Jackpicks
Eastern State
If you had enrolled involuntarily in Eastern State in Philadelphia, you probably would not have liked the education you received, given that it was a penitentiary. And the only "higher" part of the learning is that this castle-like complex, now a huge tourist attraction, was situated on a hill that was highly visible from Olde City Philadelphia two miles to the south, with nothing but farmland inbetween. After decades of neglect to the abandoned facility, during which trees grew up between the cells and thieves stole every ounce of salvageable material, the intriguing complex was reopened, this time to the public, and now is on the National Historic Register. Coming up, on the second Saturday in May, is "alumni day", attended by former inmates and guards, now mostly in their 80s, whose interactions are mostly cordial but usually degenerate into arguments about the quality of the food. Quality probably was not an appropriate word for what they were served.
Eastern State
If you had enrolled involuntarily in Eastern State in Philadelphia, you probably would not have liked the education you received, given that it was a penitentiary. And the only "higher" part of the learning is that this castle-like complex, now a huge tourist attraction, was situated on a hill that was highly visible from Olde City Philadelphia two miles to the south, with nothing but farmland inbetween. After decades of neglect to the abandoned facility, during which trees grew up between the cells and thieves stole every ounce of salvageable material, the intriguing complex was reopened, this time to the public, and now is on the National Historic Register. Coming up, on the second Saturday in May, is "alumni day", attended by former inmates and guards, now mostly in their 80s, whose interactions are mostly cordial but usually degenerate into arguments about the quality of the food. Quality probably was not an appropriate word for what they were served.