| Jul. 1st, 2009 @ 11:55 am Places I knew in Philly |
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I went to Google street view today because I wanted to try and see if I could figure out with more certainty where this was:
It was posted as somewhere in Center City Philadelphia, and my guess was 20th and Spruce. I recognized the Liberty Place Buildings as well as the smaller building in front. The tall brown building I remember but couldn't exactly place. I puzzled over it for a bit, even closed my eyes to think of being there back in the city.
I was actually surprised that the street view for Philly was so incomplete. I mean some of the main streets like Spruce and Walnut were incomplete. There was enough there though I was still able to walk down memory lane if you will. I remember the shop I worked at there on 16th and Chestnut street:
Subway View Larger Map(mouse over for preview)
I remember spending quite a bit of time here:
Borders Bookstore View Larger Map(mouse over for preview)
I have a lot of memories in this place. I met R and E here. We spent a lot of time here drinking coffee and arguing about anime. I also met J here for the first time. This was a very convenient meeting place since it was in the middle of everything and if you came early, or if your friends were late, you could sit and read to entertain yourself. I still have the gift card J gave me for one X-mas from here. There's no money on it of course, but it's still in my wallet to this day. I wish I could say the same about the present I gave her, but that couldn't be helped. What can I say, the girl's destructive.;-P
I also spent quite a bit of time here too:
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Well, definitely not anywhere near as much time as I spent in Borders, but significant enough I guess. In the months before I went to Japan I would walk past this place occasionally and look up at it in nostalgia. Strange, how even though it's just a picture and it's been more than a year, all the thoughts and feelings that come back as though it were yesterday.
I couldn't find a street view of The Good Dog, a great bar I used to go with J to shoot pool and one particularly long night of darts and a place I wrote about in a previous entry (which I can't find). Though I did find the place I went to meet J the first time we went to The Good Dog:
The Happy Rooster View Larger Map(mouse over for preview)
I still remember the drink she had ordered while she waited for me. It was a sweet peachy concoction with a light pink color. I had gone to the place a few times before for my friend JH's Karaoke DJ gigs, but I didn't go often because the place was ridiculously small for the crowds that he drew when he DJed. In fact, that day J and I met up there JH was supposed to be there but he had a private gig booked somewhere and didn't show.
Another place my friend JH used to DJ:
The Locust Bar View Larger Map(mouse over for preview)
This was the place my friends and I would go almost every Sunday for Karaoke. The people that came here were usually had very good voices and JH's system was second to none. It was here I discovered my love of performing in front of people. Lots of memories in these places.... Lot of scars...and a lot of good things too. |
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