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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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Gaiety Sandwich Shop — an Update
People constantly scour the Internet seeking the newest of the new. What I love about the Internet is that it is also a nearly infinite backlog of information. There is something for everyone, and something that may have been posted … Continue reading
Posted in Philadelphia, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1982, analog, Gaiety Sandwich Shop, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, vintage
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Almost All of Them Flops
This is a nicely printed flyer that was handed out at a comic book convention in the very early 1980s. On the opposite side of what’s pictured above was a list of horror and science fiction classics released by Universal … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter
Tagged 1980s, horror, movies, science fiction, USA, vintage
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The Cat People Valentine Special
Rather than bury one another under a mountain of clutter, Tina and I make cards for each other. I think I have run the course of angry or ironic Cupids so I decided to go weird for this Valentine.
Fun with a Free Photo Editor
I fired up the free, cross-platform, image editing software known as GNU Image Manipulation Program or GIMP and had a bit of fun with this photo I shot of an industrial building at the corner of 12th and Jackson in … Continue reading
More Thoughts on Leaving Netflix
I have a few more thoughts bouncing around my brain pan on cancelling my Netflix subscription which I thought I would share with you. I have been a Netflix subscriber since the end of the 20th Century and practically all of … Continue reading
Posted in Weird World of the Roku
Tagged 1980s, cord cutter, entertainment, internet, Joe Williams, Netflix, PlutoTV, Popcornflix, Roku, Sketch, sketchbook, streaming, USA, VUDU
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Up on the Roof
Along Broad Street in South Philadelphia
Posted in Looking South
Tagged Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, South Philly, USA, vintage
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Getting to Church Early
The center aisle of Saint Rita of Cascia on South Broad Street off of Ellsworth in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Posted in Looking South
Tagged altar, beautiful, Catholic, Catholicism, church, marble, Pennsylvania, pew, Philadelphia, Saint Rita, South Philly, USA
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Primary Colors
Cranes above a construction site at Broad and Washington in South Philadelphia.
Posted in Looking South
Tagged colors, construction, cranes, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, photography, South Philly, USA
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