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Tag Archives: commute
Sky Over Delaware County
From the Fernwood-Yeadon Stop.
Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Photography
Tagged autumn, commute, Delaware County, sky, train
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Reading Terminal Headhouse
12th and Market Streets in Philadelphia, PA Construction began in 1891 and was completed in 1893, with the headhouse officially opening as part of the Reading Terminal in 1893. Designed by Francis H. Kimball, a prominent New York-based architect known … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Philadelphia
Tagged 19th Century, architecture, city, commute, Market Street, Philadelphia, train, urban
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Headed South about 10 Years Ago
Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Blast from the Past, Looking South, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged commute, convergence, Philadelphia, SEPTA, subway, urban
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Waiting
I shot this while waiting for the subway a little over 11 years ago and promptly forgot about it. I guess that is what happens when you shoot thousands of pictures. Most of them are forgotten including the analog shots. … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged 2010, black and white, cell phone zombie, commute, grimy, legs, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, SEPTA, subway, tile, transit, urban, woman
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52nd to 56th Street on the Market-Frankford El
52nd Street to 56th Street on the Market-Frankford El from Joe Williams on Vimeo.
Posted in Adventures in Commuting
Tagged city, commute, Market-Frankford El, Philadelphia, SEPTA, train, urban, West Philly
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Ellsworth-Federal Stop
What do you do when the train is late and you’re bored?
Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Looking South, Philadelphia
Tagged Broad Street Line, commute, Joe Williams, perspective, Philadelphia, photography, SEPTA, South Philly, tile, underground, urban, USA
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Marlboro Country
The Market-Frankford El had made an unscheduled stop along the rails due to one of those mysterious and omnipresent signal problems. Fortunately this delay afforded me the opportunity to shoot the three-dimensional cigarette sign I had always admired as the … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Philadelphia
Tagged cigarette advertising, cigarettes, commute, elevated, Joe Williams, Marlboro, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, SEPTA, train, USA
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City of Mirrors
Emerging from the 16th Street Exit of the Market-Frankford El into the heart of Center City Philadelphia.
Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Philadelphia
Tagged city, commute, glass, Joe Williams, mirror, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, steel, urban
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My Ride to Art School
Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a minor course in photography. We had to shoot the photos as well as process the negatives … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1982, analog, art school, Broadway, bus, commute, Joe Williams, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, transit, USA, vintage, Westville
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