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Theres actually alot of cobble stone in Philly. Also the Pennsylvania Dutch are actually German. They're called the Pennsylvania Dutch because German in German is Deutsch. Dutch Country isn't Dutch at all lol
Old City is a beautiful part of Philadelphia. Old City and the adjacent Society Hill are two of the most historic neighborhoods in the nation. Elfreth's Alley is the oldest continuously inhabited street in the United States.
The Bourse building was the first commodities exchange building in the country. Philadelphia is the home of many "firsts": first hospital, first library, first zoo, first museum. It's such a cool place to live!
Janet Tedesco: I didn't know that. It's such a beautiful city! I live about an hour away in south Jersey and I really want to visit it more now after seeing Joel and Lia's video.
At the bridge when you mentioned Penn's Landing, you could have walked there in a few minutes from that spot. The casino isn't right there, it's further up, north of the bridge, so you wouldn't have even seen it.
The historic district was almost lost in the '70's because the homes were run down. Then Kevin Bacon's dad came up with a scheme which allowed people purchasing the old homes a special discount. They could gut and remodel the inside but had to keep the outside walls just as they were.
This story is one degree away from Kevin Bacon! 🤣 But really, that's awesome he did that. It was such a cute street. I'm glad they preserved the history!
One correction, cobblestones are rounded like river rock. The square ones you were looking at were Belgian load stones, which were used as blast on the way to the Colonies and used as paving stones afterwards.
Belgian block is actually all over the older cities on the East Coast. There's a little bit of cobblestone in Philly but not that much, most of it is around 3rd and Walnut. But most of that stuff is made from local granite. An older Southern cities like Charleston where they didn't have easy access to granite they used brick sets instead.
My second cousin 8 times removed was Richard Henry Lee who seconded the Resolution to Declare Independence from Great Britain. He also signed the Declaration of Independence.
Just across the delaware folks, in south jersey🤘glad you enjoyed philly. Independence hall is where the founding fathers declared independence from Britain. So much history in that town
The Bourse has actually been open for years, the drop in tourism from COVID and all the offices in Old City closing and going work from home, killed a lot of the independent restaurants, bar and a distillery outpost that were in there.
Oh no, we love cobbles! People love historical areas in the States because there aren't as many. Those houses sell for a premium. I lived on a cobbled street in Lower Manhattan for several years near South Street Seaport. I loved it!
This will sound very nerdy but squirrels actually have thicker skin and more blood vessels on their feet to keep them warmer than other animal's extremities. In other words, their feet come with thick "boots" of skin and a warming system (blood) other mammals can't imagine. Their fur helps of course too. Some studies suggest their nervous system sort of tunes out the pain of cold and frostbite because they just don't seem to mind it. The really cool thing is they are physiologically adapted to clean their blood of "ice nucleators" or particles that would lead to freezing in other mammals. Arctic squirrels (and likely their common cousins) can withstand cold blood that would cause frostbite and gangrene in humans. Scientists study squirrels and are trying to find ways to make us humans more winter tough.
OK OK OK...let me explain. A snowstorm in Philly is known as a "French Toast Panic." EVERYONE, with the first notification of a snowstorm, rushes out immediately and buys bread, eggs, and milk.
I LOVE the way you both say "squirrels". ♥ Philly retail, like NYC, got decimated by covid. Glad you got to see Old City, it really is charming. The big bridge is the Ben Franklin, that takes you through New Jersey to New York.
The Ben Franklin Bridge takes you New Jersey not through it. You can take the New Jersey Turnpike New Jersey to the Holland or Lincoln Tunnels to New York City.
@@robertcuminale1212 Oh ffs. Yeah, it takes you across the river into Jersey, then you drive/take the bus to NYC. International tourists are not going to care too much about what's in between, unless they're going to the shore.
I've worked across from The Bourse for 3 years..it is not new lol Unfortunately COVID really hit that eatery hard. I used to order lunch from several of the places that used to be set up in there..sadly they closed due to COVID and have not returned. It's actually typically a very busy place where tourists pop in to eat while visiting the local sites. Im glad to see they've posted some 'coming soon's. Id love to have more lunch options lol
So glad you got to see some cool Philly things when it was freezing. Come back! I am Pennsylvania Dutch (German) as well.You would also love Lancaster County PA. Love your vlog!
Karen Pennsylvania: Lancaster is so beautiful! I'm from south Jersey and every year my husband, daughter, and I go to the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire in Manheim.
Where I grew up in Chestnut Hill, in north-western Philly, there's a street called Germantown Avenue that goes almost all the way to Center City that is all cobblestones inside the city. Outside the city is been paved.
Ah Washington Square. I used to work in a building on one side of it, with the big arched windows on top. A film studio that has sadly been run down by a bad CEO.
I lived in the Gayborhood and I live in Old City currently and it's so crazy to see you guys walk around and be fascinated by the streets that I've grown super familiar with. Especially Washington West since I went to the arts school over there, all the buildings you passed by were actually some of the student apartments and dorms lol.
The house on Elfeth’s Alley was up for sale and I saw the interior and it was super cute but really small. The Borse has been around for many many years/decades. They probably have vendors come and go. Glad you had a nice day in the snow!
I’m familiar with downtown Philly. Covid is still a factor for downtown businesses. I expect vendors will return in time for summer tourism! The Old City district is fabulous place to visit especially during the summer time. Try a horse drawn carriage ride!
I've been all over the nation and my favorite parts are the historic sights. My late husband an I had so much fun in this city. We made some great memories. Every city we went to, we always looked at the old historic buildings. Enjoy your journey!! And if a drunk chick walks up to you saying "we fought you Brits", just walk away...I'm drunk.
I'm glad somebody talked you both into going to Dalessandro's instead of Pat's or whatever. If you made it there, I'm sure you enjoyed the food. It's not a fancy place, but the quality and quantity are both high. Also, the Bourse is in its final stages of a new food hall. Food halls started out a few years ago and are gaining steam. Consider them higher-end food courts (that were in most malls) with better food. Great vid of center city (at least that what Philly people call it). Unfortunately, South Street is a shell of what it used to be 30 years ago. What was once a 9-10 experience on a ten-scale, is now a 3-4 at best. South Street was bumper-to-bumper cars, walking was faster. And all the shops were iconic. My friends and I would take the 40 minute trip once a month to go down there - it was worth the time (back then).
With Philadelphia being the largest city during colonial times and the birthplace of the nation, that part of Philadelphia is seen as sacred, which is why the cobblestone paths are still around, to keep it preserved.
Cobbled streets also in a few limited parts of downtown NYC and Brooklyn. Definitely a bunch in Boston. I think a few limited areas in the South, like Charleston or Charlotte. Obviously it's low/slow traffic or pedestrian streets only. That "British and American flag" you saw was what was called the "Grand Union Flag". It was actually almost indistinguishable from the British East India Company flag. It was only briefly used.
Have you guys made it out to “Amish Country” about an hour or so out west of Philly? I think I saw in one of your previous videos you’ve hit Reading Street Terminal (you’ve got to try an apple dumpling from the Amish Eating Place.) If you enjoy American breakfast you might enjoy the Shady Maple Smorgasbord (it’s the source of all bacon.) Just the gift shop is a trip (though the smell of all the scented candles can give you a headache.) It’d be fun to see your reaction to our gluttony. ps. Marrakesh, kinda off of South St. is really good! 7 courses. Cash only. Their eggplant (aubergine?) salad during the first course is a favorite of my girls (actually the whole family.) If you go, definitely go hungry.
Awh, it was so pretty watching you guys walk around Olde City in the snow. It is a beautiful part of town, I love every bit of it. Just glad it stayed as a “pretty” snow, and not a “scary” snow for your return trip home. 🙂 ❤️❤️❤️
I used to live in Philly with friends and we had a new roommate from Texas and she said exactly what Joel mentioned. She once asked “why haven’t these cobblestone streets been replaced?” She was horrified by them and I was horrified anyone would think that was a good idea.
The two of you need to visit Savannah, Georgia/Historical District. It’s absolutely beautiful. My husband and I stayed at a beautiful VRBO on East Jones Street; hence, the phrase “ keeping up was the Jones” in the States. We took our dog and walked everywhere, as it is so pet friendly in many restaurants. The Colonial Cemetery is full of history from the late 1700’s.
Great video. We have a big problem with that highway separating the city from the waterfront. You would have loved the Victorians in West Philadelphia. During school trips, we would take classes to the Bourse for lunch.
Wow the Bourse shocked me. I remember going there in the 80's when it was renovated to be an upscale food and retail place. To be fair I haven't been in that area of Philly in yrs. I need to visit back home more often!
@@letitiajeavons6333 annoyingly like the rest if the world 😔. Hope it bounces back- always liked that area. Just realize how much I miss popping over to Philly from the burbs.
My partner and I went to the Betsy Ross house like 20 years ago. When we got there it was CLOSED! But we had a nice walk around Olde City and Society Hill. Society Hill was an historic 18th Century neighborhood and dockside district that was slated to be torn down and replaced with low income housing projects but the planners decided on preservation instead and incentivised people to buy and renovate properties. The city turned the vacant lots into mini-parks. Someone else in the comments said the city did the same thing for Olde Town in the 70s.
Thank you for giving me a tour of Philadelphia. I have been to Philadelphia but never saw those old houses and buildings. Very cool. I did the tourist thing, walking up and down South Street as well as going to the Art Museum where Rocky ran up the steps. I’m from Louisiana.
Lia's laugh is infectious. We love it! I like how the video started with her cracking up over something. I'd love to know what she was laughing over. Maybe it was another 69ers comment from Joel. LOL
I am absolutely chuffed that you two legends were in Olde City. I work in a building across from Franklin Square which has a Carousel and is only 0.5 mi. North of Washington Square. The bridge you referred to is the Ben Franklin bridge. I have some beautiful photos of the bridge from the ninth floor of the building.
I'm old enough to remember cobblestones and trolley tracks revealed in my Queens, NYC neighborhoods where the asphalt laid over them had worn away. Sadly, since then those streets have been totally redone and there's no trace of those old roads or trolley tracks anymore. True, in 2014 I visited Paris for a week in midsummer and didn't see a single squirrel. Lots of collared doves, though, which are cool.
fun fact Squirrels were imported into Philadelphia just like in London because Philadelphia city planners through squirrels would help improve the image of the city. Also, Betsy Ross while originally being credited to creating the American Flag was actually not true as her children started that fact but there no facts backing that up and even seems to blantly discredit that though. The Betsy Ross House you saw was actually a reconstruction as nothing was original. The land was bulldozed and they built that house there. The building with the flags all over is was Humphrys Flag Company. One of the oldest flag manufactures in US. They've been around Philadelphia since 1860s and before then in NYC. The reason for house widths on Elfreth's alley is because the British Crown taxed houses by the width of the house but not the height. There a lot of open buildings in old city as they're being "warehoused", back in the early 90s the area was in worst shape. Many people bought buildings on the cheap waiting to sell them for tons of money. The one building you passed with the black gates near the pillow store. A guy wanted to rent the building for a shop but the owner wanted a ton of money a few years ago. Most of the empty buildings you will see isn't due to covid but because of warehousing. Now for the Bourse that was heavily affected by Covid as a few years ago they re-did it. By the time covid hit they only had a few shops in there. They were trying to find their footing but without the tourists that placed floundered.
The stripes are the 13 original colonies that started the United States and the stars are each individual state. Every time a new state comes a new star is added with Alaska and Hawaii being the last two added. Now the 13 colonies were technically territories before becoming official states remember that. As the states listed were here since maybe the 1680s or a bit later as Jamestown was first found as a gold digging operation before becoming finally profitable as a tobacco growing paradise. The gold never panned out as what was left of the survivors resorted to cannibalism to survive, yeah it was really bad until John Rolfe turned the whole thing around by learning planting and fertilizing methods used by the natives marrying the native princess Pocahontas who was renamed Rebecca when she went to England. Plymouth was next as that was a puritan area for people trying to escape the Church of England. They had nothing but the first winter they there they could make houses fast enough and people just kept getting sick. The spring of the next year the survivors made peace with the natives in exchange the two groups would take out a rival tribe permanently as food was a problem. The attack was swift and devastating as both found a common goal to survive by any means. The rivals were destroyed and the first thanksgiving feast was created as a peaceful gathering between people giving thanks for the friendship and a bountiful harvest. A quarter of Americans living today can trace their own dna to a person at Plymouth all that time ago. You never know who you are connected to in some way.
On my way to sign up at Joel & Lia’s Philly Airbnb! That neighborhood is so cute and cool! 😂 I bet the barber would’ve thought it was super cool if you’d stopped in to say hi. 💈
Even if it was not the same guy that called the Preston & Steve show, he would have heard and thought it was cool you stopped in! (It did look very empty though!! 👀)
You should really come to Boston, we have many historic streets like that including one of the most photographed streets in America, Acorn St🥰❤️ Basically all of downtown Boston is one big historic district, obviously mixed with the modern😂 best time to come is late spring, to peak fall. Summer here is beautiful🦋🌸🌼🌷🌻
The Betsy Ross House is my favorite historical site in Philadelphia. Betsy is the only woman in the Revolutionary War History Books who is famous for being someone other than someone's wife.
@@grahamparks1645 That's right. Way to throw some knowledge at us! You'd think I'd know that since I was once in a wedding at the Molly Pitcher Inn. LOL
Wow!! Only one or two famous women from the revolution? Isn't that ridiculous? LOL 🤣 It shows how skewed history is by the values of the historians. Fame only comes from remembering and retelling what a person did. And our knowledge of the nature and importance of a spouse, or any individual actively involved at the time, is limited by the awareness, judgement and recognition of whoever recorded the events. One only has to consider the importance of all the people around us; and how we would not be who and where we are without their contributions. We should put that an asterisk ✳️ after every famous person's name as a reminder of that 😄
Love your new guidelines! Hopefully everyone sees them (or was I flagged?!?👉😳) Cheeky Legends! 🙈🙉🙊 This was a really cool glimpse of Philadelphia A part I don't remember seeing. I'll have to go back when things open up more.👍
Every Middle school in American has trips offered to the kids to go to Philly and D.C. if they can afford it 18 yrs ago we paid 1,300 for our son's trip.
Your clip of The Bourse made me a bit sad… it was busy and filled with vendors pre-COVID and unfortunately the places couldn’t recover from COVID’s hit on eatery’s ☹️ hopefully those new vendors with the coming soon signs will be open soon and do well!
So glad you enjoyed your trip to Philly! Would have totally loved running into you! Old City is a great area for the historical vibe you think of when seeing Philly, and for eating and shopping (like that Philadelphia Independents shop you visited, great local artists' work)! Elfreth's Alley is a gem! Yes so many store fronts are empty bc the pandemic has really done a number to businesses. Glad you got to see a little bit of snow! ❄️
Just fyi, The Bourse isn't new. They're just making it a bit more upscale. Would go there a good amount in high school (early to mid 2010s) and it was pretty standard food court food. Haven't been recently though
Been watching your videos for about a week now from Northern Virginia. You both seem to be lovely people on both the inside and out. Enjoying your content so far. Lia you are impossibly beautiful. I look forward to seeing your future adventures.
A visit to Olde Christ Church in Olde City , especially the adjoining cemetary , wwher several of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence are buried , along with John Barry , considered the Father of the American Navy ...
Love it, everything looks prettier in the snow. I love cobblestone too, I wish there was more of it where I am though. That’s one of the reasons I am excited to go to Europe, my dad and brother said that when they were in Germany there was a lot of Kabul stone streets. I love old historic buildings and neighborhoods like that, there is an old part of Sacramento two and there’s a ghost Tour you can go on there. I haven’t been on the ghost tour yet because I was too young at the time when we went, but my parents did it and they said it was cool; the old part of Sacramento that I saw was interesting too though. I’m so excited and looking forward to the video of Independence Hall! 🌟👏☺️❇️❤️
You guys ought to visit the Carolina’s. Direct flight from London to Charlotte. After visiting Charlotte, short (2 hour drive) to Asheville (mountains) then 3 hours the other way to Charleston and the beach. I think you’ll love it.
A few years ago some friends of mine from England came over to Philadelphia they are married couple and they stayed in Philadelphia and they went out at night one night and found themselves in the middle of a street festival which they said was absolutely fantastic the food was great they had a Philly cheese steak they really enjoyed themselves and just got to hang out and party with all the local Philadelphians and really had a good time!!
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Awe man cringe. Not you 2 as people. 🫣 just this video. Don’t believe the hype. There’s nothing to see here. We ain’t a tourist spectacle 🫥
Love you two..
There's plenty of traditional British breakfast in America...
Cheers 🥂 from San Francisco CA USA
You two are great..... giddy like my wife and I... traveling London... bath.... York....etc in Great Britain.....Glad you enjoyed America 🇬🇧🇺🇲💪
I loved the snow coming down and grabbing a bite 💪👍💪
America borrowed the architecture from Great Britain 🇺🇲🇬🇧🇺🇲👍
Theres actually alot of cobble stone in Philly. Also the Pennsylvania Dutch are actually German. They're called the Pennsylvania Dutch because German in German is Deutsch. Dutch Country isn't Dutch at all lol
However the Dutch colonized NJ and New York and there were Swedes in Philly so actual Dutch inspired shutters would make sense
They don't speak dutch in pennsylvania it not dutch but some type of language that has Germanic roots
Those cobblestones are from England.
They were balast that came to America and goods went back.
Thank you Sir. I am Pennsylvania German and I stopped correcting people years ago.
@@shalbec3232 High Middle German, much like Tudor English
Old City is a beautiful part of Philadelphia. Old City and the adjacent Society Hill are two of the most historic neighborhoods in the nation.
Elfreth's Alley is the oldest continuously inhabited street in the United States.
The Bourse building was the first commodities exchange building in the country. Philadelphia is the home of many "firsts": first hospital, first library, first zoo, first museum. It's such a cool place to live!
Except for the corruption and crime.......
Janet Tedesco: I didn't know that. It's such a beautiful city! I live about an hour away in south Jersey and I really want to visit it more now after seeing Joel and Lia's video.
A bourse is a stock exchange there is also a movie theater at the Bourse called the Ritz at the bourse and it hosts film festival films
First post office, first fire company.
@@juniorjohnson9509
It's hardly the only city to have corruption and crime.
At the bridge when you mentioned Penn's Landing, you could have walked there in a few minutes from that spot. The casino isn't right there, it's further up, north of the bridge, so you wouldn't have even seen it.
I lived on Elfreth’s Alley in the mid 1990’s!
The historic district was almost lost in the '70's because the homes were run down. Then Kevin Bacon's dad came up with a scheme which allowed people purchasing the old homes a special discount. They could gut and remodel the inside but had to keep the outside walls just as they were.
Fascinating, Thanks!
This story is one degree away from Kevin Bacon! 🤣 But really, that's awesome he did that. It was such a cute street. I'm glad they preserved the history!
Edmund Bacon was executive director of the Philadelphia Planning Commission from 1949 to 1970. He had six children, four girls and two boys.
I'm living in one of those saved/ rehabbed buildings right now in Old City.
One correction, cobblestones are rounded like river rock. The square ones you were looking at were Belgian load stones, which were used as blast on the way to the Colonies and used as paving stones afterwards.
Ballast... not blast.
Belgian block is actually all over the older cities on the East Coast. There's a little bit of cobblestone in Philly but not that much, most of it is around 3rd and Walnut. But most of that stuff is made from local granite. An older Southern cities like Charleston where they didn't have easy access to granite they used brick sets instead.
The Bourse use to be very busy but since Covid a lot of stores closed.
My second cousin 8 times removed was Richard Henry Lee who seconded the Resolution to Declare Independence from Great Britain. He also signed the Declaration of Independence.
Just across the delaware folks, in south jersey🤘glad you enjoyed philly. Independence hall is where the founding fathers declared independence from Britain. So much history in that town
The Bourse has actually been open for years, the drop in tourism from COVID and all the offices in Old City closing and going work from home, killed a lot of the independent restaurants, bar and a distillery outpost that were in there.
Oh no, we love cobbles! People love historical areas in the States because there aren't as many. Those houses sell for a premium. I lived on a cobbled street in Lower Manhattan for several years near South Street Seaport. I loved it!
This will sound very nerdy but squirrels actually have thicker skin and more blood vessels on their feet to keep them warmer than other animal's extremities. In other words, their feet come with thick "boots" of skin and a warming system (blood) other mammals can't imagine. Their fur helps of course too. Some studies suggest their nervous system sort of tunes out the pain of cold and frostbite because they just don't seem to mind it. The really cool thing is they are physiologically adapted to clean their blood of "ice nucleators" or particles that would lead to freezing in other mammals. Arctic squirrels (and likely their common cousins) can withstand cold blood that would cause frostbite and gangrene in humans. Scientists study squirrels and are trying to find ways to make us humans more winter tough.
OK OK OK...let me explain.
A snowstorm in Philly is known as a "French Toast Panic." EVERYONE, with the first notification of a snowstorm, rushes out immediately and buys bread, eggs, and milk.
I LOVE the way you both say "squirrels". ♥ Philly retail, like NYC, got decimated by covid. Glad you got to see Old City, it really is charming. The big bridge is the Ben Franklin, that takes you through New Jersey to New York.
Decimated by government restrictions and lockdowns.
The Ben Franklin Bridge takes you New Jersey not through it. You can take the New Jersey Turnpike New Jersey to the Holland or Lincoln Tunnels to New York City.
@@robertcuminale1212 Oh ffs. Yeah, it takes you across the river into Jersey, then you drive/take the bus to NYC. International tourists are not going to care too much about what's in between, unless they're going to the shore.
I've worked across from The Bourse for 3 years..it is not new lol Unfortunately COVID really hit that eatery hard. I used to order lunch from several of the places that used to be set up in there..sadly they closed due to COVID and have not returned. It's actually typically a very busy place where tourists pop in to eat while visiting the local sites. Im glad to see they've posted some 'coming soon's. Id love to have more lunch options lol
They closed due to government restrictions and lockdowns
Covid didn't close those places, politicians did
@@adamclark9004 well, Pennsylvania is a blue state, where people don't date their relatives, so yes, covid did.
You know it’s a good day when the intro is straight smiles and laughs 😅😅😅 have fun in phili
Thanks Cole!
I think you would love to visit Annapolis,Maryland!Preferably during the off season!Love,love this vlog!
So glad you got to see some cool Philly things when it was freezing. Come back! I am Pennsylvania Dutch (German) as well.You would also love Lancaster County PA. Love your vlog!
Karen Pennsylvania: Lancaster is so beautiful! I'm from south Jersey and every year my husband, daughter, and I go to the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire in Manheim.
Where I grew up in Chestnut Hill, in north-western Philly, there's a street called Germantown Avenue that goes almost all the way to Center City that is all cobblestones inside the city. Outside the city is been paved.
Ah Washington Square. I used to work in a building on one side of it, with the big arched windows on top. A film studio that has sadly been run down by a bad CEO.
That was the Benjamin Franklin Bridge to New Jersey. I'm definitely going to have to check out The Bourse on my next visit!
Love this want to visit it now.
Lyman Hall from Georgia would have been an "Uncle". When he fled the British he stayed "with family in Connecticut". Those were my direct ancestors.
A "Bourse" is a stock exchange. From the Latin Bursa meaning purse. The Paris stock exchange is called "La Bourse".
That is not a blizzard. 😂
I lived in the Gayborhood and I live in Old City currently and it's so crazy to see you guys walk around and be fascinated by the streets that I've grown super familiar with. Especially Washington West since I went to the arts school over there, all the buildings you passed by were actually some of the student apartments and dorms lol.
The house on Elfeth’s Alley was up for sale and I saw the interior and it was super cute but really small. The Borse has been around for many many years/decades. They probably have vendors come and go. Glad you had a nice day in the snow!
I’m familiar with downtown Philly. Covid is still a factor for downtown businesses. I expect vendors will return in time for summer tourism! The Old City district is fabulous place to visit especially during the summer time. Try a horse drawn carriage ride!
I'm from Alaska and what you call a snow storm we would barely even call snow. 😃😃
I've been all over the nation and my favorite parts are the historic sights. My late husband an I had so much fun in this city. We made some great memories. Every city we went to, we always looked at the old historic buildings. Enjoy your journey!! And if a drunk chick walks up to you saying "we fought you Brits", just walk away...I'm drunk.
I'm glad somebody talked you both into going to Dalessandro's instead of Pat's or whatever. If you made it there, I'm sure you enjoyed the food. It's not a fancy place, but the quality and quantity are both high. Also, the Bourse is in its final stages of a new food hall. Food halls started out a few years ago and are gaining steam. Consider them higher-end food courts (that were in most malls) with better food.
Great vid of center city (at least that what Philly people call it). Unfortunately, South Street is a shell of what it used to be 30 years ago. What was once a 9-10 experience on a ten-scale, is now a 3-4 at best. South Street was bumper-to-bumper cars, walking was faster. And all the shops were iconic. My friends and I would take the 40 minute trip once a month to go down there - it was worth the time (back then).
I took a tour of the Betsy Ross House years ago-it is TINY; they didn't have all the crap we have today.
I live in Delaware and we have 2 cobblestone streets in the city where i live. We’re also the first state!
With Philadelphia being the largest city during colonial times and the birthplace of the nation, that part of Philadelphia is seen as sacred, which is why the cobblestone paths are still around, to keep it preserved.
Wonder what they'd think of the place now.🤭
I’ve never been to Philly so I’m traveling vicariously through you guys lol. It’s a beautiful city. Thank you for sharing
Cobbled streets also in a few limited parts of downtown NYC and Brooklyn. Definitely a bunch in Boston. I think a few limited areas in the South, like Charleston or Charlotte. Obviously it's low/slow traffic or pedestrian streets only.
That "British and American flag" you saw was what was called the "Grand Union Flag". It was actually almost indistinguishable from the British East India Company flag. It was only briefly used.
Philly in the snow ! Sublime . Baltimore too . Love the city in the snow .
City center buildings aren't necessarily vacant. They are just partially used or used in limited ways. They aren't abandoned.
Have you guys made it out to “Amish Country” about an hour or so out west of Philly? I think I saw in one of your previous videos you’ve hit Reading Street Terminal (you’ve got to try an apple dumpling from the Amish Eating Place.) If you enjoy American breakfast you might enjoy the Shady Maple Smorgasbord (it’s the source of all bacon.) Just the gift shop is a trip (though the smell of all the scented candles can give you a headache.) It’d be fun to see your reaction to our gluttony.
ps. Marrakesh, kinda off of South St. is really good! 7 courses. Cash only. Their eggplant (aubergine?) salad during the first course is a favorite of my girls (actually the whole family.) If you go, definitely go hungry.
Awh, it was so pretty watching you guys walk around Olde City in the snow. It is a beautiful part of town, I love every bit of it. Just glad it stayed as a “pretty” snow, and not a “scary” snow for your return trip home. 🙂 ❤️❤️❤️
I used to live in Philly with friends and we had a new roommate from Texas and she said exactly what Joel mentioned. She once asked “why haven’t these cobblestone streets been replaced?” She was horrified by them and I was horrified anyone would think that was a good idea.
If you like the old building in Philly, you will love Boston as well, lots of old building there.
The cackling makes me laugh. And, ah - that is STILL not a blizzard 😄. I'm really enjoying your explorations of my country!
11:32 YES!!!!! My favorite cheesesteak spot in the city👍🏽👍🏽
The two of you need to visit Savannah, Georgia/Historical District. It’s absolutely beautiful. My husband and I stayed at a beautiful VRBO on East Jones Street; hence, the phrase “ keeping up was the Jones” in the States. We took our dog and walked everywhere, as it is so pet friendly in many restaurants. The Colonial Cemetery is full of history from the late 1700’s.
Great video. We have a big problem with that highway separating the city from the waterfront. You would have loved the Victorians in West Philadelphia. During school trips, we would take classes to the Bourse for lunch.
Wow the Bourse shocked me. I remember going there in the 80's when it was renovated to be an upscale food and retail place. To be fair I haven't been in that area of Philly in yrs. I need to visit back home more often!
It was Okay until COVID hit.
@@letitiajeavons6333 annoyingly like the rest if the world 😔. Hope it bounces back- always liked that area. Just realize how much I miss popping over to Philly from the burbs.
Loved this! I’m from NJ and it was cool to see you all in an area that I’m familiar with or have been
You've outdone yourselves on this tour guide. The light snow makes the cozy mood. As always, as an American, I'm astounded at your walking ability!
Isn't Bourse a word for stock exchange? I know that Philadelphia had one.
Did you see Ben Franklin's grave? The cemetery he is buried in is nearby.
My partner and I went to the Betsy Ross house like 20 years ago. When we got there it was CLOSED! But we had a nice walk around Olde City and Society Hill.
Society Hill was an historic 18th Century neighborhood and dockside district that was slated to be torn down and replaced with low income housing projects but the planners decided on preservation instead and incentivised people to buy and renovate properties. The city turned the vacant lots into mini-parks. Someone else in the comments said the city did the same thing for Olde Town in the 70s.
Thank you for giving me a tour of Philadelphia. I have been to Philadelphia but never saw those old houses and buildings. Very cool. I did the tourist thing, walking up and down South Street as well as going to the Art Museum where Rocky ran up the steps. I’m from Louisiana.
Lia's laugh is infectious. We love it! I like how the video started with her cracking up over something. I'd love to know what she was laughing over. Maybe it was another 69ers comment from Joel. LOL
What a fun video! Love the old cobblestone streets!
I am absolutely chuffed that you two legends were in Olde City. I work in a building across from Franklin Square which has a Carousel and is only 0.5 mi. North of Washington Square. The bridge you referred to is the Ben Franklin bridge. I have some beautiful photos of the bridge from the ninth floor of the building.
There are cobbles and blocks below the paved city streets in older parts of many American cities. They were never removed in many cases.
That was fun! Lia said “wow” looking at the 1776 US flag... so much history in that oldish city.
I love the cobble stone streets in the old city! There's also a nice cobble stone street area in Baltimore called Fells Point.
Fun! I really like the walking around vlogs and the snow was nice💚
I love Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia too, visited some years ago.
I'm old enough to remember cobblestones and trolley tracks revealed in my Queens, NYC neighborhoods where the asphalt laid over them had worn away. Sadly, since then those streets have been totally redone and there's no trace of those old roads or trolley tracks anymore.
True, in 2014 I visited Paris for a week in midsummer and didn't see a single squirrel. Lots of collared doves, though, which are cool.
I live in northern Illinois and the most snow we've ever got was the blizzard of 1976 where the snow was up to 7ft deep
You were on my old street!! I owned a house on that cobblestone street. Washington Square !!!!!
You need to visit Charleston, SC and Savannah, GA if you want to see some nice historic neighborhoods :)
Really enjoyed this walk around Philadelphia, guys. You also need to visit Boston some time.
It’s sooooo cool watching all these videos of you two touring my city🥰
love it there. We have similar alley houses like that in Baltimore
Baltimore and Philly are very similar.
fun fact Squirrels were imported into Philadelphia just like in London because Philadelphia city planners through squirrels would help improve the image of the city.
Also, Betsy Ross while originally being credited to creating the American Flag was actually not true as her children started that fact but there no facts backing that up and even seems to blantly discredit that though. The Betsy Ross House you saw was actually a reconstruction as nothing was original. The land was bulldozed and they built that house there.
The building with the flags all over is was Humphrys Flag Company. One of the oldest flag manufactures in US. They've been around Philadelphia since 1860s and before then in NYC.
The reason for house widths on Elfreth's alley is because the British Crown taxed houses by the width of the house but not the height.
There a lot of open buildings in old city as they're being "warehoused", back in the early 90s the area was in worst shape. Many people bought buildings on the cheap waiting to sell them for tons of money. The one building you passed with the black gates near the pillow store. A guy wanted to rent the building for a shop but the owner wanted a ton of money a few years ago. Most of the empty buildings you will see isn't due to covid but because of warehousing.
Now for the Bourse that was heavily affected by Covid as a few years ago they re-did it. By the time covid hit they only had a few shops in there. They were trying to find their footing but without the tourists that placed floundered.
The Bourse , used to be so busy and very chic . Highend salons stores , food vendors, it was busy and had a European vibe .
Wow...How Fun!! Good for you!!
The stripes are the 13 original colonies that started the United States and the stars are each individual state. Every time a new state comes a new star is added with Alaska and Hawaii being the last two added. Now the 13 colonies were technically territories before becoming official states remember that. As the states listed were here since maybe the 1680s or a bit later as Jamestown was first found as a gold digging operation before becoming finally profitable as a tobacco growing paradise. The gold never panned out as what was left of the survivors resorted to cannibalism to survive, yeah it was really bad until John Rolfe turned the whole thing around by learning planting and fertilizing methods used by the natives marrying the native princess Pocahontas who was renamed Rebecca when she went to England. Plymouth was next as that was a puritan area for people trying to escape the Church of England. They had nothing but the first winter they there they could make houses fast enough and people just kept getting sick. The spring of the next year the survivors made peace with the natives in exchange the two groups would take out a rival tribe permanently as food was a problem. The attack was swift and devastating as both found a common goal to survive by any means. The rivals were destroyed and the first thanksgiving feast was created as a peaceful gathering between people giving thanks for the friendship and a bountiful harvest. A quarter of Americans living today can trace their own dna to a person at Plymouth all that time ago. You never know who you are connected to in some way.
On my way to sign up at Joel & Lia’s Philly Airbnb! That neighborhood is so cute and cool! 😂 I bet the barber would’ve thought it was super cool if you’d stopped in to say hi. 💈
Even if it was not the same guy that called the Preston & Steve show, he would have heard and thought it was cool you stopped in! (It did look very empty though!! 👀)
You should really come to Boston, we have many historic streets like that including one of the most photographed streets in America, Acorn St🥰❤️ Basically all of downtown Boston is one big historic district, obviously mixed with the modern😂 best time to come is late spring, to peak fall. Summer here is beautiful🦋🌸🌼🌷🌻
When y’all were talking about sledding Lai said oh my goodness in a prefect southern accent and didn’t even notice.
You two are the cutest Brit travel couple ever!!!!!
Please come to Colorado in the summer, Denver specifically.
I had no clue you guys were out this way! Hope you enjoyed it!
Loved this blog it was so fun! Thanks!
15:40 Is that the famous xoxo sculpture making an appearance in the vlog?
It does, in a different video
The Betsy Ross House is my favorite historical site in Philadelphia. Betsy is the only woman in the Revolutionary War History Books who is famous for being someone other than someone's wife.
That is a great fact.
Molly Pitcher
@@grahamparks1645 That's right. Way to throw some knowledge at us! You'd think I'd know that since I was once in a wedding at the Molly Pitcher Inn. LOL
Wow!! Only one or two famous women from the revolution? Isn't that ridiculous? LOL 🤣 It shows how skewed history is by the values of the historians.
Fame only comes from remembering and retelling what a person did. And our knowledge of the nature and importance of a spouse, or any individual actively involved at the time, is limited by the awareness, judgement and recognition of whoever recorded the events.
One only has to consider the importance of all the people around us; and how we would not be who and where we are without their contributions.
We should put that an asterisk ✳️ after every famous person's name as a reminder of that 😄
You missed Molly Pitchure
You guys should of went to reading terminal..... You were so close to it and you would of loved all the food there!!
Love your new guidelines! Hopefully everyone sees them (or was I flagged?!?👉😳) Cheeky Legends! 🙈🙉🙊 This was a really cool glimpse of Philadelphia A part I don't remember seeing. I'll have to go back when things open up more.👍
Every Middle school in American has trips offered to the kids to go to Philly and D.C. if they can afford it 18 yrs ago we paid 1,300 for our son's trip.
Your clip of The Bourse made me a bit sad… it was busy and filled with vendors pre-COVID and unfortunately the places couldn’t recover from COVID’s hit on eatery’s ☹️ hopefully those new vendors with the coming soon signs will be open soon and do well!
So glad you enjoyed your trip to Philly! Would have totally loved running into you! Old City is a great area for the historical vibe you think of when seeing Philly, and for eating and shopping (like that Philadelphia Independents shop you visited, great local artists' work)! Elfreth's Alley is a gem! Yes so many store fronts are empty bc the pandemic has really done a number to businesses. Glad you got to see a little bit of snow! ❄️
Love yinz guys vlogs! Please think about visiting Pittsburgh. We're known as the "Paris of Appalachia"
Just fyi, The Bourse isn't new. They're just making it a bit more upscale. Would go there a good amount in high school (early to mid 2010s) and it was pretty standard food court food. Haven't been recently though
Is a shame you came during winter and Covid. The city can be so vibrant and feel
Like you missed some of the feel
Been watching your videos for about a week now from Northern Virginia. You both seem to be lovely people on both the inside and out. Enjoying your content so far. Lia you are impossibly beautiful. I look forward to seeing your future adventures.
That’s not a blizzard, that’s just now flurries
Did you guys visit the University of Pennsylvania campus?
A visit to Olde Christ Church in Olde City , especially the adjoining cemetary , wwher several of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence are buried , along with John Barry , considered the Father of the American Navy ...
Welcome! You are a few blocks from my house! Next time your in town, I’ll show you around!
Love it, everything looks prettier in the snow. I love cobblestone too, I wish there was more of it where I am though. That’s one of the reasons I am excited to go to Europe, my dad and brother said that when they were in Germany there was a lot of Kabul stone streets. I love old historic buildings and neighborhoods like that, there is an old part of Sacramento two and there’s a ghost Tour you can go on there. I haven’t been on the ghost tour yet because I was too young at the time when we went, but my parents did it and they said it was cool; the old part of Sacramento that I saw was interesting too though. I’m so excited and looking forward to the video of Independence Hall! 🌟👏☺️❇️❤️
You guys ought to visit the Carolina’s. Direct flight from London to Charlotte. After visiting Charlotte, short (2 hour drive) to Asheville (mountains) then 3 hours the other way to Charleston and the beach. I think you’ll love it.
You guys are too funny, I love you both!
A few years ago some friends of mine from England came over to Philadelphia they are married couple and they stayed in Philadelphia and they went out at night one night and found themselves in the middle of a street festival which they said was absolutely fantastic the food was great they had a Philly cheese steak they really enjoyed themselves and just got to hang out and party with all the local Philadelphians and really had a good time!!
Joel and Lia, when are you coming to Boston?
I live right across from tht bridge.