Saturday Fun

[hannelore_k]

I went with my sister to the Bastille Day thingy in Philly today. We had a really good time! First we had dinner at Jack's Firehouse. Jack is a guy that used to have a cooking show with Bobby Flay. I think he has sold the place to someone else, but the good food lives on!

The weather got kind of overcast, which ended up being a good thing. We stood

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[hersephoria]

Oooh, that's great, you had fun!!! I have to say that I'm sad to hear there were no Tastykakes.... Twinkies are a poor substitute =(

Wow, The Divine Lorraine Hotel is pretty fucking cool. I had to look into it:

Some history.... This is a cool place that salvages from building that will be redeveloped. There are some neat pics here.

Then, I saw pics here and I wonder if they're of a different side of the building, or if they were just taken a while ago.

Great pics, glad you had a nice time :-)

[hannelore_k]

In the past they always used butterscotch krimpets, which are far better than Twinkies! I was disappointed. But it was a fun time!!

When we first drove past that building we were amazed by it! I had to go back for some pictures.

It seems the building has quite a history! I like those pics of the inside. And I see in one of those links that Father Divine's private suite was on the 9th floor.... I wonder if that has anything to do with "fuck the 9th"?

Those last pics were definitely from a while ago, because the windows aren't boarded up yet. The parts of the facade that are missing now - the statues and stuff - it could be because they've been taking bits of the place and selling them. I read that the interior has been gutted. I wonder what they will do with the place?

[elandae]

It totally makes me laugh that Marie Antoinette has this super elaborate costume... and then glasses and a can. LOL It sounds like a really fun day though!

The buildings in the first shot and the last ones are fucking gorgeous, omg. The pics look amazing and they're just really, really lovely shots you've gotten, darling. The facades of old buildings are incredible looking. Shame nothing being made nowadays is anywhere near as interesting to look at, eh?

(and I would assume the Fuck the 9th comment would be aimed at the police, seems most likely. People who tend to do those kinds of things don't seem too fond of the cops. Can't imagine why ;) ).

[hannelore_k]

Marie was really funny. I'm not sure what was in the cans, but she was definitely enjoying it. LOL

The penitentiary is a really amazing building - the colors and everything. I just love going there. The other building is great too. I'm so glad we happened to drive past it! I don't know why people don't build stuff like that anymore. You never really see an interesting detail in newer buildings. It's a shame.

As I said to Hersephoria, I noticed on one of her links that Father Divine's (he owned the building at one point) private suite was on the 9th floor. Maybe whoever wrote that hated the guy. LOL!

[elandae]

I'm guessing she wasn't just drinking soda water. ;)

People are always too lazy and in too much of a hurry to turn a profit nowadays to take time on something and actually make it beautiful. It's messed up.

Ohhh... that makes sense. So... just ignore what I said before. LOL

[onyxwolf13]

Wow, that's a really huge, and rather nice building for squatters to be living in.
I'm shocked they haven't kept it as a hotel or some historical type thing.

It looks like a fun day ^_^

[hannelore_k]

The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but whoever owns it now is gutting the place. That's a shame because by the time they finish doing whatever they're doing to it, it probably won't look the same at all.

It was a great day!!

[akasha6]

That's a gorgeous building. I really love it.
I have to agree with Elandae, Marie Antoinette with glasses and a cola can is too funny:))
I'm glad you had such a good day darling:)

[hannelore_k]

I love it too. Old buildings are so interesting, and this one looks really creepy.

I think Marie had more than just cola in her cans. She appeared to be a bit drunk! :P

[schwester_grimm]

I'm glad you had fun at the event. Did you catch a Twinkie?
I LOLed at the woman holding up those prompt sheets :))

That abondoned building is so impressive. It must have been a "Divine Hotel" long ago. I guess it would take a lot of money to restore it, but certainly it would be worth it.

[hannelore_k]

It was great, and the crowd was really into it. I didn't catch a Twinkie, I kept ducking from them. They were coming down at a pretty fast speed!

Unfortunately I think that hotel will look completely different if they convert it into condos or something. That would be a shame, because it's such a cool place.