The Stairway To Hell by lesip

The Stairway To Hell

Tagged along with my girlfriend Arline and her two grandkids to tour the city of Philadelphia. It was a 2 and a half hour drive there and we arrived at 8:30am. We signed up for The Big BUS Company tour which is a hop on hop off tour. We didn't hop off the first trip around the city but noted where we would the 2nd time around. It takes a little over an hour and a half the make the loop of the tour. We choose to hop off and do the US Mint and the Eastern State Penitentiary. The prison was AMAZING to see and photograph. This was my first time visiting Philadelphia and we had a great time.
Love this.
August 7th, 2015  
Great photo and processing. If the walls could talk...
August 7th, 2015  
Crikey - its a wonder you were allowed in here - looks fragile and rusted!
August 7th, 2015  
@maggiemae I'm photographing through a large iron gate . darn it !!! LOL
August 7th, 2015  
Oh my....scary looking. Amazing textures and lighting. What a great pov.
August 7th, 2015  
Great lines and textures. Fav
August 7th, 2015  
Great aged textures and pov.
August 7th, 2015  
Wow! Favulous
August 7th, 2015  
TR
Super, talk about great photo op. We have a very old state prison here in Nashville but the state government does not allow access bummer.
August 7th, 2015  
That does look quite hellish, but what a great photo!
August 7th, 2015  
This is a stunning capture Leslie. Fav
August 7th, 2015  
Has that ancient look about it!!
August 7th, 2015  
Fantastic Image....love it.
August 7th, 2015  
looks like i could step right in and walk down the alley
August 7th, 2015  
beautiful
August 7th, 2015  
Fabulous shot, love the processing.
August 7th, 2015  
oh, watch that middle step ... fav
August 7th, 2015  
Fab shot and perfect processing. We always take the Bus Tour and then, like you, decide on what to revisit. It makes sense: you're going to benefit from local knowledge and get a qick overview and orientation too.
August 7th, 2015  
this is such a cool shot and nicely processed
August 7th, 2015  
Clever use of the hop on hop off tour! Fantastic picture of the interior of this prison! So much to see from this fabulous POV!
August 7th, 2015  
This is fantastic - the composition and processing - huge Fav
August 7th, 2015  
This is fabulous! really like the mood and your comp!
August 7th, 2015  
So cool, fav!
August 7th, 2015  
Instant Fav...
August 7th, 2015  
This is really amazing. Fav.
August 7th, 2015  
What a fabulous shot - so well done !!!
August 7th, 2015  
fabulous on black!
August 7th, 2015  
Great processing to enhance the sense of decay and foreboding.
August 7th, 2015  
Wonderful composition and detail fantastic photo, I can't believe this is the prison it looks more Like a stable? Very well done. Instant fav!
August 8th, 2015  
DbJ
Very nice! Great to see this point of view. Almost every image I see of Eastern State (including mine LOL!) was taken at the top of those very stairs, instead of at the bottom. So it's refreshing to see a different point of view, I really like it.
August 9th, 2015  
DbJ
Actually, I realize now, those aren't the stairs I was thinking of...but I still really appreciate that point of view and composition
August 9th, 2015  
@dbj Oh I have that shot too or three or four ... LOL
August 9th, 2015  
great details here, les.
August 11th, 2015  
@summerfield thanks you would just love this prison .....
August 11th, 2015  
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