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Black Architects Tour

Black Architects Tour is a Philadelphia walking tour with 10 stops, audio narration, Compass guidance, and route planning details.

1.8 miles · 80 minutes · 10 stops

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Stops on this route

  1. Union League
    Abele's Renaissance Revival additions (1909-1911). Day: Day 1. Time: 3:30 PM. Location: 140 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102
  2. Philadanco Building
    Joan Myers Brown, first Black woman major arts facility. Day: Day 2. Time: 5:00 PM. Location: 1735 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19103
  3. Free Library Central
    Abele's grand staircase and rotunda (1917-1927). Day: Day 1. Time: 10:30 AM. Location: 1901 Vine St, Philadelphia, PA 19103
  4. African American Museum
    Theodore Cam Jr. design (1976). Day: Day 2. Time: 2:00 PM. Location: 701 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
  5. Philadelphia Museum of Art
    Julian Abele design (1916-1928). Day: Day 1. Time: 9:00 AM. Location: 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19130
  6. Penn Campus - Fisher Library
    Abele's Gothic masterpiece (1891/1911). Day: Day 1. Time: 1:30 PM. Location: 220 S 34th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
  7. Irvine Auditorium
    Abele's neo-Gothic concert hall (1925-1931). Day: Day 1. Location: 3401 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
  8. Progress Plaza
    Louis de Moll, first Black-owned shopping center (1968). Day: Day 2. Time: 3:30 PM. Location: 1501 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19122
  9. Berean Savings & Loan
    Walter Livingston Jr. Brutalist design (1972). Day: Day 2. Time: 9:30 AM. Location: 5419 W Girard Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19131
  10. Zion Baptist Church
    Livingston's 1970s modernist sanctuary. Day: Day 2. Time: 11:00 AM. Location: 3600 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19140