Philadelphia Detectives and Crime Scene Unit officers investigate an alleged murder/suicide along Wayne Ave beside the Wayne Junction Regional Rail Stop in the city on Tuesday afternoon January 31, 2012. The medical examiner removed the bodies for further examination. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Spotted this clean little Volkswagen Beetle along N. American St. in North Philadelphia on Tuesday morning January 31, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Having been born in Detroit I have a soft spot for cars. Especially when I see some older ones still in use as daily drivers. I spotted this one along N. American St. Tuesday morning on my way to my morning coffee. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
An unidentified jogger takes along S. Delaware Ave takes advantage of the mild weather in the Philadelphia area on Tuesday morning January 31, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Pep Boys - Manny, Moe and Jack are reported to be entering a definitive merger agreement with The Gores Group. This according to a press release on their website. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Note: This news gave me the opportunity to photograph then three fellas for the first time in 19 years at the paper.
Philadelphia police gather along Market St. between 15th and 16th on Monday morning January 30, 2012. The night before police had a run in with Occupy Philadelphia during a Sunday evening rally. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Philadelphia fire department Fire Marshall investigates an alleged arson fire at the IHOP Restaurant along Aramingo and Tioga in the Imperial Plaza on Monday morning January 30, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Early morning sun illuminates the Philadelphia skyline on Monday morning. Photograph taken from Aramingo Ave at Venango St. on January 30, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Early morning sun illuminates the Philadelphia skyline on Monday morning. Photograph taken from Aramingo Ave at Venango St. on January 30, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Friday's unseasonably warm weather creates a fog over the water of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia on January 27, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
The PhillyRover was out along the Schuylkill River when I spotted these geese flying in formation on Friday morning January 27, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Fatal pedestrian accident along Roosevelt Blvd at Welsh on Friday morning January 27, 2012. The Roosevelt Blvd was closed to commuter traffic as police investigate the accident. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Students, parents and alumnae gathered on the steps of St. Huberts Catholic High School for Girls at Torresdale and Cottman for another rally as they fight to keep their school closed after the Archdiocesan Office of Education marked it for closure. Photograph taken on Thursday morning January 26, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © Philadelphia Media Network
Philadelphia police were called to the 4500 block of N. 19th St. on Wednesday afternoon after two people were found shot inside this home January 25, 2012. Family rushed to the scene and break down in tears as they learn the fate of their family members. Police have not released information but it is suspected it was a murder suicide. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey enters the Police Administration Building at 8th and Race St in Philadelphia after being questioned about the possible retaliation homicide that left Rosemary Fernandez-Rivera dead on the floor of Caribe Mini Market at Mutter and Westmoreland St Photograph taken as commission arrives a work on Wednesday morning January 25, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / @ 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Photographs from outside the West Kensington conveniece store where a female worker was shot and killed on Monday evening January 23, 2012. As the morning progresses and people start to move about activity outside the store is picking up. Philadelphia police do not have a motive since the store was not robbed during the shooting. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
One Monday evening January 23, 2012 Philadelphia police were called to the Caribe Mini Market to find a woman shot to death inside this neighborhood grocery. Police do not have a motive in the killing. Photograph of single candle burning outside this convenience store is the only indication that something tragic happened here. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Parents hoping to enroll their kindergarden age child at the Penn Alexander School at 42nd and Spruce in University City, Philadelphia started to line up Sunday, January 22, 2012. At around 6:30 the school was opened for parents to get warm on Monday morning. With the school enrolling few new students parents had to take matters into their own hands. Photograph taken as parents enter the school and wait for the results. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Morning light as seen from Bristol at 9th looking east towards 6th St. on Friday morning January 20, 2012. Note: With my shift starting at 6 a.m. I thought that I should start to take advantage of the morning sunrise while listening to my police scanner while waiting for the city to wake up. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Philadelphia police release photographs of Edward Schaffer, 64, resident of the Olney section of Philadelphia. Mr. Schaffer was beaten along N. 5th St. near Ashdale St. while walking alone Tuesday evening January 17, 2012.
Photograph of Frankford Ave and Bustleton at the SEPTA Frankford Terminal in the lower northeast section of Philadelphia as seen on Thursday morning January 19, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network / Note: I have always been facinated by paintings rich in detail. The kind the keep you staring and discovering something new. Like two people chatting in the distance or a man buying flowers.
Morning light and the wires for the electric buses that run along Frankford Avenue at Benner Street, as seen on Thursday morning January 19, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Morning light and the wires for the electric buses that run along Frankford Avenue at Benner Street, as seen on Thursday morning January 19, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Photograph from overnight fire on 2900 block of Tyson Ave in Northeast Philadelphia. Reports are that two people were sent to the hospital because of this row house fire. This picture taken on Thursday morning January 19, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
North 29th St. is one of those streets I like to keep a secret. While most people get caught in bumper to bumper traffic on Kelly Drive I prefer the wide open feel of this street. For those living in the Roxborough, East Falls or Germantown section of the city this street is a god send when all other roads home are backed up. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
A photograph of one of the last handful of houses in the sunken section of Logan in Philadelphia as seen on Wednesday morning January 18, 2012. This photograph reminds me of many section of Detroit where entire neighborhoods have disappeared. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
For the nineteen years that I have been here in Philadelphia I finally took the time to get out of the car and make this photograph of the Ben Franklin Bridge. Luckily for me the police with the DRPA were not around to harrass me. Photograph taken Wednesday morning January 18, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Birds enjoying an afternoon of flying on a dull gray day in Philadelphia. Photograph taken along Spring Garden Avenue at 19th St. on Tuesday afternoon January 17, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News
Philadelphia fire department and Haz-Mat Unit respond to Frankford Avenue Health Center along Frankford Avenue and Seller St on Tuesday morning January 17, 2012. The Haz-Mat Unit was called in for an alleged mercury spill. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Tony Luke Jr. of Tony Lukes in S. Philadelphia changed his diet and took up exercising to drop about 100 pounds. These pictures show him working out in the healthclub of his waterfront condo. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Volunteers with Philly Food Forest and Occupy Vacant lot as well as simple volunteers work at cleaning out an empty lot of debris along the 1900 block of E. Williard St. in the Kensington section of Philadelphia on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 16, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Volunteers with Philly Food Forest and Occupy Vacant lot as well as simple volunteers work at cleaning out an empty lot of debris along the 1900 block of E. Williard St. in the Kensington section of Philadelphia on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 16, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Philadelphia fire department put out a middle of the row house fire at 5826 Delancey St in West Philadelphia on Monday morning January 16, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Train derailment along tracks that run parallel to Delaware Avenue in S. Philadelphia on Friday morning January 13, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Philadelphia fire department surround a vehicle involved in an accident along Washington Ave at 16th St. in Philadelphia. Occupants of this vehicle accident were taken to the hospital. Photograph from Friday morning January 13, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Pictured isf Patty Quinton a mother two St. Hubert alum from the class of 1999 and 2003. The Alumnae of St. Huberts Catholic High School for Girls at Torresdale and Cottman is launching a fundraising initiative to raise the required 1.2 million by January 25, 2012 to fight school closure. The rally was held on the steps of St. Huberts on Friday morning January 13, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Juan Rosario of Philadelphia mourns the loss of his little brother Javier Orlandi at the makeshift memorial to the three teens shot and killed behind the row houses at Castor and Luzerne in the Juniata Park section of the city on Tuesday night, January 10, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Juan Rosario of Philadelphia mourns the loss of his little brother Javier Orlandi at the makeshift memorial on Thursday morning January 12, 2012. His brother was one of the three teens shot and killed behind the row houses at Castor and Luzerne in the Juniata Park section of the city on Tuesday night, January 10, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
People trickle by the makeshift memorial in the alleyway behind the homes along the NW corner of 1500 block of E. Luzerne and Castor Ave where three kids were killed Tuesday evening here in Philadelphia. This photograph showing the long tunnel of homes where the shooting took place was made on Thursday morning January 12, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Top photograph shows Barbara Dundon, executive director Need In Deed reacting to the programs award. Champions in Action recognized the program Need In Deed with a monetary reward on Wednesday, January 11, 2012. Some of the participants in the Need in Deed program are a class of 5th graders at the Anna Blakiston Day School in East Mt. Airy, section of Philadelphia. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
A large group of young people are gathered outside the St Christophers Hospital for Children on Erie Ave near Front St. on Wednesday morning January 11, 2012. The are there in support of a friend clinging to life after being shot with several other teens in an alley behind the 1500 block of E. Luzerne in the Juniata Park section of Philadelphia. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Philadelphia Police held a press conference at the Police Administration Building at 8th and Race to lay out the details of a Juniata Park section Philadelphia double possibly triple homicide on Wednesday morning January 11, 2012. The shooting took place in the alley behind the row houses on the 1500 block of E. Luzerne on Tuesday evening January 10, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer
Fire works over the Philadelphia Auto Superstore at Erie and O St. in Philadelphia. Photograph taken on Wednesday morning January 11, 2011. The light is actually a multicolor display in the parking lot of this used car lot. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Phillip Serle of Philadelphia arrives at the apartment fire along Torresdale Ave in the Tacony section of the city to learn his brother and sister died in the early morning fire. His mother Gloria Serle is allegedly in critical condition at the hospital. The fire took place above a recently opened beauty salon on Tuesday morning January 10, 2011. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Philadelphia fire department worked at rescuing occupants of a fire early Tuesday morning January 10, 2011. Two people died and one was taken to the hospital and according to fire commissioner is struggling for their life. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Phildelphia Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers makes a statement regarding the Tuesday morning fire. The fatal fire took place on the 6800 block of Torresdale Ave in the Tacony section of Philadelphia on Tuesday morning January 10, 2011. Fire department rescued several people but two died. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Students from Saint Huberts Catholic High School for Girls on Torresdale Ave and Cottman Ave in Northeast Philadelphia hold a rally outside the school on Monday morning January 9, 2012. This past Friday the students learned their school was marked for closure by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Phildelphia Media Network
Students from Saint Huberts Catholic High School walk out of the school after learning on Friday afternoon January 6, 2012 that their school is marked for closure. Many of the young female students from this all girls school came out crying because of this news. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Philadelphia fire department puts out a fire in a row house at 5950 Trinity St. in SW Philadelphia on Friday morning January 6, 2012. On the scene were Engine 40 and Ladder 4. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Lancaster Ave at 61st is shut down to traffic because of a Friday morning January 6, 2012 motor vehicle accident. Police have Lancaster Ave closed down in both directions during the morning commute because the electric pole was broken in half when it was struck by the vehicle. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network
Lancaster Ave at 61st is shut down to traffic because of a Friday morning January 6, 2012 motor vehicle accident. Police have Lancaster Ave closed down in both directions during the morning commute because the electric pole was broken in half when it was struck by the vehicle. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer / © 2011 Philadelphia Media Network
Blight around the city of Philadelphia. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Philadelphia Media Network.
