Walking Center City Philadelphia Downtown Walkthrough Reading Terminal Market Virtual Tour

[@GIRLRAZR]

TOON I'M SO THANKFUL FOR GOOD FOLKS LIKE YOU THAT SHOW OUR WONDERFUL CITY IN A POSITIVE LIGHT! =)

[@MsAmique]

I’m from Philly and can honestly say that the city in its current condition isn’t wonderful at all.

[@GIRLRAZR]

WELL SIS GETS YOUS A JOB SO U CAN LIVE IN THE NICE PARTS LIKE ME. PHILLY GREAT AND I LUV IT! OK? =) @@MsAmique

[@gabrielsr4791]

@@MsAmique but it is all bad? Is there no good place in there?

[@spirituallyuneffwithable]

Love seeing the sun shine through the buildings and into the streets. Thanks for the tour!

[@GIRLRAZR]

YES MA'AM!

[@MadAngel209]

I love The Reading Terminal Market. Whatever taste you like, they got it.

[@deaconmichael4255]

Your Philadelphia videos are the greatest. I was there back in May 2023. Loved it there.I have a dream of living in Philadelphia. Especially the Fishtown area.

[@dylanlingham7296]

Was Center City empty when you went or was it busy enough? In a lot of vlogs I see of cities in the US the downtowns are so empty.

[@issamadrid6757]

I have lived here in Philadelphia for 10 years in a beautiful city ❤❤❤

[@khalidwahab3693]

Beautiful views city hall downtowns philadelphia

[@AndrewVanBouwman]

Not just walking but giving information... I love it

[@KEYSKORNER_OFFICIAL]

Philly my love 🥰

[@TOON215]

Thank you for dropping a comment I hope you have a wonderful day

[@helengardner2714]

Thank you.

[@Imfocused1]

my first time going there i was amazed

[@gabrielstangel919]

Awesome video dude. Camera work is great. Love the commentary. Moving to Philly soon, this was helpful.

[@drewr5119]

Thanks for the tour Toon it brings back some good memories. I walked from West Center City to the Liberty Bell. And another timed I walked from Hyatt Hotel to Rittenhouse Square.

[@alfonsogreen2722]

Me n a friend was there May of this year. We really enjoyed ourselves. All I can say is I finally been 2 Philadelphia

[@TOON215]

That's awesome 🙏✨️

[@jimcathcart5116]

The union league was in the movie trading places with Eddie Murphy and Dan acroid

[@saleemackridge339]

My hometown the 215 I enjoy your videos toon stay safe

[@noworries2432]

Good tour

[@veheeo720]

Simply Splendid THANK YOU ! awesome summer day in center city PHILLY ! OMG !! L👀K at the buildings ! ⚡🎃🎩🔔

[@TOON215]

Thanks for the support

[@chilicrisprichie]

HipCityVeg mention! Loved hearing "I don't really discuss food like that because I eat different and we don't need the controversy" lol. My first trip to Philly a few months ago, my uber driver was giving me restaurant and Philly cheesesteak recommendations the entire ride to my hotel and I just had to smile and nod, haha.

[@jaymichael8619]

Going to Philadelphia next April for wrestlemania. First time in Philadelphia and first time in USA and I'm so excited!!!

[@billyjacc]

So, how'd it go?

[@jaymichael8619]

@@billyjacc trip of a lifetime. Philly is amazing!!

[@billyjacc]

@@jaymichael8619 Glad you had a good time in my hometown. I'm no longer there, but I know it was a huge event.

[@jbwarnock4758]

THANKS TOON

[@TOON215]

No problem buddy. Thank you for your support. Hope you and your family are doing well 🙏🤜🤛🙌

[@debrazito9187]

i absolutely love your hard work. may i make one suggestion that you would kindly add date and time in the beginning of your journeys. thanks!

[@mariadiaz1555]

I'll be in Philly only for a day and really want to make the most of it, how much time do you think will be good for reading terminal?

[@bespectacledheroine7292]

29:25 I was there last year on a date, we saw a screening of The Third Man, a real classic. I'd love to go again, they always have interesting programming going on if you're not solely interested in the biggest new releases! Thank you for the video overall, I've lived in the suburbs all my life but I've felt truly in my element venturing into the city. Plan on moving there next year, knock on wood. ☺

[@rashadchalabi]

I like I like🧡

[@davidsimpson9535]

Thank you for the tour

[@frankiedrew9771]

I am moving to West Philly if you haven't already done a tour for that!

[@adrianaschmann6275]

Nice Tour as usual Toon , just thinking that I''ll be about 86 when Sixer's New Arena Project is Done !!!

[@gems400]

My hometown….

[@tucathehuskyboxermix3397]

Not the Amish family being the amusement lmao

[@9saudi9]

Rally I enjoyed with the beautiful tour thanks bro

[@shotmanperson]

great views- u cutting it up on video too subscribed Lol

[@phillyrich3249]

Calling Reading terminal a food court it’s like calling McDonald’s a French restaurant lol man it’s way more than a food court people from all over the world come to Reading terminal you know that. However great job once again my man

[@TOON215]

Appreciate the support 🙏

[@mariowalker9048]

Lol I never heard anyone call McDonald's a French restaurant

[@phillyrich3249]

@@mariowalker9048 exactly 😄

[@auapplemac2441]

Reading Terminal Market not only has great prepared food to eat, but is an actual food market selling fresh meat, fish, baked goods, etc. The vendors are all independent business people. Don't forget to try Bassett's ice cream and grab a soft pretzel (with yellow mustard). Enjoy!

[@Imanwilliams109]

I’ve got to personally go to Phil and walk around myself to give some feedback. 🙂

[@yvonneplant9434]

No one in Philadelphia calls that line the Blue Line. It's the MarketFrankford Line or MFL. Or just the EL.

[@phillyrich3249]

At the liberty Place building at the top of the building is an observation tower where you get a 360° panoramic view of the entire city it’s worth the visit and you can take great photos at the top of the building

[@TOON215]

Yes sir.... I use to eat in the food court in the basement at 17th and chestnut all the time when I went to school across the st. Thanks for sharing that information with us.

[@neilyhoops]

Idk why someone would stop you from touring Reading Terminal. I mean I get it, but you just gave them a free commercial. Now I am interested in going to it.

[@Technologyphilly76]

I took this walk for over 30 years

[@jjoyce46]

I used to work at Wanamaker's and Strawbridge and Clothier in the mid 80's. They were the main places to shop at back in the day! Too bad they are gone. I used to shop at the Gallery with my girlfriend's back in the day too. We met at the Clothespin lol.

[@GIRLRAZR]

GONE? MACYS THERE NOW AND RETAIN THE SPIRIT OF WANAMAKERS. THE GALLERY WAS REDONE AND BETTER THAN BEFORE!

[@auapplemac2441]

I worked at Wanamaker's for the summer, when I was a senior in high school. They had terrific restaurants and at Christmas the center court on the first floor was crowded with people watching the dancing waters accompanied by the giant pipe organ. There was also a bronze statue of a giant eagle in the court and it was a meeting place. You would tell your friend to "meet me at the eagle." The last I heard, Macy's now occupies the building.

[@sarcrazy530]

11:27 Made the video 10x better lol

[@nopeacewithoutjustice6133]

GTA mood lol

[@edcooper3896]

New camera? Picture was great. Good tour too TOON.

[@RetiredLife825]

I was in center city yesterday

[@GIRLRAZR]

HEY THE AMISH FOLK ARE VERY COOL! OK?

[@raineyj560]

Going to Philly in July, this video helps.. Can you recommend a soul food spot in the hood? As a blk woman, I want to visit some parts where my peoples are @? Lol typed before you made the comment about food 🤷🏾

[@TOON215]

Honestly I haven't eaten in regular spots in over 7 years because I'm 100% plant based (vegan) but there is a good Caribbean soul food style vegan spot on palethorpe and girard Ave. Other then that sorry I don't know many soul food places 😅🙏

[@raineyj560]

@@TOON215 Thanks for responding. I will Goggle Map the location. I didn't watch your whole video because I wanted to see the areas for the 1st time but I did subscribe. Enjoy your day!

[@williammoore27]

It's safest to go to the subway trains in Philly!🚇🚇🚇🚇🚇🚇

[@chilypatsofia]

Thanks for the info and videos!! Is chestnut st. Area doable walking distance for everyday needs.? Groceries, pharmacies and other needs for someone who is looking to relocate but wants a walkable area? I mean if someone is not $$$😅I love that we can walk to parks, music/shows and festivals but I’m wondering if it’s very expensive for everyday living?

[@TOON215]

Yes and yes... Thanks for commenting. Yes this area is very walkable. Many resources, entertainment and eateries in walking distance. This is the epicenter of Philadelphias Metropolitan area. However it is also expensive to live in center city because your paying for all those conveniences. But expensive to me may not be expensive to you. There are many neighborhoods in Philadelphia with many conveniences that are cheaper, walkable and only a train or bus ride away from Center City Philadelphia. Research the over 150 Philadelphia Neighborhoods to figure out which is best for you. Have a wonderful day!

[@GIRLRAZR]

MOVE TO PHILLY YOU WILL LOVE IT!

[@chilypatsofia]

@@GIRLRAZR I have been researching and prices to level out a bit but it will be Philly!! We were raised in NY and I think philly is similar, can’t wait to go explore!❤️

[@auapplemac2441]

@@chilypatsofia I used to live on Pine street just off Broad also worked on Locust. It's just a few blocks away from City Hall, but much more residential. So you'll get your bearings when you Google a map, the east/west streets in downtown Philly are mostly named for trees while the north/south streets are numbered starting at Front Street by the Delaware River. There are now a lot of large apartment buildings and flats in brownstones. I'm sure it's much more expensive than when I lived there.

[@maribethschlosser6785]

I've lived in Philadelphia my whole life and center city we always just referred to it as town.

[@TOON215]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Born and raised in North philly my self. Never not once heard anyone refer to it as "town" I've heard down town. Or center city. Never town. Lol. Have a good day

[@auapplemac2441]

I've lived here too for many decades and everyone I know always refers to it as downtown or center city. We'd go downtown to shop at Gimbels, Wanamaker's and Lit Brothers Department Stores and eat and wonderful Horn and Hardart (H&H) Cafeteria. BTW, City Hall is no longer the center of the city. It was when the city was first designed centuries ago. You can look up colonial maps. Then like most places, it just continued to grow, but had to stop at the Delaware River. So it grew West, North, Northeast and South. Due to this growth pattern, City Hall was no longer the center point of the city.

[@barbeerian]

Rittenhouse Square IS the park at 18th and Walnut

[@auapplemac2441]

I thought he passed right by it when he crossed the street to go in another direction.

[@RetiredLife825]

They already have a 76ers stadium in Wilmington de, why they decide to put one there now?

[@GIRLRAZR]

THATS THE D LEAGUE!

[@durf2753]

Philly is a decent 9-5 town. Great tour, Toon!!!!!!

[@yvonneplant9434]

😂 Center City has about 50,000 living there. It's residential.

[@girlgod7201]

LOL! IF U EVEN KNEW HOW TO GOOGLE U WOULD KNOW ITS AT LEAST 69,000! @@yvonneplant9434

[@girlgod7201]

YEAH DURF WE CAN TELL U NEVER BEEN TO THIS CITY. JUST GIVE IT A REST K?

[@GIRLRAZR]

Hey hun if we know how to use google then we know Center City population is nearly 70,000! @@yvonneplant9434

[@MiscellaneousMichelle]

😊

[@ronalddoss6996]

Rittenhouse Square probably where Louis Winthorpe lived in the movie Trading Places

[@yvonneplant9434]

One problem with these tour videos is the lack of research about real people who lived in any of these places.

[@karenmbbaxter]

Wow, it's a pretty looking city.......After seeing so much of your KZbin footage from Kensington I just assumed the whole city looked like that.......The subway and streets are very clean.

[@noregrets1855]

There's some areas, like every other city, that is pretty rough looking, while many other areas are well taken care of. This city usually makes sure that the high attracted tourist areas are cared for.

[@MichaelShingo]

"the subways are very clean" hahahahaha

[@GIRLRAZR]

YES KAREN IT A SHAME! IT TEAR ME UP INSIDE! BUT IT HUMAN NATURE. THE NEGATIVE GET ALL THE ATTENTION AND NOBODY CARE ABOUT ALL THE GOODNESS! BUT TRUTH CENTER CITY AND THE SUBURBS ARE BEAUTIFUL. ITS THE IN BETWEEN HOODS TO NORTH WEST AND EAST (CAMDEN) THAT YOU GOT TO WATCH OUT FOR!

[@buliothegreat]

Thanks for the tour, seen all your hood tours, Love from Indonesia

[@scottcherrysr2368]

Welcome to my CITY, be careful walking in the city, them kids aren’t playing games down there

[@GIRLRAZR]

AYE WE GON GENTRIFY TO THE POINT THAT ALL THE RIFF RAFF BE DRIVEN OUT BY 1000 MILES...AT LEAST!

[@nightfangs2910]

🎶🎶 in the streets of Philadelphia 🎶🎶🎶🎶 🤦🤦🤷🤷🙋🙋

[@Leah-ej7ph]

👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽

[@GIRLRAZR]

PHILLY COMING BACK!

[@billyjacc]

They do have an ice skating ⛸️ rink in the winter and skating rink in the summer

[@auapplemac2441]

Yes, at City Hall Plaza.

[@Philly-mx7pn]

When you left Philly - where did you go?

[@durf2753]

Advice for improvements to Center City/Downtown: revitalize the alleys with lightings and lots of restaurants/cafe's and bars. Move the 76ers arena to downtown. Big cities have lots of traffic. Downtown San Jose is further along in downtown progress, but Downtown Philly ain't no slouch.

[@yvonneplant9434]

San Jose is growing. Phila. will never have that kind of growth again. Housing is still affordable in the Phila. It's part of why the city doesn't have row after row of homeless people tents in Center City.

[@MadAngel209]

59:10 I remember that it used to be a McDonald's where a Panda Express is now.

[@ltt5421]

Not everything is Kensington, needle park, Allegany, and drugs.

[@TOON215]

Yup I have over 500 videos covering over 100 neighborhoods in Philadelphia. I also have over 400 videos covering 48 states here in the USA. Feel free to explore my page sometime

[@michaeltischuk7972]

I used to work on 16th and Chestnut in the mid to late nineties, I would commute using the Path train from Camden, I always remember walking up from the subway stairway in Philly and it always smelled like homeless were pretty regular, doing their business there.

[@GIRLRAZR]

HEY MIKEY THANKS FOR THAT IMPORTANT UPDATE! GO AWAY NOW! =)

[@durf2753]

Finally, downtown has a water fountain just like the ones in Downtown San Jose, albeit it was shut off in the morning when Toon was in SJ.

[@yvonneplant9434]

There's been a Love Park fountain since before you were probably born. The Swann Foutain in Logan Circle has been there since the 1920s.

[@pamelaseamster4862]

Is there police in this area

[@durf2753]

Palm trees in Philly?????? Say, what????? Yes

[@martindelporto6617]

Nice video. But this is not the city I remember. It is almost empty compared to pre pandemic. Are still people working from home?

[@TOON215]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It usually depends on the time of day. Day of week. And time of year. Some people work from home. But most things are back to normal.

[@yvonneplant9434]

It is starting to come back. The stubborn WFH people need to leave home. 😂 I mean ...come on...get out of your PJs.

[@GIRLRAZR]

EMPTY? HUH? MARTIN WHERE U BEEN?!

[@barbeerian]

Those 'simple folk' were Mennonite not Amish

[@MsAmique]

This dude wants to get noticed so badly. 😂🤣

[@stephenmarshall7709]

53 feet trailers

[@vmw4444]

I live downtown and it's not packed downtown anymore. A lot of offices are still closed and working remotely. Saturday's you will find more people downtown and Summer tourist. Still recovering this is post lockdown.

[@GIRLRAZR]

PHILLY GONNA COME BACK. JUST YOU BE PATIENT OK?

[@frenchietowers7542]

say that to my face 😃😄😁😆

[@Philly-mx7pn]

The gayborhood is not just 13th street, it's broad and chestnut through 11th and Pine. 13th street is just the major gay night life street.

[@GIRLRAZR]

AYE THEM FOLKS EVERYWHERE! OK? THERE AINT NO BORDERS TO THAT HOOD!

[@durf2753]

They need to plant more palm trees in South Philly and Northern Liberty/Fishtown to the north

[@GIRLRAZR]

HUH?

[@yvonneplant9434]

😂 Phila. doesn't have the climate for palm trees.

[@durf2753]

It pains me to see Downtown Philly is struggling with a lot of vacancies. It was fine back in 2018 when I was there, although there isn't a lot to do in heart of the city. Best highlights: Rittenhouse Sq., Reading Terminal, Kimmel Center and Museum of art

[@schao2156]

I was in Center City last week to catch the FlixBus back to NY. Grew up in Philly and remember how exciting it was to explore Center City on weekends. There are so many vacancies now. About 80% of the restaurants I enjoyed pre-pandemic are gone now. The food court @ Liberty Place used to super packed and almost all the vendors were occupied. Now it's around 30% and about 75% of the tables and chairs were removed as well. It's so sad.

[@yvonnefarrell1029]

Same here, Walnut Street with empty spaces wow. Nonetheless the Reading Terminal market looks great. I am sorry to hear that the Gallery at Market East has closed because that was a major place to meet and greet back in the day and had a good food court as did Strawbridge's. Homesickness setting in here.

[@schao2156]

@@yvonnefarrell1029 I didn’t even know about the Gallery closing. I remember the city spending years on trying to revitalize it. And to close so soon after the makeover? Sad. I guess that’s where the new Sixers arena is going to be

[@GIRLRAZR]

IT CALLED THE FASHION DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA AND WHO SAY IT CLOSING?!

[@yvonneplant9434]

It's no where near as bad as what's going on in San Francisco's downtown.

[@kevinhoyle8367]

That's how u know u N Philly because ppl can't drive

[@Epic_C]

Man, in just one year, a lot has changed in this city. Those democrat policies are working well!

[@Lerf8]

fuck all the Philly politics ruining the city

[@Sonwalkers247]

Putting the arena in downtown by Chinatown and Reading Terminal is one of the most terrible idea's I've ever heard of. For 1 the businesses would not be able to handle the crowds especially with issues in production, travel and food cost. Adelman is a brilliant wealthy realtor, but working side by side with a major BLM organization to me seems like he is trying to fail proof his project while the other gains a pocket full of finances. The diverse feel of downtown is what makes Philly. Catering to just the sports crowd when Philly is a pioneer city seems it can strangle the life out of tourism even the holiday traffic the tourist industry depends on. I watched people like him in California make many promises build big things that kills people with more taxes, worse traffic and bad clientele and borderline criminal buy-outs. Not to mention the raising of rent cost will force many people who called 'Philly' home, just to line a few organizations pocket books. I hope this idea is shut down.

[@GIRLRAZR]

NOPE! WRONG AGAIN! PHILLY NEED A NEW SPARKLY DOWNTOWN ARENA NOW! NOW!

[@yvonneplant9434]

I wouldn't count on it ever happening. There is a lot of resistence.

[@yvonneplant9434]

​@@GIRLRAZR No, we don't. Sixers are losers!!!!

[@GIRLRAZR]

NEW MAYOR IS PRO BUSINESS THANKS GOD! FINALLY! @@yvonneplant9434

[@charlesflanagan5441]

Go Bills

[@stephenmarshall7709]

Why do you always assume your viewers are dumb? Like a compass, if anyone knows one direction such as North the obviously south is opposite and it's so obvious I'm not gonna explain the rest.

[@noregrets1855]

I always hated going into Center City. Always too crowded for me. The only good things I like down there are those food vendors.

[@GIRLRAZR]

HUH?

[@paulietteburnett7270]

Taft

[@myfirstcrappyvideobilly]

Yeah but I ain't see one homeless person.

[@steev7343]

Oh they’re around trust me lol

[@myfirstcrappyvideobilly]

@@steev7343 I do

[@yvonneplant9434]

​@@steev7343 Not like out west. Compared to LA or SF Phila. hardly has any visable homeless people.

[@brooksorlando4510]

​@@yvonneplant9434It's the worst in FL on East Coast. West Coast is def worse though. Agreed. I lived in San Diego for a bit... beautiful city, loved ppl, etc. Homeless was really bad though. Understandable too because basic necessities are there...nice weather, drug of choice is easily accessible, cops won't disturb their tents if they aren't making a scene, food banks are close by. It's understandable why...if I decided I give up and be homeless, I'd prob aim to live in SoCal as well haha