The NY Times Has Philadelphia #3 On Their List Of Places In The World You Need To Visit In 2015

1/09/2015 9:40 PM

NYT – The making of an urban outdoor oasis: A series of projects has transformed Philadelphia into a hive of outdoor urban activity. Dilworth Park, formerly a hideous slab of concrete adjoining City Hall, reopened this past autumn as a green, pedestrian-friendly public space with a winter ice-skating rink (and a cafe by the indefatigable chef Jose Garces). Public art installations, mini “parklets” and open-air beer gardens have become common sights. The Delaware River waterfront was reworked for summer 2014 with the Spruce Street Harbor Park (complete with hammocks, lanterns and floating bar) becoming a new fixture, following the renovation of the Race Street Pier, completed in 2011, and offers free yoga classes on a bi-level strip of high-design decking and grass. The city’s other river, the Schuylkill, has its own new boardwalk. To top it off, this spring, Philadelphia will get its first bike share program, making this mostly flat city even more friendly for those on two wheels.

I love this city and all, but…really? Aren’t Venice, New Zealand and Hawaii still considered “Places”? Get a clue, NYT. Maybe if you threw Philly a bone and gave it a 25th spot or something, but #3? That’s just an asshole hipster pick if I’ve ever seen one. And I live and breathe this town.

Other notes from the list:

Tulsa, Oklahoma? GTFO of here. No reason to the middle of nowhere when I can drive 2 hrs to whiff cow shit in Lancaster.

LOVE how they list “Lower Manhattan” as 17. Not NYC. Not Manhattan. Just the rich hipster and Wall St parts of town. Can’t have minorites from Harlem and The Bronx or the guido’s from Strong Island corrupting the list.

And, of course, #21 is Cleveland so naturally this list is fundamentally flawed to hell. Everything you need to know about that city of depression is right in its tourism video: