Don’t cry for me Philadelphia updates!
August 1st, 2012 by Mr. C
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With this exclusive update, we’re going to hand the baton over to Mondocurry who can often be found dissecting and probing movies with his lab coat on while traveling at the speed of thought at Unseen Films. Mondocurry’s film writeups can be described as poetic meshed with a systematic and cerebral approach offering up a thorough & insightful point of view frequently overlooked by the rest. Today, the curry enthusiast is providing Planet Chocko inhabitants with the latest visual scoop on the happenings in his excursion to the city of brotherly love from his trip earlier in the summer! We promise – no Rocky references. Take it away mondocurry-san!
@Mondocurry can be found lounging out on twitter when not consuming fiery foods!
Mondocurry is also the dominant spice behind the Violent Eye report!
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(All Text & Photos by Mondocurry)
MURALS
Downtown and around the outskirts, mural art seems to be woven into the fabric of Philadelphia. I took in whatever I could of both city sanctioned and more homegrown displays,with references to politics and culture.
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BELLA VISTA
Metropolises have their Chinatowns with varying levels of grime, diversity, and bustling to entertain the restless city dweller. But those in the know will want to seek out more outlying Asian communities for the most authentic and fresh dose of food culture. Toronto has Markham. In San Francisco, you can’t pass up a trip to Inner Richmond for the superb Burma Superstar. And of course, New Yorkers flock to Flushing, Elmhurst, Sunset Park, and that’s just a few! In Philadelphia, a search for serious Vietnamese Pho soup can’t be had without a visit to Bella Vista. It’s a small crop of restaurants and supermarkets, also located East of the downtown area.
(Pho Hoa Noodle Shop – 501 Adams Ave)
(Nam Phuong – 1100 Washington Ave)
(Pho at Nam Phuong)
(Dung Phat Plaza – 1100-22 Washington Ave)
(Wing Phat Plaza – 1122 Washington Ave)
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EAST PASSYUNK AVE
South Street was once the place to go in Philly for art galleries, record stores, cafes, and a general sense of cultural anarchy. Things have been branching out. Head east, waaaaaay east, past the Italian Market, past the neon sign cheesesteak outposts of Geno’s and Pat’s, and East Passyunk Avenue is slowly flourishing with its own scene of cafes, comic shops and other unique stores. Signs of the old have stuck around, making for a unique fusion with the new.
(King Of Jeans – 1843 E Passyunk Ave)
(B2 cafe – 1500 E Passyunk Ave)
(A Man’s Image – 1709 E Passyunk Ave)
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THE DIVINE LORRAINE HOTEL
Right smack at an intersection none too conducive to stopping, on the way from downtown to Eastern State Penitentiary, is this towering bit of wonder. Maintaining some of the old time majesty of its late 1800’s construction, but bringing to mind Five Points with its tagged boarded up entrance and side walls, this building had historic significance during the Civil Rights movement, hosting a soup kitchen and offering low cost housing to all.
Great info & photos on the Divine Lorraine Hotel HERE and HERE
(The Divine Lorraine Hotel – corner of Broad St & Fairmount Ave)
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