Waded through some 3,600 files (yeah, I do take a lot of pictures) and this is the last batch from Philly. I miss it already.
Some marketing genius set up this photo op in front of City Hall and it worked, I could not resist. There's a fun spray park just behind the sign too!
Elfreth's Alley: this tiny, historic block is the oldest occupied residential street in the U.S. People really do live here, and have since 1713!
Stopped by to see my old apartment on Spring Garden Street (third floor of the brown row house). I loved its prime location: midpoint between the Inquirer and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It had a clawfoot tub, black-and-white checkerboard in the kitchenette, arched doorways... and not enough water pressure to swish away a No. 2 (but that's part of the charm?). There used to be a charter school across the street, and I'd hear the kids recite the Pledge of Allegiance on the blacktop every morning.
Reading Terminal Market. YUM.
The Franklin Institute and the Drexel Museum of Natural Sciences (a 5 minute walk away) are both free with ASTC membership.
After reading Maniac Magee in school, we had to try some butterscotch krimpets. East Coast specialty.
William Penn atop City Hall.
A couple more photos, literally drive-by shootings. I wish we had more time to explore these beautiful old neighborhoods!
