Thursday, September 3, 2009

It's all fun and games

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Lest you think Philadelphia is all seriousness and historical, I need to show the fun side too! Huge game pieces delighted us in an area full of new buildings and old.


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Dominoes, Bingo, Chess and Monopoly, to name a few.


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Sorry - how I remember hours of fun playing that as a child.


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I was rooked in and could have played for hours!


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These unusual art features monopolized a lot of my time.


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B-I-N-G-O


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And amongst, all the fun and games was an important sculpture, not to be overlooked.


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'In commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence'


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"Symbolizing family life, 'The wellspring of society, the hope of the future' and the concept of government being of, by and for the people. . ."


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A place of celebration and remembrance!


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Glad we got all that ironed out. ;0)

19 comments:

  1. NEVER seen such a BIG games before
    AMAZING shots......
    I love it :)

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  2. I love your commentary to the figures! :) So clever! :)
    I bet kids love to play in this area!

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  3. I would never have thought they had such things around all the historical buildings. Very neat though.

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  4. Great shots, love the chess pieces.

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  5. He stands there every day and waits for the sun to heat up the iron so he can get his shirt ironed!

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  6. What no Queen of Hearts? Or was she on her tea break?

    The chess pieces reminded me of the Mel Brooks movie History of the World: Part I. "Give the Queen some air, she's been so good to all of us."

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  7. Lisa, I'll have to check - but that may be the most visual puns used in a single blog entry.

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  8. AWESOME!! You know, for having a brother and sister in law in Philly, I never knew half this stuff existed until you pointed it out. lol! This would have been a fabulous place to play around in. I love the Sorry piece shot, and the matching angle you gave it with the building behind it. Nice!

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  9. Lisa, these are very cool photos! Thank you for sharing them!
    Spirithelpers

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  10. Love these Lisa!
    You got some really great shots!!
    Love the ironed out one - very clever pose!

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  11. I've easing back into Blogland and am totally enjoying your photos from Philadelphia. I grew up around Philly and live outside it now and don't often see the cool things you saw in it. Thanks for showing it to me from a different perspective ... and I've never seen these game pieces. We'll have to go hunt them down and check 'em out ourselves.

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  12. That look so fun I would like to see it my self.
    The Hat was my favorite when I played Monopol.

    The bird on the top post sitting with all the spikes where it is not suppose to sit love it.

    /MB

    You do take good photos!!!

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  13. a serious game or two was going on in Philadelphia, wasn't it? love your captures of these BIG game pieces. how delightful it must have been to walk amongst them. might i ask who won? :)

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  14. Those game board pieces look like so much fun!

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  15. thats awesome! I envy you for being there and shoot those =)

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  16. I had no idea there was that much in Philadelphia.

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  17. Very cool!! My son would love it, especially all the Monopoly pieces. Now I have an excuse to visit Philly!

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