Local South Street Tips, Please.

My 25 yo son and I will be visiting Philadelphia for the first time 8/4-8/6. The first day, we will do our Independence Square pilgrimage, before getting ready for an 8:30 dinner at Fountain. The second day, we plan to do the Museum of Art, Godin Museum, ESP, and whatever we have time for, followed by a Phillies game. The third day, we have until about 1:00 before we have to head to the airport.

We are hoping to find things to do between in the South Street area, say, 8am and noon, before grabbing two with and a beverage at Jim%26#39;s before leaving the City.

I read mention of a several block long ';bazaar'; of sorts long South Street in summer? True? Still?

Local South Street Tips, Please.

South St. is most interesting to visit in the evening however your schedule does not allow for that. I think many of the shops open late (11am) so that ya morning visit is not ideal. You might consider to change your plan so that you do Jim%26#39;s/South St. on the afternoon of day one. Then spend the morning of day three doing whatever you missed on day one.

Local South Street Tips, Please.

You make good points, R%26amp;R. I may have to do a bit of juggling. Would it makes sense to go there later night (10:30-12:00) on a weekday?

As an aside, can anyone suggest a good spot for vinyl albums (jazz and R%26amp;R)?

I%26#39;m never quite sure what people expect to find on South Street, and I would be hard-pressed to adequately describe it myself without giving offense to someone. I should warn you, however, that at the moment, it is undergoing an extensive streetscaping project, which makes it even more down-trodden than normal. The streets and sidewalks have been torn up and not yet fully replaced, all the trees have been removed and not yet replanted, and there are barricades in various places.

I don%26#39;t know what the bazaar is you%26#39;ve been told about, except perhaps a crafts market in the shambles at Headhouse Square, but that is held only sporadically now on some Saturdays, replaced by a farmers%26#39; market on Sundays.

I don%26#39;t know about the bazaar either, but it seems there is a farmer%26#39;s market there on Sundays 10-2, unfortunately you are not there on Sunday

http://www.thefoodtrust.org/php/headhouse/

here%26#39;s a link to south street merchants swebite

http://www.southstreet.com/

Skip South Street, and do Reading Terminal Market instead. As mentioned previously, the time frame you have for South Street is not good- mostly everything will be closed. Grab your ';two with'; on your Independence Hall day at Campo%26#39;s, 2nd %26amp; Market, or you can still walk down 4th Street to Jim%26#39;s (about 5 blocks each way).

Thanks, O. I was thinking that South Street was a bit of the Haight in SF, a bit of Uptown in Minneapolis, a bit of the East Village in NYC, etc. You know, funky shops, shades of old hippies, health food stores, record shops - stuff like that. Maybe I got the wrong impression and am still living the old song which says ';ya gotta go to South Street';.

I DID read somewhere, and I believe it was in the travel guide ';Access: Philadelphia';, where South Street was closed to vehicle traffic for a portion of the summer and all manner of booths and stands were in place. They even suggested entering around 10th Street and then moving along eastward to the waterfront. Perhaps they were in the wrong city.

I think that Access travel guide is out of date or just wrong. South st is not closed to vehicle traffic. Nevertheless you might still find it interesting to walk along. Take a look at the link that I posted previously and you can get an idea of the kinds of stores and restaurants there.

this link has a pretty good description of the ';scene'; on South St.

http://www.ushistory.org/tour/tour_south.htm

If you%26#39;re looking for an East Village/SOHO-type experience, try hanging out in the Old City area and into Northern Liberties. Tons of great boutiques, galleries, bars, restaurants, etc. South Street is often over-run with local (city and burbs) teens and has lost much of its boho charm, IMO, even without all the construction.

Regarding, '; I was thinking that South Street was a bit of the Haight in SF, a bit of Uptown in Minneapolis, a bit of the East Village in NYC, etc. You know, funky shops, shades of old hippies, health food stores, record shops - stuff like that.';

It used to be, but now it%26#39;s just a hodgepdoge of tacky stores, and semi-rowdy bars. There are a few notable exceptions, like Jim%26#39;s Steaks, Copabananacabana (for the best Margaritas anywhere), and a few other places.

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