Today we drove down to a birthday party in Delaware, but stopped off to buy a butter cake for my sister in law. There's no better place to go for butter cake in Philadelphia than Stock's Bakery in the neighborhood of Fishtown. Unfortunately, the bakery was closed due to vacation, but I took a few photos. These show some Fishtown rowhomes. I've discovered that rowhouses aren't always common in other areas of the country, but Philly is a city of rowhouse neighborhoods.
The name Fishtown comes from this area's prominence in the shad fishing industry on the Delaware River in the 1800's and late 1900's. It has always been a working class neighborhood, made up of Polish, German and Irish immigrants at one time who worked in area factories.
This shot almost looks like a desert oasis with the weeds shooting up through the cracks beneath the shadow of the Interstate 95 highway.
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2 comments:
First -- a bakery!!! Yummm -- no bakeries in Hemet, shouldn't there be a law?
Second -- no rowhouses in Hemet, none any place I've ever lived actually. Looks too close to your neighbor -- years of rural desert living have spoiled me.
Great shots Maggie --- thanks!
Well, I've actually seen row houses (my MIL used to live outside Philadelphia), but like Jacki - I've lived in the country waaaay too long.
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