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Category Archives: Philadelphia
Happy Columbus Day!
Columbus Day is on October 12th, but the Columbus Day parade was held on the 11th. Starting at Washington Avenue and ending deep, DEEP in South Philadelphia. One of Philadelphia’s favorite sons, Frankie Avalon was this year’s Grand Marshal of … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday, News, Philadelphia
Tagged 2015, Columbus Day, Frankie Avalon, Jerry Blavat, Mummers, South Philly
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Weathered
Part of the steeple of what was The Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church. The building now houses the Phat Quang Buddhist Temple. Read about it here.
Gotham
Posted in Philadelphia
Tagged Batman, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography
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Summer is Over
It was fairly hot this week, but Sunday got decidedly cool. The days are getting noticeably shorter as well. It looks like Summer is most certainly over.
Posted in Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged black and white, empty, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, pool, USA
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Chinatown Express
This is one of my photo elective photos, but it was not shot in the Southern New Jersey town where I lived with my parents. This time I went wandering around the City of Brotherly Love just across the Delaware … Continue reading
Posted in Philadelphia, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1982, analog, Asian, Chinatown, Chinatown Express, Chinese, city, film, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, urban, vintage, Willceau
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Ladies Entrance
As I go on work related jaunts in South Philly, I discover these little pockets of the city that time has never affected. This is one of those places – the Brothers Two Z Lounge on the 1400 block of West Ritner … Continue reading
Posted in News, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged ladies entrance, old sign love, South Philadelphia, vintage
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Day for Night
I had a bit of Photoshop fun with a lackluster photograph of a spectacular structure in South Philadelphia.

