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Category Archives: Lincoln Hwy: Pennsylvania

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The Philadelphians

Street photography in Philadelphia. Although Philadelphia can be a little gritty I very much like the place. There is a ton to do and for me it is really a photographer’s paradise – especially the […]

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Philadelphia street art

Like so many other stops along the Lincoln Highway there is a wealth of street art in Philadelphia. Under the auspices of the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program the city has undertaken a huge street art […]

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Penn walkabout

More Philly. University of Pennsylvania walkabout – on a very cold Sunday morning. The university was in session but there were not too many students about. It made it easier for the photography but the […]

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Reading Terminal Market – Part Two

More Philly. Some shots taken this last Sunday morning at the historic Reading Terminal Market. I had been there late afternoon the day before, and it was just too crowded, including with a lot of […]

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Reading Terminal Market – Part One

Some people pix at the Reading Terminal Market last weekend in Philly. The first two were taken the first day when I visited in the late afternoon during the Santacon partying. I asked the Salvation […]

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Back to Philly

Back in Philadelphia, December 2016.   I just got back from a weekend in Philadelphia (arrived Friday afternoon and got back Sunday night). This is a city that is well down the comeback trail and […]

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College tour

The Lincoln Highway exits Philadelphia along the Main Line. During my Philadelphia area explorations on the spring trip and back again in October 2016 I also stopped off at Bryn Mar, Haverford and Villanova all […]

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Sail away

The SS United States, October 2016. Now docked at Pier 82 on the Delaware River in Philadelphia. She still holds the “Blue Riband” as the fastest passenger liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean in regular service […]

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Rocky!

On location in Philly.   The first two shots below feature my two boys channeling Rocky Balboa at the museum steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The next few shots are from the Italian […]

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South Philly

On a Philly weekend visit, October 2016. Philadelphia’s 9th Street Italian Market, said to be the oldest and largest working outdoor market in the United States. I went on a Sunday morning which meant some […]

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One more from the homeward journey: Three Mile Island

Back in Brooklyn. I took the route back through Ohio/Pennsylvania/New Jersey from Michigan. 950 miles with a stopover near Akron OH. It seems that I needed my passport or something called an Enhanced Drivers License […]

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Braddock PA and the Edgar Thompson Steel Works

Lincoln Highway Road Trip, day 6. On my way to West Virginia. First, let’s stay in Pittsburgh – yesterday, on the outskirts of the city, I took a wrong turn and got stuck on this […]

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Destination Pittsburgh PA

Lincoln Highway Road Trip, day 5, end-of-day note from Beaver Falls PA, near the Ohio and West Virginia state lines. Another very good day with a little bit of bad mixed in. I got on […]

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Western Pennsylvania: in Appalachia

Lincoln Highway Road Trip, day 5. A few more shots of the drive here in western Pennsylvania. It’s not all picture postcard little towns. There are stretches of the road where the towns have seen […]

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On the Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania

Lincoln Highway Road Trip, day 4, end of a fantastic day. I love road trips. I woke up this morning in Gettysburg and got myself out to the battlefields fairly early: the weather report said […]

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Gettysburg: silence and respect

Lincoln Highway Road Trip, day 4. After I arrived in Gettysburg yesterday there was still time for a walk in the fading light around the Gettysburg National Cemetery, the final resting place for more than […]

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Lancaster County, PA: Amish country

Lincoln Highway Road Trip, day 3, in the evening. A long day of driving. Arrived Gettysburg early evening. Valley Forge park was fantastic. Spent a good part of the day exploring Lancaster County PA (Amish […]

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Phoenixville, PA

Lincoln Highway Road Trip, end of day 2, with an update and a movie trivia quiz (and switching over to color): two days, three states. I am writing this from near Phoenixville, PA. I crossed […]