Philly and its environs are laid out and built with a sense of graciousness and sumptuousness that is difficult not to notice over a long period of time. It's been my pleasure to admire the sense of absolute architectural elitism which makes so many vistas here Heaven-on-Earth ones. These vistas are most apparent on a seemingly endless string of exquisite main drags, which take the region and sprinkle it with star-dust. Some of the main drags I'm about to mention are more about earthiness and serviceability, others are more about the aforementioned architectural razzle-dazzle effect. All take this area and, for me, radically transcendentalize it. The list I've assembled cannot be, nor is meant to be comprehensive; but these are the main drags I know best, and which I've spent a big chunk of my life imbibing:
Conshohocken- Fayette Street
Plymouth Meeting- Germantown Pike
Chestnut Hill (Philly)- Germantown Avenue
Glenside- Easton Road
Bryn Mawr- Lancaster Avenue
Ardmore- Lancaster Avenue
King of Prussia- Dekalb Pike
Center City (Philly)- Walnut Street
West Philadelphia- Baltimore Avenue
North Philadelphia- Broad Street
South Philadelphia- South Street
Manayunk (Philly)- Main Street
Old City (Philly)- 2nd/3rd Streets
Ambler- Butler Pike
Jenkintown- Old York Road
Abington- Limekiln Pike
North-East Philadelphia- Five Corners
Penn's Landing (Philly)- Delaware Avenue
If you can make it to these, you will not be disappointed. Peace!
