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Donald Duck on 11th Street
Mickey’s pal, adorns a work truck in South Philly.
Posted in News, Philadelphia, Photography, Truck Mascots
Tagged Donald Duck, truck mascots, work trucks
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Relics of the Recent Past
It’s weird to think that Blockbuster is gone. I wasn’t a regular customer because there was another chain closer to home, but they were everywhere. At the height of the popularity of video rentals, I always felt that large urban … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, What's on TV?
Tagged 1980s, Betamax, Blockbuster, DVD, rental, VCR, VHS
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The Drake from Broad Street
The Drake, an architectural gem, upstages bigger, but boring glass towers.
Posted in News, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged 1928, architecture, Philadelphia, The Drake
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Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins
I had a hard time convincing The Boy to make zucchini muffins. He just couldn’t get over the fact that putting a vegetable in a muffin would be a good thing. He finally relented when he found out that chocolate … Continue reading
DUCKWORK April 1981
Embedded below is a PDF of the April 1981 edition of DUCKWORK which was CREATED FOR THE PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF ART COMMUNITY. It was a newspaper put together by PCA students for PCA students, and I found a pile of … Continue reading
Friday Five – Number One Hundred Seventeen
One hundred seventeenth in a continued series creating a collage using five elements.
Anastasio II Seafood
There’s nothing I love more than hand painted signs – Italian Market, Philadelphia.
Posted in Food, Italian Market, News, Philadelphia
Tagged 9th Street, Anastasio II Seafood, hand painted signs, Italian Market, South Philly
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