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Join us for happy hour at Cherry Street Pier to check out the 2023 Walk Around Philadelphia installation. This exhibit features images from the city’s edge created by artists who’ve set out to explore the city’s border on foot.
Libations and refreshments will be available for sale via the Cherry Street Pier vendors.
Since 2016, Walk Around Philadelphia has evolved into a citywide public program that has facilitated the exploration of the city’s furthest (and wildest) margins for hundreds of Philadelphians.
Walk Around Philadelphia creates cultural events that bring people together in shared experiences that connect them to their own bodies, their neighbors, and the landscape of Philadelphia.
Through facilitated walks, exhibitions and narrative storytelling, the project uses the structure of exploring the city’s perimeter to engage with themes of borders and boundaries, privilege and access, social and environmental justice, infrastructure and ecosystems, commerce and incarceration, indigenous history and colonization and more.
The walk currently happens twice a year in February and September, along with offering retreat opportunities and other programming. The next walk will take place over four weekends (Fri/Sat/Sun) from Aug 25th – Sept 17th.
Find out more & sign up for updates & invites at:
www.WalkAroundPhiladelphia.com
Hours:
Mon. – Thurs.:
12 pm – 9 pm
Friday
12 pm – 11 pm
Saturday
11 am – 11 pm
Sunday
11 am – 9 pm
Special Events
Happy Hour Gallery Hours with JJ @ Cherry St Pier
Thursdays August 24th & Aug 31st, September 7th, 14th & 21st
Friday September 1st – Post Walk drinks & snacks + First Friday @ Cherry St Pier
Saturday September 2nd – Pre Walk Send Off @ Cherry St Pier
Saturday Sept 23 – Pre Walk Send Off @ Cherry St Pier
Saturday Sept 23 – Exhibit Closing @ Cherry St Pier
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Upcoming Events
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Walk Around Philadelphia Happy Hour @ Cherry Street Pier [CANCELED] []
on Sep 10th 2024 at 5:00 pm
Update 9/5/24: This happy hour event has had to be cancelled due to a superseding private event at Cherry Street Pier. Please join us at one of the happy hours over the next two weeks!
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Perimeter map printmaking workshop @ Cherry Street Pier [Available]
on Sep 11th 2024 at 5:00 pm
Come make your own handmade letterpress map of the Philadelphia perimeter and Delaware River watershed @ Cherry Street Pier – it's free and easy!
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Virtual Info Session for Walk Around Philadelphia [Available]
on Sep 12th 2024 at 5:30 pm
JJ Tiziou has walked the entire perimeter of Philadelphia THIRTEEN TIMES and will be embarking on his 14th complete circumnavigation of the city Sept 6-29. These virtual sessions are a great opportunity to learn about the project and the city; you're invited to join the walk segments too!
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Friday Sept 13th walk from Somerton (Fall 2024) [Available]
on Sep 13th 2024 at 9:20 am
This segment covers roughly 10 miles and includes a mix of roads & sidewalks & off-road adventures with some wayfinding challenges and a potential creek crossing or two.
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Saturday Sept 14 walk from Fox Chase (Fall 2024) [WAITLIST]
on Sep 14th 2024 at 7:30 am
This segment covers roughly 5.5 miles and includes mostly easy walking along sidewalks, with potential bits of off-road forest adventure.
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Sunday Sept 15th walk from Broad St (Fall 2024) [WAITLIST]
on Sep 15th 2024 at 9:00 am
This segment covers roughly 10.5 miles and includes mostly sidewalks, some off roading and steeper hills.
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Walk Around Philadelphia Happy Hour @ Cherry Street Pier [Available]
on Sep 17th 2024 at 5:00 pm
Join us for a Tuesday Fringe Festival happy hour on the city's edge! Learn about the 100+ mile adventure of circumnavigating the entire city perimeter while enjoying the beer garden at Cherry Street Pier
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Perimeter map printmaking workshop @ Cherry Street Pier [Available]
on Sep 18th 2024 at 5:00 pm
Come make your own handmade letterpress map of the Philadelphia perimeter and Delaware River watershed @ Cherry Street Pier – it's free and easy!
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Virtual Info Session for Walk Around Philadelphia [Available]
on Sep 19th 2024 at 5:30 pm
JJ Tiziou has walked the entire perimeter of Philadelphia THIRTEEN TIMES and will be embarking on his 14th complete circumnavigation of the city Sept 6-29. These virtual sessions are a great opportunity to learn about the project and the city; you're invited to join the walk segments too!
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Friday Sept 20th walk from Miquon (Fall 2024) [WAITLIST]
on Sep 20th 2024 at 10:30 am
This segment covers roughly 9.5 miles and includes wooded & canal trails, sidewalks, multiple bridge crossing options.
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Saturday Sept 21st walk from Overbrook (Fall 2024) [WAITLIST]
on Sep 21st 2024 at 10:05 am
This segment covers roughly 7 miles and includes a mix of sidewalk and wooded trails.
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Saturday Sept 21st walk from Overbrook (Fall 2024) – GROUP B [Available]
on Sep 21st 2024 at 12:20 pm
This segment covers roughly 7 miles and includes a mix of sidewalk and wooded trails.
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Sunday Sept 22nd walk from Baltimore Ave (Fall 2024) [WAITLIST]
on Sep 22nd 2024 at 10:00 am
This segment covers roughly 9-10 miles and includes wooded trails and sidewalk, potential for off-road bushwhacking adventures.
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Walk Around Philadelphia Happy Hour @ Cherry Street Pier [Available]
on Sep 24th 2024 at 5:00 pm
Join us for a Tuesday Fringe Festival happy hour on the city's edge! Learn about the 100+ mile adventure of circumnavigating the entire city perimeter while enjoying the beer garden at Cherry Street Pier
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Perimeter map printmaking workshop @ Cherry Street Pier [Available]
on Sep 25th 2024 at 5:00 pm
Come make your own handmade letterpress map of the Philadelphia perimeter and Delaware River watershed @ Cherry Street Pier – it's free and easy!
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Virtual Info Session for Walk Around Philadelphia [Available]
on Sep 26th 2024 at 5:30 pm
JJ Tiziou has walked the entire perimeter of Philadelphia THIRTEEN TIMES and will be embarking on his 14th complete circumnavigation of the city Sept 6-29. These virtual sessions are a great opportunity to learn about the project and the city; you're invited to join the walk segments too!
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Friday Sept 27 walk around the Airport (Fall 2024) [Available]
on Sep 27th 2024 at 10:20 am
This segment covers roughly 11 miles and includes long walks by the side of the road, occasional off-road excursions to river's edge.
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Saturday Sept 28th walk from the Airport (Fall 2024) [WAITLIST]
on Sep 28th 2024 at 10:20 am
This segment covers roughly 12 miles and includes potential for heights & walking close to fast traffic on protected bridge walkway, mostly roads & sidewalks with some potential off-road adventures.
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Sunday Sept 29th walk from the Navy Yard (Fall 2024) [WAITLIST]
on Sep 29th 2024 at 12:00 pm
This segment covers roughly 10 miles and includes potential for big roundabout detour adventures and/or bushwhacking, but mostly roads and sidewalks.
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Find us at the Finish Line! [Available]
on Sep 29th 2024 at 5:00 pm
Join us at Cherry Street Pier to celebrate the completion of the 14th Walk Around Philadelphia! We'll have been walking all day completing the final segment of our 100+ mile circumnavigation of the entire city border, and we'll be delighted to see you at the finish line.
Exhibitions & Installations
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How Philly Moves – mural at PHL
from 13th Jun 2022 to 31st Dec 2025
Check out the largest mural in Philadelphia (named one of the country's best public art projects by Americans for the Arts)
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Walk Around Philadelphia: DIY on your own anytime
from 1st Jun 2023 to 1st Jun 2030
Excited about the walk and want to go out and do a segment on your own? Register here to get support materials and plug in to the larger community of perimeter walkers.