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Oh, no, I just noticed this. My advice would be to avoid South Street unless you could travel in a time machine to the 1980s to mid 1990s. The new cool place to hang out is the Northern Liberties neighborhood, which has many trendy restaurants, bars, and shops. However, the best bet is the traditional tourist destinations of Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, and Betsy Ross's House. That part of town, Old City, also has plenty of choices for dining.
Don't feel like you must go to Pat's or (ugh) Geno's for a cheesesteak; any number of sandwich or pizza places offer them. A great place for lunch is Reading Terminal Market, which is like Pike Place Market in Seattle minus flying fish. It's a real crossroads of the community.
The University City area of West Philly has beautiful architecture. You can check out the University of Pennsylvania campus, home to a future ADPi chapter, as well as Drexel's, although the beautiful part around Drexel isn't the school so much as the surrounding neighborhood, Powelton Village.
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