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“Philly is not only big and beautiful but it also has real character. I like the free exhibits at First Friday.”
Kyle S. – Pomeroy, OH
Compiled by the Daily News editorial staff, this simple list shares the best of what Philadelphia has to offer.
The Daily News
Bill Cosby
Cheesesteaks
Championships
Palestra
Grace Kelly
Mummers
Will Smith
The neighborhoods
Liberty Bell
Wilt Chamberlain
Soft pretzels
Fairmount Park
Superstars
Our surly temperament
Museums
John Chaney
Mother Drexel
Boyz II Men
Boathouse Row
Philadelphia Orchestra
Mario Lanza
City Hall
Our quirks
Ed Bacon
Philadelphia based movies
Rowhouses
Marian Anderson
Tastykakes
American Bandstand
Philadelphia Zoo
The Shore
Patti LaBelle
The Parkway
The Italian Market
Pearl Bailey
Our Rivers
The Army-Navy Game
Cecil B. Moore
Saint John Neumann
Reading Terminal Market
Scrapple
Frank Rizzo
The big stories
Blue Horizon
Gamble & Huff
Trolleys
Palumbos
Eddie Fisher
The way we talk
South Street
The big events
Connie Mack Stadium
A. Leon Higginbotham
Quakers
W.C. Fields
Richardson Dilworth
Teen idols
The Navy Yard
Halfball
The Mob
The Barrymores
Philadelphia lawyers
Teddy Pendergrass
The Main Line
Pat Croce
Wanamaker Eagle
Curtis Institute
The loud mouths
Penn Relays
Merion Golf Club
Jewelers Row
The Three Stooges
Andrew Wyeth
The mascots
Originally published in The Philadelphia Daily News
Friday, March 31, 2000
