Wednesday, March 31, 2010

One From My Street

Molly Russakoff is the owner and proprietor of Molly's book store located in the Italian market just off of Washington Ave. She offers a wide variety of used goods such as books, records, Cd's, movies, and more. Ensuring that any collector can probably find something interesting if they spend enough time looking; and if you get there early enough you just might meet South Philly legend Mikey Wild.

Molly and her book store

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

A/V expert interview

Christos Carabellos is a lot of things, fashion designer, graphic designer, entrepreneur, and man of the world. Here is his take on his life, the economy, and his experience starting his own business.

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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Black Thorn Gallery



Black Thorn Gallery is an art gallery and custom tattoo shop located just outside of Harrisburg, Pa. ran by three seasoned artists. In less than two years they have raised the bar for tattoo artists in the region. Here are those three artists at work.




Ryan Spahr







Landon Lewis







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Monday, February 15, 2010

Philadelphia A to Z

For this assignment I concentrated on businesses and stores in Philadelphia that were are unique to the city, no big chains like Starbucks or McDonald's.


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A for Academy, actually the back of Mama Mia Pizza now, but I thought it was interesting picture and I am curious what business was in the building prior to the pizza shop.

B for Bob and Barbara's

C for La Citadelle


D for Dudes


E for EyeChic


F for Food Bazaar on Locust


G for Govinda's, best vegetarian food in the city


H for Hearth and Stove


I for the Inquirer/Daily News


J for Jamaican Jerk Hut


K is for Kibitz Room


L for Lazaro's, better then Lorenzo's


M for Monks


N for Novita Bistro


O is for a generic Chinese restraunt that is...open


P is for Pico De Gallo, good Mexican food


Q is for Queen Nails


R is for Ron's Ribs, never had it, probably won't ever try it.


S is for Septa


T is for Tops bar, upstairs at Mcglinchy's.


U is for U-Do-It Laundry


V is for Victory cabs


W is for the Warsaw Cafe


X is for XIII on 13


Y is for Yellin, don't know what they sell at Yellin


Z is for Zoom Plumbing

Friday, February 12, 2010

Talk about bad timing


Newlyweds prepare for a photo on Broad St. Saturday afternoon

Monday, February 8, 2010

Washington Avenue, From the Schkuylkill River to the Delaware River

For this assignment, I made a picture of every street sign on my walk, and then interesting picture on that block. In some cases, I posted two from one block because I couldn't decide which I liked more.


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