February 09, 2015
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The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
The Museum District is among 19 other art districts, like Union Square in San Francisco, Museum Row on the Miracle Mile in Los Angeles and Chelsea in New York City. The Station North Arts and Entertainment District in Baltimore is currently leading the pack in votes. The area has an "off-beat arts and nightlife scene" and hosts Artscape, the largest free arts event in the nation. The Dallas Arts District, which is the largest contiguous urban arts district nationwide at 68 acres, currently ranks second.
USA Today said of the Museum District:
Tree-lined Benjamin Franklin Parkway stretches from Philadelphia City Hall to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and along this stretch sit some of the city's most celebrated art museums and installations, including the Barnes Foundation, LOVE Park, Moore College of Art & Design and the Rodin Museum, home to the largest collection of work by Auguste Rodin outside of France.
You can vote for your choice of 'Best Art District" once a day. Voting ends Monday, March 2, at noon. You can vote for the Parkway Museum District in USA Today's contest here.
