William Way LGBT Center is Philadelphia’s community center. You’ll find it at 1315 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19107. It’s in the heart of the Washington Square area, which is known as the city’s gay neighborhood.The building is difficult to miss: One of its exterior walls features a huge mural, entitled Pride and Progress.
Painted by muralist Ann Northrup in 2003, the vast work measures 55’x165’. It’s also got distinctive rainbow stained-glass windows above its welcoming, red front door!The William Way Center began life as the Gay Community Center of Philadelphia back in 1974.