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Tag Archives: Italian Market
Fruits & Produce
Posted in Food, Italian Market, Philadelphia
Tagged 9th Street, fruit and produce, Italian Market, open air market, vintage signs
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Rules of the Stand
This is a handmade sign hung outside of a stand in the Italian Market in South Philadelphia. The market and the characters that work and shop there are among the reasons why I love this town.
Posted in Philadelphia
Tagged 9th Street, characters, Food, handmade sign, humor, Italian Market, Joe Brown, market, open market, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, South Philly, stand
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Mikey Wild
On Saturday, I was shopping on 9th Street in Philadelphia’s Italian Market. I spotted an older woman at one of the stands who looked vaguely familiar. It wasn’t until I got a little closer and saw a table full of … Continue reading
Posted in News, Philadelphia
Tagged Dracula, Italian Market, John Lennon, Mikey Wild, punk rock, Vincent Price
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Truck Mascots – Kermit
Here’s another in our series of Truck Mascots. This time it’s Kermit lashed to the front of a huge commercial garbage truck that we spotted on 9th Street in Philadelphia’s Italian Market.
Posted in Truck Mascots
Tagged Italian Market, Kermit, Muppet, Philadelphia, trash, truck
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