by VICTOR FIORILLO
Vital Organs
Philadelphia is home to not
one but two of the world’s
largest (pipe) organs
With nearly 7,000 pipes,
more than 100 stops
and a weight of 32 tons,
the 3-year-old Fred J.
Cooper Memorial Organ
at Broad Street’s Kim-
mel Center stands as
the largest concert hall
organ in the country
( kimmelcenter.org). But if
you think that’s big, just
walk six blocks to Macy’s
department store on
Market Street, where the
Wanamaker Organ, built
in 1904, looms large with
its nearly 30,000 pipes and
almost 300 tons, making
it the largest working pipe organ in the world
( wanamakerorgan.com).
Fortunately, summer brings opportunities to see both organs in action. The
Friends of the Wanamaker Organ sponsor
ave
Date
the
VARIOUS LOCATIONS
Welcome
America
Celebration
Through July 5
Celebrate America’s
birthday in America’s
birthplace with concerts, fireworks and
parades everywhere
you turn.
americasbirthday.com
PARKSIDE
Herbie Hancock
with Lang Lang
July 30
Jazz pianist legend
Herbie Hancock joins
Philly-trained wunder-
kind Lang Lang and the
Philadelphia Orchestra
at the Mann Center for
a little under-the-stars
Rhapsody in Blue.
manncenter.org
CITY GUIDE
Philadelphia
daily 45-minute recitals, free and open to
the public (note that students from the
Summer Organ Camp will perform beginning July 24), with tours of the organ console immediately following. And from July 16
to Aug. 6, the Kimmel offers weekly $10
organ recitals featuring prodigies from
around the world.
Get info and
special o er
for Philly
attractions,
shops & more on your
mobile phone at
phiguide.mobi or text
PHLLY to 71297*
options, head south
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¡Viva
to Washington Ave-
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SPORTS COMPLEX
Billy Joel and
Elton John
July 30 & Aug. 1
The Piano Man meets
the Rocket Man at
Citizens Bank Park.
comcasttix.com
SPORTS COMPLEX
Phillies vs.
Rockies
Aug. 4–6
The 2008 World
Champion Phils take
on the Colorado Rockies
in South Philly.
phillies.mlb.com
SUBURBS
48th Annual
Philadelphia
Folk Festival
Aug. 14–16
More than 60 musicians
come together in an
idyllic farm setting for
three days of folk music,
camping and family fun.
pfs.org
