Open streets returns to Rittenhouse with six car-free Sundays in September and October

For six Sundays in September and October, pedestrians in Rittenhouse can roam the streets traffic-free on nearly seven blocks as the Open Streets initiative returns the neighborhood.

Center City District announced the program will celebrate its one-year anniversary by closing streets in the shopping and dining district to motor vehicles each Sunday from Sept. 7 to Oct. 12.

From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Open Streets days, cars will be prohibited on 18th Street between Locust and Chestnut streets, and Walnut Street will be car-free between 15th and 19th streets.

Restaurants and shops in the Open Streets zones will offer specials and activities each Sunday, like Bar Bombón, 133 S. 18th St., which is planning outdoor dining and live music on Sundays in September and Stephen Starr's Dandelion,