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Wickenden Lantern Walk runs Monday and Thursday evenings
The lit path starts at the Gano Street gate and follows the old tow route for forty minutes. Lanterns are provided at the start.
The Fenner Arcade stairway leads to the balcony
Most visitors miss the second level entirely. The wrought iron staircase behind the south pillar takes you to eighteen rooms that still operate as they did in 1891.
The Arcade Passage opens twice daily
Most people walk Westminster thinking the Arcade Passage is boarded. It isn't—it just keeps shop hours, and those hours are short.
The Pendleton Building entrance is on Dorrance
Most people walk past it three times before they notice the brass plate. The real door is twelve feet north of where the awning suggests.
Traverse Canal still runs under Smith Street
The narrow footpath drops below grade just past the barber shop, following the old waterway that fed the mills before the pavement went down.
Walking Olney Slip like you meant to
Rio treats the cut as a street. The river agrees on Tuesdays.