Philadelphia's Magic Gardens
A dazzling maze of mosaics made from mirrors, bottles, tiles and bicycle wheels, the life's work of artist Isaiah Zagar, just off South Street.
- Open
- Most days; timed tickets
- Price
- Paid; book ahead on weekends
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- 1020 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19147Google MapsApple Maps
- Getting There
- Bus 40, or a 15-minute walk from Center City.
Why Go
Isaiah Zagar began covering South Philadelphia's walls with mosaics in the 1960s. The Magic Gardens is his masterpiece: indoor galleries and an outdoor labyrinth of grottoes and tunnels, every surface glittering. His mosaics also decorate dozens of buildings in the surrounding streets.
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