These are really just snapshots but with the light looking so perfect near dusk last night, I stopped to grab some photos along the Delaware River waterfront in Philadelphia, part of which is also known as Penn’s Landing. There is a dinner cruise boat, another moored restaurant ship, an outdoor ice skating rink and concert venue, and several historical vessels maintained by the Philadelphia Seaport Museum. Developers have tried and failed several times to make the area more accessible to pedestrian tourist traffic. The Liberty Bell, Independence Hall and other attractions are not so far away but getting to the river calls for crossing over eight lanes of I-95 by one of several overpasses, which can leave adventurers feeling vulnerable to hot or cold weather – or worse. One evenings like last night, however, it’s worth every effort.

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I’m at a shooting scene in North Philadelphia, doing some research for a possible documentary. It was my first look at a crime scene in three years and nothing has changed.

These came in back to back on my phone last night.