Philly Breakfast to go

Saturday 23rd May 2009

Stories of crime and violence on the dangerous streets of urban philadelphia. Stay safe friends.

Operating 24hrs from Passyunk Avenue fulfilled our wish of Philly Cheesesteak at 9am before returning the car. This two stalls are located just across the street from each other and it reminded me of Sempang Bedok in Singapore. 

Two of us were dumped at 30th Street Station with the bags while the other two returned the car and went to buy our Soft pretzel from the Reading Terminal Market. Below is a sculptor titled "Spirit of Transportation". Dating from 1895 when it was located at the Broad Street Station before being translocated to Pennsylvania-30th Street Station, Karl Bitter 'represents the triumphal procession of progress led by a child carrying a model of an airship. A prophetic vision of a mode of transportation to come'. Note the Wright Brothers experimented with wing warps and eventually built the first powered aircraft around 1900.

Below is the interior design of the 30th Street Station built in a Classical Revival style of Rome. The Pennsylvania Road War Memorial consists of an ominous archangel lifting a body of a dead WWII soldier. 

Amtrak's history from its beginnings as Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) is interlinked with this station and the importance of rail travel in 1900s. Below is our pick up point outside the station where we hopped on the bus back to New York.

Up to now, I still had no idea what exactly Memorial Day was about other than a long weekend holiday. This meant massive crowds in New York.