The other day I was at City Hall and noticed that the place is covered with trash. I mean this is the center of Philadelphia: I can’t imagine what it is like to be a tourist, coming to take pictures of the newly restored and beautifully designed City Hall and step over empty chip bags, empty drink cups, newspapers, etc. just to get a picture.
Below the surface, at the underground City Hall subway station, it is an even worse nightmare. I do not even go near there because of the amount of trash, hypodermic needles and filth that settles there. It doesn’t feel safe. If I ever need to get on the Broad Street Line, I will walk down to the cleaner, seemingly-safer Walnut-Locust stop. It is absolutely amazing that, in a span of three blocks, these two places are so different.
Kristin
