Landing in Philadelphia, PA on the weekend only means one thing - spending time with an old friend from college. She moved to this city several years ago and in the last couple months I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to see and learn it a little myself. I haven’t had a chance to see the typical historic sites yet, I’m saving those things for a future visit when she isn’t available to hang out. Since she is new to the city, she still doesn’t seem to know the good mom & pop restaurants and I’m waiting to discover those. So if you have a tip of a good sit down must visit restaurant, I’d be interested in hearing about it.
Anyway, grabbed these photos of this visit. I’m always intrigued by boarded up abandoned buildings. The ones I managed to capture were homes. Some still lived in, others clearly not. When I see them boarded up, all I imagine is what they looked like back in their prime and the lives of those in the neighborhood. How different it must’ve looked. The building with the mural struck me as most interesting. The neighborhood around it is clearly not in the best of shape but it seems like the mural is still in tact which is nice to see. Usually I’d expect to see graffiti covering parts of it but it seems just fine from the angle I caught of it. Very refreshing to see.
Aside from the city skyline and the dusk sky capture from downtown, that’s pretty much the round of up this Philly experience. Until next time Philly....
