{"id":19631,"date":"2015-09-17T03:58:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T07:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=19631"},"modified":"2015-09-17T10:34:44","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T14:34:44","slug":"chinatown-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/09\/17\/chinatown-express\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinatown Express"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Chinatown<\/a>This is one of my photo elective<\/a> photos, but it was not shot in the Southern New Jersey town where I lived with my parents. This time I went wandering around the City of Brotherly Love<\/em> just across the Delaware River from the place I called home. I guess I was trying to capture a little urban verisimilitude. <\/p>\n

Sadly, I don’t know where I took this picture. The place could have been within Philadelphia’s Chinatown or they were just using the name Chinatown. I don’t remember. I don’t know if the place is still standing or if it was obliterated long ago. It was 1982, and the area within this frame looks a little worse for wear. If anybody out there does remember the place and\/or location, feel free to leave your info in the comments section below.<\/p>\n

M Y S T E R Y\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 S O L V E D <\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

As it turns out, my friend Karen<\/strong><\/a> used to live above this restaurant. She wrote on the Facebook post:<\/p>\n

This is 102 South 13th street– 13th and Drury (between Chestnut and Sansom). We lived on the 4th floor in the mid 80s until we had a fire in 1988.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So that solves that mystery. The place is long gone. Now that I know the locale, I’ll swing by to see what’s there now. I’ll bring my camera and share the results!<\/p>\n