Category Archives: Looking South

Everybody Loves Pizza

Posted on January 29, 2025 by Joe

A squirrel freezes as it was carrying a slice of pizza up a utility pole in South Philadelphia.

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Looking up at Jefferson Square

Posted on November 17, 2024 by Joe

I was sitting in Jefferson Square enjoying the brisk weather and the changing colors of the season. I’ve probably taken thousands of photographs both analog and digital of this park since I started to visit it decades ago. Yesterday I … Continue reading →

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The Last Gasp of Halloween 2024

Posted on November 3, 2024 by Joe

Although the stores have rushed Christmas inventory to their shelves, I am not quite over Halloween. This was an unintentionally spooky Halloween scene shot on a side street in the neighborhood of Philadelphia’s Italian Market. The tenants didn’t decorate for … Continue reading →

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Proliferation of Plastic Skeletons

Posted on October 30, 2024 by Tina Garceau

For reasons unknown, life-sized plastic skeletons seem to be all the rage in urban Halloween decorating this year. You can’t walk down the streets of South Philadelphia without seeing the disgorged contents of a graveyard in polystyrene.

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Seasonal Spookiness at Bardascino Park

Posted on October 27, 2024 by Joe

A paper Jack O’lantern gets hit by just the right shaft of light in Bardascino Park in South Philadelphia.

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As Seen on Youtube

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Joe

How the produce vendors keep warm in the Italian Market. This is a different angle of the same burning barrel featured in this amusing Yuletide video.

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Sun Sinks in the West

Posted on September 17, 2023 by Joe

Enjoying a perfect day at Jefferson Square in South Philadelphia. Summer is slowly turning to Fall and this is the perfect place to enjoy it.

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