Boathouse Row, Schuylkill River, Philadelphia

Skuling is a type of competitive rowing, which is deeply rooted in the teams of the schools of the ivy league, especially in the Northeast corner of the United States, and particularly in Philadelphia and in the University of Pennsylvania.

The tradition started in the second half of the XIXth Century. 

Boathouse Row, on the Schuylkill River, has been host to some of the most important regattas in the world.  

Local hero, John Kelly Sr., won the Olympic medal for rowing three times. His daughter, Grace Kelly, became a famous movie actress, and eventually married the Prince Renier of Monaco. 

The majority of the buildings along Boathouse 

Row follow the Tudor style of architecture.