project overview

so. it is mid-may and the spring semester at ccp ended last week. as i am not teaching summer classes and i feel compelled to have a "project" to work on over the next 15 weeks, i've decided to resurrect this blog as a photo album celebrating philadelphia. i've taken many photos of the city since moving here in 2007 and the plan for this blog is to document every neighborhood in the city by the end of the summer. for anyone who knows philadelphia, this is no easy task. according to one count, there are no less than 171 neighborhoods in the city of brotherly love. my aim is to document every single one and provide both a brief history of the neighborhood (courtesy of various published sources) and my thoughts on the neighborhood the day i visited it. whether i succeed in this task is anyone's guess; i'm not too proud to admit that i have left many projects unfinished over the years. regardless of the final outcome, by the end of the summer, i hope to come to know this city i call home a little bit better and to have captured some of it's spirit in the photos i'll share here.