The Top Things To Do And See In University City, Philadelphia

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Carlotta Bosi

Philadelphia is well known in both popular culture as the rest of United States, being the place where the Founding Fathers met in order to sign both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Movies like Philadelphia and Rocky only contributed to settling the historic city in legend and today the town is laden to the brim with interesting things to see and do, even across the Schuylkill River and amidst youthful University City.

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Sports and relax

Weather you’re a student or a tourist, you enjoy watching sports or playing them, there are a lot of dedicated spaces in University City. Right beside The Woodlands Estate is the Hamlin Tennis Center, situated inside Penn Park, where everyone can either find a spot to relax or play soccer with a view of Philadelphia in the background. For football lovers there is Franklin Field, a stadium for football and lacrosse. And then there are the oodles of other gardens and green spaces that pepper the area.

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