Germantown Unity Day - The Melting Pot that is PHILADELPHIA

These pictures were taken by Jesse Brown Jr. in August 2008. I grew up with Jesse's daughter, and I knew he was a photographer, so I asked him if he had any good neighborhood pics. Did he ever! I choose to post these three from Germantown Unity Day 2008, which took place in the late summer on the historical Germantown Ave. in Wister, Philadelphia.

This area is currently known for its concentrated population of Muslims, who live and have many businesses in the area. However, the area is still home to a diverse community of Philadelphians as shown in the pictures. This is what I love about Philly: you can get a little bit of this and a little bit of that!

Boathouse Row

This picture is classic. Boathouse Row consists of a strip of rowing clubhouses that have served as recreation and competition for rowers worldwide for over a century. I was pleasantly surprised how clear it came out using my niece's iphone. I tend to be tech-weary at times, but the iphone seems like it might be a sound investment in my future. My niece signed us up for the Philadelphia Breast Cancer awareness walk, so we walked the three miles along West River drive, pushing our toddlers in strollers. It was on an amazingly beautiful day this past fall, and there was no more perfect place to walk for a cause than Philadelphia's West River Drive, which has recently been renamed Martin Luther King Drive. Every Sunday Martin Luther King Drive is closed down for walkers, joggers and bikers to freely excise on the drive, without the worry of incoming traffic. I took this picture while crossing over the Schuylkill River on a bridge that connects West River Drive to East River Drive.