#9th Street

[haikumaker]

Alphabet City, 1977

[doctor-garceau]

Italian Market by Tina & Joe Via Flickr: 9th Street in South Philadelphia

[doo-wop-city]

Stella Star At Russo's Market

Russo's Market is open again! Here are some photos of me on a visit to Russo's for an Italian hoagie!

Russo’s Market, one of North Wildwood’s landmarks, just opened for another season! Originally named Giorgetti’s Market, Russo’s has been serving up smiles since as long as anyone can remember! To commemorate the launch of another great year, I’d like to share some photos of my visit a couple of years back. Here I am outside Russo’s, at one of their hand-painted signs. These photos were taken on…

[rockymountainqueen2]

Pitch Bibles for Ducktales 2017, Hailey’s On It!, 101 Dalmatian Street, Alice’s Wonderland Bakery, Amphibia, Big City Greens, Big Hero 6: The Series, Brandy and Mr. Whiskers, the Darkwing Duck reboot, Gravity Falls, Tron: Uprising, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, Katbot, Kim Possible, Motorcity, The Buzz on Maggie, Milo Murphy’s Law, Fish Hooks, Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!, Sofia the First, Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure, Jake and the Never Land Pirates, The Emperor’s New School, The Owl House, The Replacements, American Dragon: Jake Long, Wonder Over Yonder, and Ying Yang Yo!

[mikeluciraphgabe]

Accidentally thought about Peter Parker being a loving hero (not Spider-Man, but Peter) and now I’m sad :(

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[horror-goofy-goobers]

Well chat, Halloween is here. Anyway get ready for your already non-existent career as a lawyer to die.

[wanderingnewyork]

From 2019: A G train enters the #Smith-9th Streets Station, #Brooklyn.

[newyorkthegoldenage]

An auto crash soon led to a hubbub on 9th Avenue, ca. 1934.

Photo: Underwood Archives/Alamy

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Bus stop (night) - 9th Avenue, New York City by Andreas Komodromos

[henk-heijmans]

J. Reynolds, performing acrobatic and balancing acts on high cornice above 9th Street N.W., Washington, D.C., 1917 - Harris & Ewing

[doctor-garceau]

Pork Sausage by T Garceau Via Flickr:

[holyfuckitsgoontime]

I think I may have brainnn damageee

so that's fun

[remembertheplunge]

Raps of faith

On February 7th, 2020, my friend Martin Allen Cantwell (MAC) gave me a tout of a homeless encampment where he had been living. It stretched along the embankment which ran along side Highway 99 where the Highway elevated to cross 9th street at the southern edge of Modesto, California.

The encampment was built along a trail that ran parallel to the freeway embankment. Tents and make shift structures lined the trail. Hundreds of them stretching out for about 1/2 mile on both sides of the trail.  There were no nearby buildings.  And, the “home” occupants were out and talking. I heard some of their stories. I will have to find my journal entries from that time for details, But, I realized that it was an honor and a privilege to be allowed to take the sacred tour.

However, I did write some margin notes about the tent city tour in my 2019 journal.

That journal entry and the 2/8/2020 margin note, written the day after the tent city tour, follow;

 Journal entry 10/17/2019 Preservation Coffee House 3:19pm Thursday

“The dark night saves you from being stuck in your small life. It makes you a hero. It grows you into your fate and into becoming a responsive member of your community. You are becoming a soul.” Page 13 Dark Night of the Soul by Thomas Moore

(A Dark night of the soul refers to passing through a very difficult, dark life experience. It’s hitting bottom. Knowing the blackest of black times.)

End of entry

My margin note to above entry: 2/8/2020

Post 9th Street—Highway 99 Tent City visit and tour yesterday, MAC said “ I love you.”

The events of yesterday swept through like a shallow wave over a desert island beach. ‘I need socks.” MAC. He looks bedraggled. He saved a life. He gave Narcon to a heroin overdose victim. “Did the police call you? He wanted them to let me know how the OD guy was. They never called.

Tents and a freeway embankment up to the sun and raps of faith."

[postcard-from-the-past]

Street scene in the 9th district of Paris

French vintage postcard