We rode the train in from the Thorndale Station - an hour's ride but very convenient - and had time to walk around before lunch.
The photos are samples of some of the beautiful things available in downtown Philadelphia. This is a photo essay, so there will only be sparse commentary. Enjoy!
Rittenhouse Square in bloom:
Following the theme of our old haunts with Matt and Weina, here are views of the Metropole Bakery and their front door:
Ah, Spring:
A major construction project to extend the Schuylkill River Trail down past Center City by building a walking pier in the riverbed:
Kathy picked up cupcakes for lunch:
While Kathy lunched and chatted, David visited the Philadelphia Art Museum:
Winslow Homer dominated this room:
One of our favorite views of the Grand Canyon, "Grand Canyon of the Colorado" (1892), by Thomas Moran:
David had to photograph this painting, "The Halfway House" (1861), by George Henry Durrie, because David's father painted a copy of it:
This is a very unique piece of America folk art:
A view of the main foyer of the museum:
"Liverpool from Wapping" (1885), by john Atkinson Grimshaw:
A statue of Jeanne D'Arc (1890), by Emmanuel Fremiet, dominates a square outside the art museum. It was commissioned in 1889 by members of the French community of Philadelphia, with assistance from the Fairmount Park Art Commission:
Two view of the new Barnes Foundation building on the Parkway:
... and, finally, an evening scene of Philadelphia from the Swann Memorial Fountain, by Alexander Stirling Calder, on Eakins Oval:
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