Philly good: check into the best hotels in Philadelphia for 2017
Despite an increasingly hollowed out city centre, Philadelphia still has plenty of charm, not least its covetable art collections, historic architecture, buzzing dining scene, and interesting satellite neighbourhoods like Fishtown. In recent years, a spate of hotels slash serviced apartments has come on-line, alongside sensitively renovated or repurposed antique buildings. All the better to linger and explore this vastly underrated city.
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Daven Wu is the Singapore Editor at Wallpaper*. A former corporate lawyer, he has been covering Singapore and the neighbouring South-East Asian region since 1999, writing extensively about architecture, design, and travel for both the magazine and website. He is also the City Editor for the Phaidon Wallpaper* City Guide to Singapore.
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