Philly

Philly (short for Philadelphia for those who do not know) is actually an interesting city. From the outskirts it looks like a rundown city. But if one looks closer, there are actually some beautiful buildings. Some old and some new. I was at Philly for a weekend conference and so had very little time to go around and take pictures of interesting buildings. Here are a few I found time for:

I believe this was the capital building but it was under construction:

Had they not have the scaffolding around the building the details of the beautiful cravings could have been better viewed. I only got a quick glance of it when passing it by car (but did not have the camera handy).

This is the remains of what was once a building housing some kind of Christian organization transformed to an office. It's quite very sad how so many historic Christian buildings in Philly are now transformed to non-Christian offices. As you will see below the beautiful carvings.

Should zoom in on the carvings. It bears the markings of several Christian organizations, so it's very unclear what this building housed originally. But clearly it was of a reformed influence.

Now this was their play house theater. I believe it's a newer building but been designed to look historic. I think they've done a fine job with that.

They even used gas lanterns as lighting around the building. It appears enchanting in the evening.

This is a very odd building in that there's a green house at the top. As you can see trees are planted at the top.