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CCD SIPS has redefined the happy hour scene in Philadelphia. This June 5 through August 28, more than 80 bars and restaurants will participate, with Dilworth Park, Cret Park and Sister Cities Park all included and offering an experience unlike the others.
The Market Street East Improvement Association released the results of an Independent study and master plan outlining a vision for Market Street East and enhanced connections to adjacent areas.
Center City District (CCD) is launching an advertising campaign across multiple media platforms to promote Philadelphia’s restaurants during the coldest winter months from January through March. The new campaign encourages the public to patronize restaurants through takeout orders, because not all restaurants have been able to install heated outdoor dining areas and the return to indoor dining will probably be gradual when it begins.
CCD is pleased to announce it has been awarded a $2 million capital redevelopment grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the second phase of the Rail Park, extending from Vine Street to Fairmount Avenue.
As Philadelphia marks the two-year anniversary of the mandated citywide COVID-19 shutdown on March 16, 2020, Center City continues to show promising signs of recovery, buoyed by rising numbers of pedestrians who are supporting increases in retail and restaurant sales, local tax revenue, new store openings and downtown vibrancy.
Philadelphia’s largest employment center and fastest growing residential section is showing unprecedented signs of growth and new investment, according to the newly released State of Center City, 2016, produced by the Center City District (CCD) and Central Philadelphia Development Corporation (CPDC).
Water Orchestra reimagines Dilworth Park's fountain as a playful, responsive musical instrument, activated in real-time by the gestures of anyone who steps onto the conductor’s podium. The installation runs September 5 through October 3.
Center City District SIPS is back, and it’s not just bars and restaurants that benefit.
This new CCD/CPDC report examines the current state of the downtown restaurant and retail sectors. Using pedestrian, transit and parking occupancy counts and detailed visual surveys of almost 2,000 retail premises, conducted by CCD staff, the report provides a close-up look at business conditions, supplemented with information from the commercial office sector, employment trends, housing market data and ecommerce trends.