Posted May 2, 200718 yr Washington Square West (or Wash West) is a neighborhood in downtown, or Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Affectionately known as The Gayborhood by locals, it is so-named because of its large concentration of gay- and lesbian-oriented bookstores, coffee shops, restaurants, boutiques, bars, and clubs. The neighborhood takes its name from Washington Square, the urban park on its eastern boundary. The neighborhood roughly corresponds to the area between 7th and Broad Streets and between Walnut and South Streets, bordering on the neighborhoods of Chinatown to the north, Society Hill to the East, Bella Vista and Hawthorne to the south, and the Avenue of the Arts and Rittenhouse Square to the west. The area is also home to the city's Antique Row and several hospitals, including the nation's oldest, Pennsylvania Hospital, and that of Thomas Jefferson University. - Wikipedia And a few pics from the nearby Independence National Historical Park area....
May 2, 200718 yr Robins Book Store! my old home away from home. Nice shots... btw, the Gayborhood, esp around 13th & Locust, recently had its street signs retrofitted with the gay-rainbow logo underneath each.
May 2, 200718 yr Keep 'em comin'! If Philly ever got its act together... it could be this country's Melbourne.
May 2, 200718 yr Wonderful! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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