wanamakers building at Christmas. Good memories. Not sure your old enough to remember the Christmas monorail on the 8th floor. Nice tour of the city Cap #capuncut #allthewayclub

[@ThePhillyCaptain]

I don’t remember the monorail. It is currently on display at the please touch museum

[@hlee4012]

Oh yeah

[@1987phillybilly]

Hey Capt! Love the channel! My Ex-wife got me watching after you visited the Penn Museum

[@scotttrace2700]

Hi there captain big fan of the phillies and philly overall greetings from germany bud

[@GwynethDohertyDogerty]

Watched the whole way Captain Great Video, lovely buildings as always 😊

[@Harvardfacebook]

Hi Captain, out of all the videos made of Philadelphia and Kensington, you're the most informative and the most enjoyable to watch and listen to. Please keep up the great work.

[@grungerfox1571]

Been watching your vids. Love the stuff you show and explain. I live next to the city now. I love going to Philly! Its a one of a kind city!

[@thinkglobalactlocal4898]

AWESOME HISTORICAL in depth tour...Thank U

[@dannfish]

thanks for posting.

[@marcusleja7133]

The major retail stores are closing, but Philly is building more condos. Is the intent to house the Kensington homeless in them? 😊😊

[@robkenny100]

Thanks for showing me around Philadelphia!! I’d love to show you around my hometown of Lafayette Indiana sometime! ❤ I really enjoy your content!!

[@kathysanders3915]

Horn and hardart restaurant was where you could get he big piece of pie 😋

[@christinecollins6648]

The Automat! We ate at the location in NYC

[@zzkeokizz]

Good for you thinking of your grandpa. I have cerebral palsy but I can walk, and drive a car. I help people with disabilities get around because I want them to have autonomy.

[@dianecarlberg8002]

I want to say its nice to see Philadelphia without watching the zombies on Kensington. Thanks.

[@marcusleja7133]

What??? There is more to Philadelphia than tranq use??

[@markwilliams3199]

I really enjoyed this type of video. More of this, and keep the baseball vlogs coming!

[@vincechiro3303]

Great video Cap , good work !

[@cindyjoyner1426]

I really enjoyed the scoot! Lots of fun!!! 😊

[@travelandeats8518]

One of my ultimate dead ass reasons I loveee Philly: Artwork. There like art glass walls randomly throughout the city. Murals!

[@rjstevensjr68]

Hey Captain that was really good love that

[@brianf4342]

Awesome video captain! Can you do one on Columbia ballpark? Not to much about what happened to it.

[@justbarry587]

A very nice tour. 😊TY Sir

[@LetterArtist]

Thanks Captain! Great video!!

[@soundscaper18]

Awesome tour 💯💯💯💯

[@garylipkin5752]

Love your videos. I grew up in NE. Philly eating soft pretzels with mustard and cherry water ice. Now living in Lone Star Texas. Sure miss Philly. Thanks for the videos. My old friend Andreas dad owned Tony’s Tavern in Port Richmond back in the day. Go Birds

[@adventureswithalexia]

I liked your tour of the city. Relaxing and informative. Also can you peddle the scooter if it runs out of batteries?

[@warrenkemmer1307]

I swear I think the same architects and construction that built Philly they built Baltimore also. The city halls look exactly the same and the row houses and the older buildings look so similar.

[@mikeleone1347]

That North Portal of City Hall is the most beautiful entrance/exist. The colored marble columns are beautiful .... And you can see down to the foundations, which are like 20 feet / 6 meters thick in places ...

[@user-hu5jm3no9d]

so cool. (Merci)

[@bob4364]

Hey PHILLY CAPTAIN, I enjoyed your unedited scoot video thru Center City..Enjoy, stay cool & TOODLES...

[@SuzanneA618]

I went to the DiBruno Bros in the Wayne area, super nice🎉 Delicious brunch❤

[@Billy-USA]

Good video thanks

[@Andrew-hb2cs]

Thanks!

[@RaveSacks]

That Tony Hawk Pro Skater location is as good as a filming location in my book, played the shit outta those games.

[@michaeltischuk7972]

You've got that Philly brogue going. Good job.

[@SusanWalters-bp9oi]

So mad I will be out of town and can not tour with you. But, taking two of my grans on a family trip. Hope you will do another tour at some point.

[@guynelson2341]

49:00 Cool mosaic !!! Totally groovy !

[@pistonpilot]

Monday evening. I don't remember Philly so dead.

[@willyfromphlly812]

The scoots vids are my fave.

[@stevenjosefoski7720]

Hey Captain I really enjoyed this video your nonstop knowledge is great #piss

[@geneporreca3848]

Macy's light show at Christmas is the Best!!

[@Lifeworthliving425]

The most beautiful suits a man can buy at Boyd’s

[@Glumclam]

Did the black wall building used to be horn and hardarts? There was one at K & A.

[@DeanDewnuffun]

I've no interest at all in touring most US cities now, including Philly. If I want to experience crime I'll just watch youtube. You cannot have civil society with certain elements within it.

[@eugeniovazquez1483]

Beautiful downtown , better than NY

[@joecarey4356]

I like watching you go around so I don't have to. I lived in Philly for 38yrs I'm in Plymouth now. Truth be told. I hate Philadelphia

[@thinkglobalactlocal4898]

i knew i subscribed to your channel for a reason, U workde @ BOYD's !! i use to shop at the market st location in 1983 to 1986 when i enlisted in the military

[@pistonpilot]

Horn and Hardarts

[@josephgioielli]

I saw you first with Adam. This video won me over.

[@ThePhillyCaptain]

Took ya long enough

[@empororhenkel3432]

Drain the swamp … wake up

[@robertfrancis8514]

Hey Captain any chance you could do a locations video for the film National Treasure? I watch it once a month for some reason 😂

[@cdrum5994]

(Violent) crime.

[@kathysanders3915]

No public restrooms at the new bus station so stupid

[@Linda-gc6mt]

Kensington residents wouldn't have a chance to even sight see here looks too rich...

[@Outofpocket215]

T.I. started doing comedy 😂😂

[@alasone]

No way have you got Primark in the US 😂 I thought it was a UK only store

[@mtheaney]

How can I find out about future walking tours? I follow your channel, but I don't get notifications from that.

[@ThePhillyCaptain]

Instagram

[@christinecollins6648]

Barnes an noble moved, thought it simply closed

[@barbarajeancravero7541]

On the Cheese; Provolone, Extra Sharp. Only cheese a friend of mine is addicted to.

[@richardmccullough5310]

Hey Captain any updates on Saturday

[@ThePhillyCaptain]

Meet me for a walking history tour on July 22 at 11 AM meet me behind the big Ferris wheel

[@Day1Adventures]

Yea t.I. Classic cd

[@grannyrice8983]

Uhhh crime? 🤔

[@iTzDritte]

19:03 The disabled is the one minority group that anyone might join on any day of their lives. ADA-accessible places are great for everyone.

[@stevenleslie8557]

Why, indeed

[@mrbutch308]

Rents are too high, that's why.

[@tfromcleveland3741]

4:30 random dude, you aren’t helping by laughing at that joke :)

[@seanwhatshisname1831]

U sound like that guy that does the bad commercials on radio

[@daveassanowicz186]

What's on my mind is; If you put the Wolfman on a rocket and sent him to the moon, would he be a werewolf all the time?

[@ThePhillyCaptain]

Whoa

[@justmikehk]

jawn

[@JD-11568]

You have a Pittsburgh accent, you kinda sound like Myron Cope.

[@ThePhillyCaptain]

No

[@keithninesling6057]

Entertaining video of Center City, but misses an important point: the overzealous redevelopment of this area. Two huge office/mixed use buildings are presently in construction, one nearly complete, down around South 7th Street below Market. These buildings are making this neighborhood cramped, almost claustrophobic, reducing sunlight and air circulation, adding to the already horrendous vehicular and pedestrian traffic congestion in the area. And, new buildings of smaller scale are also adding to the crowding, as the structures have no setbacks from the sidewalks. The character of the neighborhood is being needlessly changed due to flawed zoning variances. This issue would serve as a fruitful basis for another clip, Captain. But, thanx for your effort on this one.

[@pistonpilot]

What day of the week was this taken? Is Philly so dead?

[@redcamaro581]

Why stores are closing u figure it out why eeeek Eeeeeek Eeeeeek

[@libertyandcheesesteaks8928]

edited at 18:05 PSH

[@drwhodsds3778]

Your a trip..😂

[@theirmom4723]

You just broke about 5 common traffic laws

[@ThePhillyCaptain]

No such thing as traffic laws in Philadelphia

[@marcusleja7133]

As the Philly Captain has shown us in the past, you can even drive with no insurance in Philly!

[@dmacnic]

Very cool. The City of Brotherly Love. All the good people just walking around doing their thing.

[@dglorious1269]

Yo whaddaya doin?! it looked like you were about to run over somebody! 😦 You should know better, Philadelphian's don't play that. 😄 Respect the personal space and get out in the street.

[@VICSWEB1]

captain, are you moving to florida? to become the tampa captain?

[@johnlupo3919]

watch your mouth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ThePhillyCaptain]

Don’t watch. I cuss sometimes.

[@datangledangler2270]

There are a couple of good record stores on haddon Ave in collingswood. Do a video over there. It's nice.

[@byronbenguche]

That's why i say that Philadelphia and Chicago are distant cousins my friend Rittenhouse Square kinda reminds me of Grant and Millennium Park your Kensington is just like our West Garfield Park

[@LUIS-ox1bv]

From someone who has lived in both Philadelphia and Chicago, Grant Park and Millennium Park, both little resemble Rittenhouse Square, since both of those parks are much, much larger, and are not squares, surrounded by high rise residences. A closer resemblance, is found in Washington Square, in Chicago. And no neighborhood in Chicago comes close to having the scenes of human degradation, on such a large, explicit, scale and scope, as Kensington in Philadelphia.

[@dmagnus4974]

its a dump lol, if thats one of the fancier spots id hate to see the other parts