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| The New Guard Tower, Eastern State Penitentiary |
Last week I shared behind the scenes
still shots of filming taking place at this location.
But I was also able to snap a few images
here and there on the sly.
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| Radiating Cell Blocks From the Tower |
The idea of a penitentiary was birthed in the home of Ben Franklin and
it was a whole new concept for prisons.
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| The Penitentiary Entrance Before The Philadelphia Skyline |
In its day this was the Taj Mahal of prisons.
Each prisoner enjoyed his own cell with vaulted ceiling and skylight,
flush toilet, and central heating
compared to the White House
where President Jackson
did not have running water
and heated with coal stoves.
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| View of the Old Tower and Philadelphia |
But Taj Mahal
did not last.
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| Guard Tower in Black and White |
Today you can tour the penitentiary
and learn the thought process that led to building this structure for prisoners.
It is also a pretty cool place just to see.
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The penitentiary is located at
2027 Fairmount Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19130
7 comments:
Well I learned something! I've heard it's so cool to see.
your photos take something horrible and make it into art.. i really like that first one of the tower throught the grate and the building looks beautiful in your photos... i did not know any of this information.. the only prisons i know about are in the movies.
It's so cool that you got access to the roof, those sight are killer.
The guard tower in black and white is a really striking photo. Wonderful!
The guard tower looks like a lighthouse - there must be a moral there.
Thank you for another behind the scenes look at this marvelous place.
Fascinating but frightening, I like the second shot of the rooftops...
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