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Underground City

Even though I have hundreds of words to say about the magic of underground cities, Philly’s original mural artists and our city’s desperate need (and golden opportunity) to build a legitimate subway system, I’ll save that for later. This essay will be short on words and heavy on pretty, pretty pictures.

The series documents my trip beneath Pennsylvania Avenue with a great bunch of photographers. See their photos: (Albert)(Andi)(Judd)(Maria)(Mike)

My series starts with some amazing graffiti. The tunnel was like an underground gallery.

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I was lucky enough to be down there with some of Philadelphia’s most accomplished street-art photographers. If you want to see what else is down there, check out thier galleries.

There was also a train line down there . Here’s one of my favorite from the day:

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And another of the same theme

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Alongside the active tracks was a dead passageway:

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Saplings grew:

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From one side:

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From the other side:

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While we were down there, a train came through. That’s what this is:

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Anyone want a Schwinn to fix up?

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And finally, paying homage to this image, here’s a similar one of its photographer:

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