Category Archives: Looking South

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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What’s the Best Tuna?

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Joe

We happened to see this creature at the Ridgway pool in South Philadelphia so we approached and asked her the age old question: What’s the best tuna? She did not have an answer and looked vaguely confused and slightly off-put … Continue reading →

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