A Jacket & Tie Kind of Town

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Joe_Williams

15th and Locust Streets circa 1981Here’s another Photo Elective shot by Tina Garceau. As I’ve said before, all sophomore students majoring in illustration at The Philadelphia College of Art were required to take a minor course in photography where the students would take and process black and white, 35mm images. I lived in South Jersey and commuted to school, while Tina lived in and shot her photographs around the school’s downtown Philadelphia campus. She made a number of exposures from these corners at 15th and Locust back in 1981. The area remains largely the same although the businesses have changed hands several times over the decades. The sense of style has changed quite a bit. This is back when center city Philadelphia was a jacket and tie kind of town.

This entry was posted in Blast from the Past, Philadelphia, The Photo Elective and tagged , , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

4 Responses to A Jacket & Tie Kind of Town

  1. Old NFO says:
    July 14, 2015 at 6:41 pm

    When business people actually LOOKED like business people!

  2. Joe_Williams says:
    July 15, 2015 at 8:00 am

    The term “Philadelphia Lawyer” comes to mind.

    Funny, but I was talking to a friend who was in the hospital recently about hospital personnel. Everybody wears scrubs. You can’t tell a nurse from a brain surgeon from a janitor. Every day is casual Friday.

  3. Dottie kirkham elias says:
    March 3, 2016 at 6:12 pm

    I remember when I was a kid s philly that you felt u had to dress up if u went there.

  4. Joe_Williams says:
    March 3, 2016 at 7:42 pm

    Thanks, Dottie!

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.