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Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

30 S. 17th Street
Suite 1710
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107

(215) 599 -0776
www.gophila.com

Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau

1700 Market Street
Suite 3000
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

(215) 636-3300
www.PhiladelphiaUSA.trav
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Title: Love Sculpture
Posted by: B. Krist

Introduction

Philadelphia is a place of contrasts: Grace Kelly and Rocky Balboa; Le Bec-Fin -- one of the nation's finest French haute cuisine restaurants -- and the fast-food heaven of Jim's Steaks; Independence Hall and the Mario Lanza Museum; 18th-century national icons with 21st-century-style skyscrapers soaring above them. The world-renowned Philadelphia Orchestra performs in a stunning concert hall -- the focal point of efforts to transform Broad Street into a multicultural Avenue of the Arts.

Along the same street, 25,000 Mummers dressed in outrageous sequins and feathers historically have plucked their banjos and strutted their stuff to the strains of "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers" on New Year's Day. City residents include descendants of the staid Quaker founding fathers, the self-possessed socialites of the Main Line (remember Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant in The Philadelphia Story?), and the unrestrained sports fans, who are as vocal as they are loyal.

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