First-Time Visit: Center City

Location: 1425 Arch Street, b level, Philadelphia, PA 19102. Enter by our street-level elevator (easy stroller access!). Look for the Fitness Alive sign outside of the elevator vestibule to the right of the building’s front steps.

About the pool: Nearly 25-yard, four-lane, heated indoor chlorine pool.

Parking: Metered street parking or a parking garage. Our preferred garage is the Convention Center Parking Facility at Arch and N. Juniper, across from the Pennsylvania Convention Center; it’s $9 for the first hour.

Public transit: Our pool is conveniently located on the 48 bus route, and very near the 4, 2 ,16, and 27 routes. We are also one block from the subway lines at City Hall Station and two blocks from Suburban Station.

Plan ahead: Please be on the pool deck ready to swim 5 minutes before your lesson begins. Swimmers may not enter the pool until their lesson time, when they are invited by the instructor. For Baby and Toddler Bubbles classes, parents are in the water with their children, so please come prepared to swim. For all other kids’ classes and lessons, parents can find a seat on the pool deck to observe. We encourage you to cheer your kids on! And please, no food or drink on the pool deck or in locker rooms.

Locker rooms: Locker Rooms are available for single day use. The code for the locker room will be provided by the Deck Supervisor after your temperature check.

What to bring: You'll want to bring a towel and goggles. If you forget, we have both of those (plus swim caps) available for purchase on deck. Children who are not yet potty trained will need a swim diaper (disposable or reusable) — no exceptions.

Facility emergencies/weather cancellations: In the event of a closure, if a lesson must be canceled, we will contact you via text, email and/or phone as quickly as possible. We will try our best to provide a makeup lesson on another day, as schedules allow, or we will see you the following week.