Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Directions & Details

Ceremony is scheduled for 4:30PM (please leave time to park and join us in the Library on the 3rd floor), cocktail hour will be outside on the lawn (women should consider wearing or bringing flats & a sweater) then inside for the dinner & dancing reception.

German Society of Pennsylvania
611 Spring Garden St.
Philadelphia, PA 19123
Website of the venue: http://www.germansociety.org/.

The German Society is on the Northeast corner of 7th and Spring Garden Streets. The entrance facing Spring Garden Street will be open for the wedding.   

  Driving Directions: 
There isn't a Phillies or Eagles game, however it is Yom Kippur so there could be traffic as a result of the Jewish holiday.
From 76: Take I676 East to the 8th Street exit. Go straight one block and turn left on 7th St. Turn right onto Spring Garden St. Almost immediately to your left is a break in the median to allow you to turn into the Society's driveway and parking lot.
From I-95 North: Take Callowhill Street exit. Turn right on Callowhill St. and turn right on 7th St. Turn right onto Spring Garden St. Almost immediately to your left is a break in the median to allow you to turn into the Society's driveway and parking lot.
From I-95 South: Take Callowhill Street exit. Turn left on Callowhill St. Turn right onto 7th Street.  Turn right onto Spring Garden St. Almost immediately to your left is a break in the median to allow you to turn into the Society's driveway and parking lot.
From NJ Benjamin Franklin Bridge: Cross bridge. Go to first light. Turn right on Franklin Street (7th St.). Turn right onto Spring Garden St. Almost immediately to your left is a break in the median to allow you to turn into the Society's driveway and parking lot.

Parking: The German Society has a parking lot, adjacent to the building, with an entrance in the middle of the block between 6th and 7th Streets on Spring Garden (across from the break in the median).  The lot holds roughly 40 cars. Please make sure you park behind the black gate.  The parking area under the mural and in front of the gate does not belong to us, and you will be in danger of towing if you park there. Street parking along 6th and 7th streets is free of charge.

Public Transit: The Society is only minutes away from Center City and University City (Penn) via the Frankford Elevated (the El). Visitors traveling by train to Center City can make easy connections to the El at all 30th St., Suburban, and Market East Stations. From the Spring Garden St. El stop, walk west on Spring Garden Street approximately five blocks to Sixth Street.