Running tour · Philadelphia

Eagle, Market and Raven

1.5 mi run

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The stories on this route

1. Masonic Temple

   Look at the gray granite building facing City Hall, with its tall pinnacled tower, about 200 feet high. This is the Masonic Temple, headquarters of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. Before it, the Masons had met in at least fourteen different places.

2. Wanamaker Building

   Look at the granite palace filling this whole block. It's the Wanamaker Building, designed by Daniel Burnham. Inside sits the largest pipe organ in the world, measured by ranks and weight. It has 28,762 pipes. It came from the 1904 St.

3. PSFS Building

   Look up at the giant letters on the roof: P, S, F, S. They're 27 feet tall, white by day and red at night. The architects used initials because the full name, Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, would have been unreadable from the ground.

4. Reading Terminal Market

   Look up at the huge arched roof rising above the market. That's the old train shed of the Reading Railroad.

5. Chinatown Friendship Gate

   Look up at the gate over 10th Street: green-tiled roofs, little mythical animals along the ridges, and four gold characters on both faces. They read Philadelphia Chinatown.

6. Edgar Allan Poe House

   Look for the big black raven on its pedestal in the side yard. It honors Poe's most famous poem. But the real treasure is the small brick house behind it. Edgar Allan Poe lived in five houses in his six years in Philadelphia. Only this one survives.

Stories researched October 2026 · every fact checked against a source