Philadelphia And Vicinity, Fall-Winter 2009
Posted: March 5th, 2010 | Filed under: Out Of TownCatching up on various Philadelphia-area stuff from the end of 2009 . . .
After shooing away skateboarders at LOVE Park, the City gave them free reign under I-95 in FDR Park:
The Dream Garden mosaic at the Curtis Center:
Elsewhere in Center City, the I.M. Pei-designed Society Hill Towers (what’s with this guy anyway, getting props for these hulking monstrosities in the middle of low-slung neighborhoods? He’s also responsible for the Silver Towers in Greenwich Village, which was recently landmarked and similarly absurd . . .). The intriguing Rohm and Haas Building. Foglietta Plaza, somewhat forgotten between Society Hill and Penn’s Landing. Welcome Park. Great meal at Jose Garces’ Amada Restaurant.
In South Philadelphia, the Holiday Inn Stadium, which is actually a lot bigger than it looks from the baseball stadium:
(The Holiday Inn was featured on an episode of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia.)
Driving through Frankford and Kensington to visit Philadelphia Brewing Company (they have tours on Saturday and the beer is highly recommended!). In Frankford, Womrath Park, which Jen said was the site of various punk shows in the late 1990s (and which was also known as “Hooker Park” back then).
In Port Richmond, Byrne’s Tavern and Green Rock Tavern, which has a JFA paisley skateboard (check out those rail and tail guards!) that must be 25 years old . . . wow:
Jim’s Steaks in Northeast Philadelphia.
Main Street and Dekalb Street in Norristown over in Montgomery County.
