INSPIRATION FROM CHINA TOWN: ART WORK

DOWNTOWN PHILADELPHIA IS HIGHLIGHTED WITH SECTIONS FULL OF ART. THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF PHILLY OFFERS A NUMEROUS  NUMBER OF ART OPTIONS YOU CAN VISIT DAILY INCLUDING THE ART MUSEUM, FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, PHILADELPHIA ART MUSEUM, AND IF YOU WERE HIP TO CULTURE ART YOU WOULD INVOLVE CHINA TOWN HIGHLY AS AN ART. AS SOON AS YOU WALK INTO THE HEART OF CHINATOWN YOU CAN FEEL THE CHINESE ART CULTURE. IF YOU LOOK ABOVE IN THE PHOTO PROVIDED FOR THIS POST  WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS A VIVID PHOTO OF PHILADELPHIA'S ENTRANCE WALKING INTO CHINA TOWN, IT'S DOPE. THAT'S NOT THE ONLY ART PIECE CHINA TOWN VALUES. WALKING INTO CHINA TOWN'S BOOK STORES, $1 DOLLAR STORES, CLOTHING THRIFT STORES, LIVE SEAFOOD MARKETS, AND MINI MARKETS WHERE THEY CARRY REAL TOKYO CANDY AND FOODS ARE DOPE. ALL OF THESE SHOPS MENTIONED HAVE A UNIQUE STYLE TO THE STORE AND THERE IS MORE THAN ONE. WITH CHINA TOWN RESTAURANTS THEY LOOK SMALL AND MAY NOT LOOK LOUD OUTSIDE BUT ONCE YOU STEP IN YOU WILL BE SHOCKED. LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO EAT IN CHINA TOWN YOU SHOULD NEVER JUDGE BOOK BY IT'S COVER, YOU WILL BE THE ONE TAKING THE LOST SO MAKE SURE YOU TAKE A STEP IN THESE RESTAURANTS.

 BUT WHAT REALLY CATCHES THE EYES OF ART IN CHINATOWN IS THE ONE AND ONLY SNEAKER BOUTIQUE ABAKUS. FOR THOSE THAT HAVE NO IDEA OF WHAT ABAKUS IS  AND YOUR LIVING IN THE PHILADELPHIA AREA  YOU SHOULD GET TO KNOW YOUR CITY AND WHAT IT OFFERS. ABAKUS IS HIGHLY RESPECTED BY MYSELF JUST ON THE FACT THAT I HAVE SEEN THEM GROW INTO SOMETHING REALLY SPACIAL.THE ART AND INTERIOR DESIGN ALONE  OF THE ABAKUS SNEAKER BOUTIQUE WILL HAVE YOU APPRECIATING THE SHOP. THREE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD ABAKUS IS STILL CARING ON THEIR "ABAKUS TORCH" HIGH IN THE AIR AND BY THE LOOKS OF EVERYTHING FOR THE TEAM  THE COMPANY IS ONLY GETTING STRONGER BY THE DAY. KY, RICK, JUSTINE, AND JACKSON HAVE CREATED A GOOD THING FOR PHILADELPHIA AND  AN EVEN BETTER LOOK FOR CHINA TOWN. WHEN EVER YOUR IN THE CITY AND YOU NEED TO CATCH UP ON SOME FRESH STREET WEAR CLOTHING OR OG JORDAN'S MAKE A SPOT IN CHINATOWN TO PAY A VISIT TO ABAKUS, YOU WONT BE DISAPPOINTED. THE ART OF CHINA TOWN KIILS!


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INSPIRATION FROM CHINA TOWN: HARD WORK

STAYING IN THE HEART OF PHILADELPHIA'S CHINA TOWN IS KINDA DIFFERENT FROM THE INNER  DOWNTOWN AREA AND THE SUBURBS. I CAN STATE THAT BECAUSE I HAVE LIVED IN BOTH AREAS AND FOR THE PAST MONTH I HAVE BEEN IN CHINA TOWN SOAKING UP CHINESE CULTURE. IT'S DIFFERENT IN A NUMBER OF WAYS FROM WORKING HOURS, COMMUNICATION, FOODS, SELECTION OF CRAFT, AND I CAN'T FORGET THE SMELL. I GET A CLEAR VISION OF HOW THE CHINES CULTURE WORKS SO HARD FROM BEING OUT HERE WHICH IS FROM MORNING UNTIL THE EARLY AM HOURS. FROM YOUTH AGES TO OLD WOMEN AND MEN WITH BACK PROBLEMS PEOPLE ARE IN CHINA TOWN GRINDING AND GETTING WORK DONE. I REALIZED IT'S A COMFORT ZONE CHINA TOWN SHARES AND FOR THE PAST MONTH I CAN SAY I HAVE BEEN APART OF THAT. WHEN I WOULD SEE PEOPLE WITH THERE BUSINESS LIGHTS ON I WOULD GET BACK TO WORK EVEN IF I WAS TIRED. SEEING PEOPLE STAY UP ALL NIGHT  PUSHES YOU TO DO THE SAME IN THE BUSINESS YOUR PURSUING. INSPIRATION TO WORK HARD IS IN FULL EFFECT WITHIN THE STREETS OF CHINA TOWN. IF YOUR EVER IN PHILADELPHIA GO TO CHINA TOWN TO SEE HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO EVEN WALK. THE CULTURE GRINDS ALL THROUGH THE DAY.