Tag Archives: commute

52nd to 56th Street on the Market-Frankford El

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Joe_Williams

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 | 2 Comments

Ellsworth-Federal Stop

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Joe_Williams

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 | Leave a comment

Marlboro Country

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Joe_Williams

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 | 2 Comments

City of Mirrors

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Joe_Williams

Emerging from the 16th Street Exit of the Market-Frankford El into the heart of Center City Philadelphia.

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My Ride to Art School

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Joe_Williams

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 | 1 Comment

Route 34

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Joe_Williams

The trolley

Posted in Adventures in Commuting | Tagged commute, convergence, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, perspective, Philadelphia, photography, SEPTA, transit, tread, trolley, USA | 2 Comments

Scarf Boy

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Joe_Williams

A while back the site Stuff White People Like did one of their many lists of objects and activities particular to Caucasians, and one of them was women wearing scarves as a year ’round fashion accessory. I chuckled because I … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures in Commuting, It Came From the Sketchbook | Tagged art, Cartoon, cartoons, commute, drawing, fashion, fun, heat, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, metrosexual, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, scarf, Sketch, sketchbook, summer, USA, Willceau | 2 Comments

The Lonliness of the Short Distance Commuter

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Joe_Williams

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Water, Tile and Fluorescent Lighting

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Joe_Williams

A very wet train platform at 69th Street Terminal.

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Last Night on Pembroke Avenue

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Joe_Williams

This is the scene last night on Pembroke Avenue as I waited for the bus headed to 69th Street. Usually potential snow events are treated as if the apocalypse loomed by the local media. I didn’t notice any Chicken Littles … Continue reading →

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Beneath Broad Street

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Joe_Williams

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The Girl with the Buddy Holly Glasses and the Betty Page Hair

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Joe_Williams

This was a gal I saw on the Market-Frankford El that got off of the train somewhere in University City. I scribbled down a quick sketch, and I did this on the way home from memory on the El.

Posted in Adventures in Commuting, It Came From the Sketchbook | Tagged Betty Page, Buddy Holly, commute, El, Market-Frankford, Sketch, sketchbook | Leave a comment

It Came From The Sketchbook – The Little Black Book

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Joe_Williams

A few weeks ago I decided to give the What I Like About Comics category a rest and blow the dust off of the It Came From The Sketchbook category shaking loose some of the drawings from sketchbooks I’ve got … Continue reading →

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Tiled Corridor

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Joe_Williams

The corridor leading to the interchange between the Market-Frankford El and the Broad Street Line beneath City Hall. Whenever I’m down there, even during rush hour, it seems eerily deserted.