July 28, 2007
Making it count
All they needed was a jug, some Styrofoam cups and a plastic table to find a profitable way to spend time outdoors. The Ortiz family set up shop Tuesday afternoon near the intersection of Porter and Alder streets, offering a homemade treat to a thirsty Edith Enos. Enos paid 25 cents — a bargain in this day and age — for the tasty concoction. Dad Angel poured a frosty cup, while daughters Francesca, center, and Selena collected the payment. What better way to enjoy a summer afternoon than to give back to the community and collect some milk money — or in this case a tea total.
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July 23, 2007
Cool cruiser
Temperatures climb as the lazy days of summer loom and the pressing heat closes in with no end in sight. Finding a little relief by catching the only available breeze, a biker peddles passed the intersection of Ninth Street and Washington Avenue Tuesday afternoon. Her airy summer dress, platform shoes and swept-up hair speak volumes about the mercury, which refuses to drop below 80.
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July 18, 2007
Dead heat
Walking outside Tuesday felt like hitting a wall. The air hung like heavy drapes on every street, thick clouds swollen with moisture sat gray and motionless in the sky and 90-plus temperatures kept the usually bustling Italian Market eerily quiet and empty. Typically jammed with fruit sellers, tourists and cart owners, Ninth Street was near-vacant with only a lulling hum of the afternoon heat to accompany this lone cyclist on his ride.
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July 10, 2007
Hydrating
Cooling off from the flaming temperatures of last week’s heat wave, kids enjoying their summer vacation gathered on the corner of Broad Street and Moyamensing Avenue for some water play the old-fashioned way. Mackenzie Harrington, front, got first dibs on the hydrant’s stream. Some things never change.
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July 01, 2007
Mercury Rising
The thick, steamy air of this week’s heat wave didn’t stand a chance against the cool-off techniques of, from left, Austin Gabrandis, Dillon Chestnut and Julian DeSone, who drenched themselves during a refreshing, impromptu pool party on their block at Porter and Sheridan streets. Opting out of the swim session, grandmother Peggy Rosen played lifeguard from her stoop Tuesday afternoon while the trio evacuated the burning concrete, splashing and crashing into the cooling blue.
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