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PHILLY IN FLUX

A corridor-by-corridor survey of the city’s major arteries.

One corridor.
One walk.
One archive.

MISSION

Systematically document the major streets, avenues, transit corridors, and neighborhoods of Philadelphia through long-form photographic walks.

Where the station survey documents the nodes of the city — one stop, one hour — this roadmap documents the arteries: each major corridor walked end to end, in a single continuous pass.

PHASE I GOAL
Build the skeletal framework of the city by completing its primary arteries.

The work runs in two phases:

Phase I — Major Corridors. Fourteen streets, walked end to end, across two weeks.
Phase II — Transit System Survey. Every station on the rail network, documented at street level.

METHOD — THE CORRIDOR WALK

A corridor walk is one street, walked from one end to the other, in a single documentary pass.

Start at the fixed origin.
Walk the full length of the corridor in one direction.
Photograph continuously — light, gesture, form, signage, architecture, public life.
Stay on the artery; let the neighborhoods change around you.
End at the fixed terminus.
Preserve the route and the GPS metadata.
Archive the walk as one corridor issue.

ONE PASS
A corridor is walked once, in one direction, in one sitting. The changing neighborhood is the subject. Do not double back.

PHASE I — MAJOR CORRIDORS

Fourteen corridors form the skeleton. Week 1 covers the first seven; Week 2 covers the remaining seven.

#	Corridor	From → To
01	Germantown Avenue	Chestnut Hill → Northern Liberties
02	Chestnut Street	63rd Street → Penn’s Landing
03	Walnut Street	63rd Street → Delaware River
04	Frankford Avenue	Frankford TC → Northern Liberties
05	Passyunk Avenue	Broad & McKean → South Street
06	Ridge Avenue	Northwestern Ave → Chinatown
07	Baltimore Avenue	61st Street → University City
08	Lancaster Avenue	63rd Street → Drexel
09	Woodland Avenue	Island Avenue → 40th Street Portal
10	Girard Avenue	63rd Street → Frankford Avenue
11	South Street	34th Street → Delaware River
12	Lehigh Avenue	Hunting Park → Port Richmond
13	Delaware Avenue	Oregon Avenue → Penn Treaty Park
14	Broad Street (Solo Edition)	Fern Rock → Navy Yard

Week 1 — Corridors 01–07

01 · Germantown Avenue In Flux
Route: Chestnut Hill West Station, Germantown Ave & Bethlehem Pike → Northern Liberties, 2nd Street
Through: Chestnut Hill · Mount Airy · Germantown · Nicetown · North Philadelphia · Northern Liberties

02 · Chestnut Street In Flux
Route: 63rd Street & Chestnut Street → Penn’s Landing, Delaware River
Through: West Philadelphia · University City · Rittenhouse Square · Washington Square · Old City

03 · Walnut Street In Flux
Route: 63rd Street & Walnut Street → Front Street, Delaware River
Through: University City · Rittenhouse Square · Society Hill · Old City

04 · Frankford Avenue In Flux
Route: Frankford Transportation Center → Girard Avenue, Northern Liberties
Through: Frankford · Kensington · East Kensington · Fishtown · Northern Liberties

05 · Passyunk Avenue In Flux
Route: Broad Street & McKean Street → South Street area
Through: East Passyunk · Italian Market · Bella Vista · Queen Village

06 · Ridge Avenue In Flux
Route: Ridge Avenue & Northwestern Avenue → Chinatown, Vine Street
Through: Andorra · Roxborough · East Falls · Brewerytown · Francisville · Chinatown

07 · Baltimore Avenue In Flux
Route: 61st Street & Baltimore Avenue → University City
Through: Cobbs Creek · Cedar Park · University City

Week 2 — Corridors 08–14

08 · Lancaster Avenue In Flux
Route: 63rd Street & Lancaster Avenue → Drexel University area
Through: Overbrook · West Philadelphia · University City

09 · Woodland Avenue In Flux
Route: Island Avenue corridor → 40th Street Portal
Through: Southwest Philadelphia · Kingsessing · University City

10 · Girard Avenue In Flux
Route: 63rd Street & Girard Avenue → Frankford Avenue
Through: West Philadelphia · Brewerytown · Fairmount · Northern Liberties · Fishtown

11 · South Street In Flux
Route: 34th Street & South Street → Delaware River
Through: Graduate Hospital · South Street · Queen Village

12 · Lehigh Avenue In Flux
Route: Hunting Park area → Port Richmond
Through: North Philadelphia · Kensington · Port Richmond

13 · Delaware Avenue In Flux
Route: Oregon Avenue → Penn Treaty Park
Through: Pennsport · Columbus Boulevard · Old City Waterfront · Northern Liberties · Fishtown

14 · Broad Street In Flux (Solo Edition)
Route: Fern Rock Transportation Center → Navy Yard
Through: North Philadelphia · Center City · South Philadelphia · Sports Complex · Navy Yard

PHASE II — TRANSIT SYSTEM SURVEY

After the major corridors are complete, the survey moves to the rail network. Every station is documented at street level.

Market–Frankford Line

Photograph every station.

Exit at each station.
Walk the surroundings for 30–60 minutes.
Document the environment.
Move to the next station.

Broad Street Line

Photograph every station. Focus on:

Surface environment
Architecture
Commuters
Businesses

Regional Rail

Photograph every station. Focus on:

Transit infrastructure
Neighborhood identity
Commercial corridors
Public life

LONG-TERM GOAL

Create a complete visual archive of Philadelphia.

Every completed project lights up another section of the map.

Broad Street
Market Street
Germantown Avenue
Chestnut Street
Walnut Street
Frankford Avenue
Passyunk Avenue
Ridge Avenue

The arteries fill in. The skeleton becomes a body.

One walk.
One archive.
One city.

Document	Layer	Relationship
PHILADELPHIA IN FLUX	Layer 3 — Field	The station-level survey protocol — the nodes
BROAD STREET IN FLUX	Layer 3 — Field	The founding corridor project
MARKET STREET — DIGITAL MIRROR	Layer 3 — Field	Corridor project, metadata archaeology
PROJECTS	Layer 3 — Field	The collaborative project framework
PROTOCOL	Layer 2 — Protocol	The base FLUX protocol all walks run inside

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