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Virtual Downtown Tour: Upper Penn-Liberty Corridor
March 23, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
$10.00
Thursday, March 23
6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
$10
This tour will be conducted via Zoom Conference. Purchase a ticket to RSVP. (Because this is a virtual event, please disregard the QR code information in the ticket e-mailed to you.)
You will receive an e-mail with a link to the Zoom event on March 23. (Tickets will not be available after 9:00 a.m. on the day of the event.)
Please log in at 5:45 p.m. to allow us enough time to let you into the tour.
There is much to admire on this tour of the compact eastern portion of the Penn-Liberty Historic District, where commerce and rail transportation merged in the late 19th century. The vast majority of the historic commercial buildings in this area were constructed between 1884 and 1916, at the height of the Gilded Age. The tour explores this ravishing architectural legacy, as well as preservation’s important role in bringing vitality back to the district. Rounding out the tour are contemporary buildings, designed with an eye to the district’s architectural past, that seal the district’s identity as a microcosm of Downtown’s commerce and culture.