Five free skyline views. Of course, the view from the top of the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps (2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway) is world-famous, thanks to Rocky and Creed. But there's so much more. You can get a great view of the city skyline from three bridges. The Ben Franklin Bridge (enter the walkway at 5th and Race Streets) arches over the Delaware and at its height gives a lovely view looking west. The South Street Bridge and the Spring Garden Street Bridge cross the Schuylkill and give sweet vantage points looking east. We give the edge to the South Street. At Belmont Plateau (2000 Belmont Mansion Drive), you can take the long view! Get the best view of the city skyline as a whole, lovely to behold. In the midst of vast Fairmount Park, on a hill with the 1745 William Peters Mansion.