Archive for the 'Photography' Category

“Ghost Cats” at Eastern State Pen

• April 13, 2008 • 8 Comments

Posted in Art, Historic Buildings, History, Philadelphia, Photography, Sculpture


Why many church doors are red:

• March 26, 2008 • 18 Comments

Posted in 17th Street, 22nd Street, 746, Blood of Christ, Center City, Christianity, Churches, Culture, Doors, Episcopalian Traditions, Historic Buildings, History, Holy Ground, Locust Street, Lutheran Traditions, Martyrs, Middle Ages, Mortgage Paid Symbol, Passover, Philadelphia, Photography, Red, Red Church Doors, Religion, Sactuary, Symbols, Walnut Street, Welcoming Church, Why church doors are red


Philly Annual Flower Show 08

• March 6, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in 12th Street, Arch Street, Art, Art Show, Balconies, Bass, Bicycle, Bonsai, Clef, Culture, Flower Show, Flowers, foliage, French Quarter, Harp, History, Imagination, Jazz, Louisiana, Mardi Gras, Market Street, Music, Musical Instruments, New Orleans, Orchids, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia Hoticultural Society, Photography, Piano, Plants, Roaring 20s, Saxophone, Spanish Moss, Swamps, Type writer, Violin, Window box


Latest mural I found (Feb. 08)

• February 17, 2008 • 4 Comments

Posted in 12th Street, Art, Arts Community of Philadelphia, Culture, Imagination, Murals, Painting, Philadelphia, Photography, Walnut Street


Holiday Light Show (Wanamaker Building)

• February 9, 2008 • 2 Comments

Posted in 12th Street, Art, Art Show, Christmas, Culture, Decorations, Historic Buildings, Holiday, Imagination, light show, Macy's, Market Street, Music, Philadelphia, Photography, Pipe Organ, Wanamaker Building


“Philadelphia Muses”

• December 27, 2007 • Leave a Comment

Posted in 13th Street, Ancient Godesses, Art, Arts Community of Philadelphia, Culture, Fantasy, Imagination, Locust Street, Murals, Painting, Performing Arts, Philadelphia, Photography, Saligman


“Secret Book”

• December 26, 2007 • Leave a Comment

Posted in 19th Street, African American, Art, Children, Culture, Fantasy, Imagination, Murals, Painting, Philadelphia, Photography, Public Library, Reading, Sarantitis, Wood Street


“Journey”

• December 25, 2007 • 1 Comment

Posted in 18th Street, African American, Art, Callowhill, Children, Children's Crisis Center, Culture, Emotional Health, Journey, Murals, Painting, Philadelphia, Photography, Saligman


“Reach High and You Will Go Far”

• December 24, 2007 • 2 Comments

Posted in 20th street, Achievement, African American, Arch Street, Art, Aspiration, Culture, Murals, Painting, Philadelphia, Photography, Sarantitis


Laurel Hill Cemetery

• November 21, 2007 • Leave a Comment

Posted in autumn, bridge, cemeteries, dusk, Fall, foliage, graves, History, Laurel Hill Cemetery, mausoleum, Philadelphia, Photography, River, riverside, Sculpture, Spooky, statues


Eastern State Penitentiary on Halloween

• October 31, 2007 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Art, Halloween, Historic Buildings, Historic Preservation, History, Orbs, Philadelphia, Photography, Ruins, Spooky, Zombies


The Irish Memorial

• October 12, 2007 • Leave a Comment

Posted in 19th Century, An Gorta Mor, Art, Culture, Disease, Glenna Goodacre, History, Hunger, Immigration, Irish, Memorial, Peter Quinn, Philadelphia, Photography, Poetry, Sculpture, Survival


This somehow makes me feel very small

• September 28, 2007 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Philadelphia, Photography