Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Photos of Fishtown

My friend, Nick, and I are recent arrivals to a neighborhood in north Philadelphia with a great deal of character. Fishtown, as it's known, has piqued the interests of historians and developers alike, but manages to retain its personality and most of its grit.

Michael Williams, creator of
A Continuous Lean, also took an interest in the place and was generous enough to provide some space on his blog for Nick's brief, but excellent tour. Being the nice guy that he is, Nick let me take the photos.

For the full experience, follow this link.

Here are a few images that aren't on the standard tour:

(I don't know what this is.)

(A sad memorial)

(An icon)

(Our neighbors around the corner)
It's a nice place to live.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ry, these photos are so impressive. i love your attention to detail. you found the magical character of your neighborhood.
cheers!-sis

Anonymous said...

Happy to see you back in this place, Ryan. Will you please come photograph Eastport please? --MM

Unknown said...

Nice pics, Ry! You'll have to show us some of these places when we're there in April. Dad

Angel said...

Glad you found a place you can be comfortable at, nice pictures some sad.