Category Archives: Looking South

The End of Summer

Posted on August 31, 2025 by Joe_Williams

The Sacks Pool bereft of water thus bereft of life. It’s weird passing by a place that was teeming with noisy activity just a week or so ago and is now as quiet as a tomb. The lifeguards are gone … Continue reading →

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That Ain’t Rite

Posted on August 5, 2025 by Joe

20 to 30 years ago it seemed like new pharmacies were being built in South Philadelphia on top of one another. Now they all seem to be closing. Recently the area lost a CVS and a Walgreens and now this … Continue reading →

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Sunflowers in South Philadelphia

Posted on July 6, 2025 by Joe_Williams

Springing up along a utility pole outside of the Italian Market

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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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