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Adventures in Fishtown & Kensington….

This is a blog post for all of you fishtowner’s.  SoYo’s, NoYo’s, Newbie’s, Lifers, Oldheads, Yuppies, Hipsters, Thugs….. whatever you care to call yourselves…… :0

It was one of those recent days where it was somehow storming and sunny all at the same time.  Beautiful, really.  My friend Jenn called and asked if I had any city photos she could have.  I then suggested we wonder through the neighborhood on this gorgeously dreary day.  It was fun to get on the streets again and photograph.  The streets of Philly are where this entire photo adventure of mine started many years ago…..  I was much bolder then… See “Don’t Talk to Strangers” series.

My most frequented corner store:

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milk bottle in fishtown

fishtown el

urban dice

shoes on telephone wire

arctic splash

corner store

Check out this awesome door made of, I assume, bench ends.  Very cool!!

cool door

From the Spring Garden El stop.  Many years ago I was kicked off the El at this very station for taking photographs.  A friend and I were “written up” by a cop and told never to photograph on the El again. Haha!!  I will say that, at that time, I was using a giant 4″x5″ camera with a hood over it.  And, I was attempting to photograph the people on the train.  Wow, I really was bold back then!

philly skyline from el platform

Cool PBR advertisements at Spring Garden (designed by various different artists).

pabst blue ribbon

You can see the El steps and, I believe, some of the new art school that they are building on Front Street.  Oh, and a bit of the city line on the left….  This shot really shows the dark cloud, bright sun contrast that was happening that day.

kensington sky

flag in city

Water from a fire hydrant…

fire hydrant street

Gamer…

dungeons & dragons dice

Kensington.  Does it look like I am jailed in or jailed out?  😉

berks station

10 thoughts on “Adventures in Fishtown & Kensington….

  1. Melissa,
    These are totally awesome. Would you be willing to sell me the photo of the shoes thrown over the wire? Email me please!

  2. A completely different look for a city not always thought of as beautiful, such an amazing shoot.

  3. whoa!! what a random name to see. 🙂 thanks about the photos. though… they actually aren’t hdrs. i did, however, play around with some sharpening. i haven’t ventured much into the hdr world yet…. though i hope to.

  4. Thanks everyone! Since I got such a great reaction, I hope to peruse the streets a bit more now.

  5. Love the photos! But, I hope you are not going to start jumping on random buses and wondering the streets again !

  6. Haha…. I’m sure that I will always be wandering the streets. I know most of the bus routes by now though! 🙂

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