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 Welcome back! Today, we're going to be taking a walk down Columbus Blvd and seeing the sights- which are mainly strip malls, but fortunately that's what you're most likely here for. Old Swede's Church, Southwark Dating all the way back to 1699, this is the fourth-oldest building left in the city (After the Boelson Cottage , the Fox Chase Tavern , and Wynnestay ). It was first built by early Swedish settlers as a Lutheran church, but was changed to an Episcopal church in 1845. Despite being over 300 years old, it is still an active parish and holds masses every Sunday and Tuesday. Avalon Flooring, Pennsport Usually when you see places like this anchoring small strip malls, they were passed down from a traditional anchor. I was sure that was the case here, but upon further inspection it would appear this was actually always Avalon. Pep Boys also had a pretty large space next door. My thought was that they and Avalon split up a larger anchor, but that's not the case. ...

 Apologies for the late post, between being buried in school work and the general hecticness of life I didn't have any time to work on it. But you're seeing it now which means I've gotten everything under control (and by that I mean found other things to push off for later), so let's see some photos! 30th Street Station, University City This first group of photos today comes from an evening when my roommate was out trying to get some photos for his photography class and I tagged along. This station was at the other end of the block from the apartment we were living in at the time, and looks pretty picturesque. It opened as the central station and headquarters for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1930. It was taken over by Amtrak and SEPTA in 1976. While Amtrak is technically based in Washington DC since it's a government agency, the old PRR offices in here are actually their center of operations. Amtrak's platforms are under the station, and SEPTA's are on the n...