Entries Tagged as 'parks'
Niagara Falls – An Alternate View
July 17th, 2013 by citiesinpixiedust · View Comments
Tags: architecture · mystery · parks
summer’s last gasp, and an urban swimming hole
September 15th, 2008 by citiesinpixiedust · View Comments
Somehow it got to be September, and the warm Indian summer is a great time to visit Philadelphia’s own premier swimming hole, Devil’s Pool. (Or as some call it, Devil’s Hole)
While its legality is “questionable,” almost anyone who’s grown up within the city limits has taken a dip in these refreshing waters at least once or twice. My [...]
Tags: parks · philadelphia · summer · wissahickon
Walkabout.
August 1st, 2008 by citiesinpixiedust · View Comments
Living in the city has its pluses and minuses. Where do you go when you need to get away from it all, but only have time to escape for an hour or three? If you want to hear birds chirping and the sound of voices and cars all but disappears?
Today, Cities in Pixie Dust takes [...]
Tags: graffiti · parks · wissahickon
Spring is Messing with Us.
April 7th, 2008 by citiesinpixiedust · View Comments
Wissahickon Creek trails, 4/5/08
Tags: parks · philadelphia · wissahickon
Parks, real and imagined
April 3rd, 2008 by citiesinpixiedust · View Comments
Now that Spring is coming upon us, I’m hoping to take spend a fair amount of time exploring some of the local parks. I grew up right by the Wissahickon Creek/Forbidden Drive area of Philadelphia, and have been wandering that area since I was a small child. Some places don’t really get old. And there [...]
Tags: parks · philadelphia