Graffiti Pier in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia used to be a coal mining pier along the Delaware River until it was shut down in 1991.
Gianni and Emma walk atop the abandoned structure covered in Graffiti.
Emma basks in the sun.
A track leads to nowhere.
With the train tracks and heavy machinery dismantled, all that is left of what was known as Pier 124 are two concrete structures leading out to river.
Here, coal was loaded onto ships to be transported down the river.
Graffiti Pier has become a haven for skaters and teenagers. A rock show was set up here this past summer.
Over the past couple of years, the pier has become Philly’s well-known secret spot, where visitors drink beer, play paintball, start fire pits, get into snowball fights and sometimes real fights.
A man reads by the river next to a fresh graffiti “The city of light will always shine bright” after the massacre on Friday 13th in Paris.
