A Summer Evening

Cityscape looking northwest.

Looking northwest again featuring the PECO building

and the Cira Center to the right.

Looking due north up 19th Street.

Summer Rain

It's been a summer of record heat this year. June 2010 was the hottest in 137 years of recorded history. This late June day was punctuated by a massive thunder storm, one of the most intense ever seen. It could be seen from the 13th floor approaching from the north. Then all of a sudden, visability was severely cut and everyone below was getting soaked. For the most part the rain was horizontal with winds of about 70 mph. Fortunately, it only lasted about 10 minutes. 

These photos were taken at 3:00 pm.

Twenty minutes earlier it was sunny and about

twenty minutes after the storm, the sun returned.

Springtime at Rittenhouse Square

This fence faces Walnut St and across from

Rittenhouse Plaza

'Lion Crushing a Serpent' statue circa 1890 by French sculptor,

 Antoine-Louis Barye, in the Square.

A shot of Holy Trinty church, circa 1859, kittycorner

to Rittenhouse Plaza 

Shrub and flower beds within the Square.

A veiw of 19th Street from the living room.

Our Record Snow

This February stormfront brought a record amount of snow for Philadelphia this season with perhaps more to come. While I didn’t dare to venture outside, my view from above indicated that footing was treacherous even though the walks were being cleared.

A veiw of 19th and Sansom from the living room.

In Rittehouse Square

Across the street, Rittenhouse Square has been transformed from a once serene city square to an active playground for kids and adults, a welcome, though sometimes noisy sign of urban vitality.

Not a good day for bike riding, to say the least.