Philadelphia Goes About Its Business As Politics Converge On The City

For two weeks now, we've been hearing the Republican and Democratic parties deliver their appeals to the American people during the national conventions.

Speeches are broadcast, policies are presented and political junkies have a field day. But how much of that punditry seeps out into the host city?

WBUR's Shannon Dooling took a drive into the center of Philadelphia, a few miles away from the convention arena, to find out.