The Market-Frankford El had made an unscheduled stop along the rails due to one of those mysterious and omnipresent signal problems. Fortunately this delay afforded me the opportunity to shoot the three-dimensional cigarette sign I had always admired as the train sped by. 61st and Market, ladies and gentlemen, in beautiful West Philadelphia!
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Interesting perspective for sure, and good on ya for grabbing it! 🙂
I’ve always wanted to shoot that sign, and the opportunity finally presented itself!