Walking Tours

1-Hour Tour

2nd and Spruce

This tour covers the urban renewal of Society Hill as a “landmark” preservation project of urban renewal, focused on residential rehabilitation and new construction, with significant commercial and industrial demolition, and some commercial redevelopment.

1.5-Hour Tour

Society Hill Towers and Restoration, corner of Spruce and S 2nd Streets

This tour covers the urban renewal of Society Hill as a “landmark” preservation project of urban renewal, focused on residential rehabilitation and new construction, with significant commercial and industrial demolition, and some commercial redevelopment.

2-Hour Tour

Tower and Rowhouse at Society Hill Towers

This tour covers the urban renewal of Society Hill, within the context of two related projects: the creation of Independence National Historical Park and the battle over the Crosstown Expressway.