The best place in Philadelphia to see the summer solstice sunrise
Belmont Plateau’s skyline view makes the morning magic even better.
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The Great Philadelphia Balloon Race, and that time a crash landing ended in a $1,000 robbery
Launched at the Bicentennial, the annual airborne event petered out in the '90s.
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