Tag Archives: South Philadelphia

Mount Sinai

  Slowly but surely it’s coming down! 

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Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters

Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters was a play performed by fourth graders at GW Childs Elementary School at 16th and Wharton in South Philadelphia.

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Gray Houses

The 1900 block of South 12th Street.

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The Edgar Allen Poe School

I spotted this fabulous architectural ornament while on one of our South Philly Safaris.

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Melino’s

One of the great things about South Philadelphia are the corner stores. They’re everywhere, and places like Melino’s on 15th & Ellsworth have been around for generations. Corner stores are there for you when you run out of milk or … Continue reading

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2 Towers on Washington Ave

Shot Tower and The Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church which is now The Phat Quang Buddhist Temple way down Washington Avenue shot from way up Washington Avenue with a long lens.

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Ghost Sign on 12th

   

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Concrete Wilderness

I saw an unusual sight that not everyone sees in the brick and mortar urban environment of the City of Philadelphia. In a tree on my block, which is the farthest thing I can imagine from a Marlin Perkins nature … Continue reading

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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.

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