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Let's start where it ended.

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 This has become my favorite view.  I have at least a hundred pictures from this exact spot, no two are alike, all are beautiful for different reasons.  This is the Philadelphia skyline as seen from the South Street bridge.  I waited (not so) patiently as the bridge was rebuilt, watched in awe as the boardwalk grew out over the water, and watched numerous buildings stretch into the skyline over the past 14 years.  At any given time, there could be one, two, even three cranes blemishing my beautiful skyline pictures.  There is actually one in this picture as well.   This morning (7/31) was my last run over this bridge. It's not the last time I will see this view, nor the last time I will be on foot on this bridge...but I am no longer going to be running to see the sunrise, or the sunset, or the perfectly blue sky, or the really incredible clouds as seen from this bridge.  There were times where I just felt like I needed to see the sunrise.  I would set my alarm, run t