Yeah, those single-family homes look lovely, as does all that greenery and those pink-colored blossoms on those trees (what are those?) look so beautiful!

I wonder how much those last few houses go for, they look expensive but if the neighborhood schools are good, it could be worth it.

The train station may be run down from up close but from that vantage point it looks nice and old; Perhaps they can update it or something.

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Thanks. I have to get up there and look closer one of these days.

Colin P Varga you took nice pictures also. Although I have never been able to get excited about Mannyunk there does seem to be a lot of interest in that area.

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The lower bushes are azaleas--very hardy around here and perennials.

The trees are probably cherry blossoms and I see some dogwoods.

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oh yeah, cherry trees... nice!
and azaleas...those grow all over the place here in texas. springtime, it's actually not so bad around here.

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9/14, quote on elections, because shosh had to put up that thoughtful writeup on mediocrity and elitism:
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." — H. L. Mencken

I saw a few eastern redbuds. The rhododendrons aren't yet in bloom; I believe that Philly is the only place where rhodies and azaleas overlap.

The train station is in Germantown, which generally isn't as manicured as East Falls, and is also generally more Victorian.

The singles pictured would sell for between 500k and 800k, and it had better be really clean (and large) to command 800k. I think that we are still relatively affordable; we have friends in New York and New England, and my observation is that you can live well in Philly without killing yourself, unlike points north.

Also, as I have pointed out elsewhere, living in the Piedmont offers breathtaking vistas and interesting vantage points, and I don't think I could ever live in flat country. That rules out the entire state of Florida. I think that picturesque aptly describes my part of the world.

One thing fascinating about Philly is that in the flat part of the city, where the soil is riverbottom clay, the building material of choice has been brick, that is, fired clay. In the mountainous portion of the city, where the soil is very rocky, the buiding material of choice has been Wissahickon Schist, a type of rock we trip over all of the time. Thus Philly is known both for its brick and its stone buildings. Note that the stone building with the clock tower (Penn Charter) is a copy of Independence Mall, done in native stone. Gorgeous.

Thanks. To me MYK is a mix of pluses & minuses.

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Just curious - where does East Falls end and Manayunk begin?

$500,000 to $800,000? i guess i'm out of that range, for now.

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9/14, quote on elections, because shosh had to put up that thoughtful writeup on mediocrity and elitism:
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." — H. L. Mencken

You missed great photo ops on Apalogen and Timber.

I haven't been on School House for a little while, how is that house being built just above Gypsy coming along?