Explore Center City

Center City is a thriving, 24-hour downtown, full of history, three centuries of architecture, and arts and cultural offerings, with an amazing variety of unique retail shops, and nationally acclaimed restaurants.

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Center City Fit

Rothman Orthopaedics presents Center City Fit returns to Dilworth Park. This Spring, Dilworth Park comes to life with fun, free, fitness programs led by top-notch trainers from Optimal Sport Health Clubs 1315 Walnut. Free classes begin on April 15 and run through October 15.

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Shop Center City

If it's in, it's in Center City. Learn from those in-the-know why Condé Nast Traveler named Philadelphia the Best Shopping City in America.

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CCD SIPS

All summer long enjoy summer in the city. Wednesdays, June 6-August 29, from 5-7 pm, participating bars and restaurants are offering $6 cocktails, $5 wine, $4 beer and half-priced appetizers.

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Dining

Center City Philadelphia is a foodie’s paradise.
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Living

Thinking about a move? Consider Center City Philadelphia.
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Events

Find fun things to do in Philadelphia's downtown.
CCD Parks

Pulse at Dilworth Park

Pulse is a site-specific work of public art created for Dilworth Park by internationally renowned artist Janet Echelman, who reshapes urban airspace with a monumental, fluidly moving sculpture that responds to environmental forces including wind, water, and sunlight.
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Free Fitness Classes Return to Dilworth Park

Rothman Orthopaedic Institute presents Center City Fit.The series will offer a full lineup of fitness classes to be held on Monday and Tuesday evenings starting April 15 through October 15, with a special event scheduled for Saturday, June 1.
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New Year, New Ways to Have Fun at Dilworth Park

The holidays may be over but the wintertime activities continue at Dilworth Park until the end of February, featuring new programming for children and adults including the return of “Free in February” presented by Capital One.

The Center City District (CCD), Central Philadelphia Development Corporation (CPDC) and Center City District Foundation (CCDF) work together to enhance the vitality and competitiveness of Philadelphia's downtown. In 1991 the business leadership organization CPDC created the CCD business improvement district to deliver daily services with the goal of making Center City clean and safe. This helped transform Center City into a vibrant 24-hour downtown, attractive to businesses, residents, students, shoppers and tourists. In addition, the CCD is responsible for the management of Dilworth, Sister Cities, John F. Collins and Cret Parks, four extraordinary public spaces in the heart of Center City. CCDF, the charitable affiliate of the CCD, was launched in 2016 to support the next generation of public space improvements in Center City Philadelphia.

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