THE END OF AN ERA - AN EXTREMELY PAINFUL TOUR OF NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA

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  • Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
  • Come Sail with the Philly Captain as he goes for his final scoot using a DJI pocket osmo 2. The Captain explores Northeast Philadelphia and points out a flaw in a news story he saw 6 years ago. The Captain sends well wishes to ‪@ActionKid‬
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  • @KinksFan2802
    @KinksFan2802 20 днів тому +21

    Hey Captain, NE resident here, turkey Barry used to be Gearo's second location, original location was Bustleton near Longshore closed many ywars ago.

    • @JonnyAbs-0
      @JonnyAbs-0 18 днів тому

      sad to see Gearo's close. I think that was there since I was born (1981) or close to it.

  • @mommyworks
    @mommyworks 20 днів тому +11

    The Whitman plaza was the former site of 2 food manufacturers, Whitman chocolates and Mrs Paul's. My mom's friend worked at Mrs. Paul's until they closed it in the 90s when the whole area was sold for development.

  • @carguy3910
    @carguy3910 20 днів тому +5

    After you cross the Boulevard, you are in Bustleton, the neighborhood where I grew up. Greenberg is where I went to from 2nd to 8th grade.

  • @coreyheinrich673
    @coreyheinrich673 20 днів тому +4

    Where the Lowe’s and bestbuy is use to be Whitman Chocolate factory. They built that area around 15 20 years ago

  • @Frankjc3rd
    @Frankjc3rd 20 днів тому +5

    If you have the patience, anywhere is within walking distance. 😮

  • @maxinepreston7601
    @maxinepreston7601 20 днів тому +5

    Nice scoot around today Captain. 🇬🇧

  • @eladvanallen8282
    @eladvanallen8282 20 днів тому +13

    Yo Cap, be safe out there. I would say go get a concealed carry license and get strapped to protect yourself but something tells me that's not your thing.

  • @my2cents945
    @my2cents945 20 днів тому +10

    The Lowes shopping center was Whitman's chocolates. Not sure when the shopping center opened.

    • @JonnyAbs-0
      @JonnyAbs-0 18 днів тому +1

      I think somewhere around 2000. Maybe even a little earlier.

  • @sammybull7
    @sammybull7 20 днів тому +6

    I just sold my Mom's Condo there at Welch & The Blyd. Excelsior Condominiums behind that Sunoco. I also lived at Grant & the Bully for awhile.... Good video Cap!! Great blast from the past for me!! ****YEAHHHHHH****

    • @joecarey4356
      @joecarey4356 20 днів тому +2

      My mom lived on the second floor of that condo building. Wow, excelsior condos. They were very nice. That area is destroyed now.

    • @sammybull7
      @sammybull7 20 днів тому +3

      @joecarey4356 Maybe my mom knew her... my mom passed away in October of 2021... Forcing me to have to sell her Condo on the 1st floor. Condo 115. That area has gotten worse... but alot of Philadelphia had gotten worse... & especially with Crime. Thanks Buddy!

    • @joecarey4356
      @joecarey4356 20 днів тому

      @sammybull7 my mom was there from2006 to 2012. She lived in the 2nd building from the end if coming from the Blvd. The parking was in the back.she had the 2nd floor. She had a balcony. Think they all had a balcony. Such a great location. So sad.

    • @dennisc8985
      @dennisc8985 20 днів тому +2

      most of the city is a dump now

  • @stache1954
    @stache1954 20 днів тому +11

    Lewis treated his children horribly.

  • @dondepagnier6456
    @dondepagnier6456 20 днів тому +1

    You are extremely entertaining. I haven't heard any "real" informative information but yet I'm captivated by your wit and demeanor. Keep up the good work. Having fun watching you. Maybe you should start your own podcast.

  • @ninapross3337
    @ninapross3337 20 днів тому +4

    Thank you to your brother for his service

  • @joangravel2436
    @joangravel2436 20 днів тому +1

    Thanks for another awesome video I enjoyed watching seeing your state

  • @mercswifejl
    @mercswifejl 19 днів тому +1

    The turkey berry was Gearo's. They had Catered events upstairs and a dining room on the first floor. Then there was rooms downstairs for events also. My family had several memories in there lol. They had another location in the lower NE on Bustleton Ave I believe. Moved outta Philly almost 8 years ago and I hate to say it's the best thing I ever did for my physical and mental health!!!! I would self cancel if I ever had to move back there! Thanks for the stroll (scoot) down memory lane!! Lived in the NE all my life. Used to go to Tower to buy concert tickets.

  • @wayne00k
    @wayne00k 20 днів тому +5

    that bus stop with all the carts is where a drunk driver killed my friend in the middle of a summer night back around 1987. my buddy had kicked his habit for a year and was going to nursing school during the day and was working a booth at a nearby gas station at night. we'll this drunk driver was doing close to 100 mph when he drove straight through the bus stop - killing my friend and he didn't stop until he was nearly all the way down the the next street. cops came about 3 am banging on my door because he was my roommate until just a week before. I had to go tell his father because the philly PD didn't want to.
    lost all respect for cops and drunk drivers with the same sunrise.

    • @christinecollins6302
      @christinecollins6302 20 днів тому

      You were next of kin I guess. Mad with you at the DUI guy

    • @JonnyAbs-0
      @JonnyAbs-0 18 днів тому

      Not that this matters, but I wonder if he was working at the texaco on bustleton ave? I dont remember another gas station near there on the blvd but my memory would probably be better starting around 1990. Sorry to hear about your friend.

  • @ImpatientWreck
    @ImpatientWreck 17 днів тому

    You got the most Philadelphia accent I've ever heard in my life.

  • @raym5113
    @raym5113 20 днів тому +4

    General Grants used to be in there, the 80s a popular bar.

    • @ThePhillyCaptain
      @ThePhillyCaptain  20 днів тому +2

      I used to party there.

    • @tomv5988
      @tomv5988 20 днів тому +1

      I went there maybe 20 years ago.
      Nice place

    • @JonnyAbs-0
      @JonnyAbs-0 18 днів тому

      it was still there even 10 years ago. It was always crowded. Surprised it closed

  • @user-Salvatore4Belluso
    @user-Salvatore4Belluso 20 днів тому +5

    Yo Philly Captain 🎉 awesome tour. Stay out of red lobster it’s disgusting nothing is fresh except the attitudes 😅

  • @cuppkake5
    @cuppkake5 16 днів тому

    Hey Dude...cool shoes...comfy too

  • @future5001
    @future5001 19 днів тому

    I lived at Woodward St. & The Blvd. for 11 years. Brings back memories.

  • @cdrum5994
    @cdrum5994 20 днів тому +1

    Thought you were talking about The Bus Stop @ Harbison and Torresdale 🍻 😂

  • @sheriyl
    @sheriyl 18 днів тому

    Nifty Fifty’s is my favorite place to go with my dad

  • @carguy3910
    @carguy3910 20 днів тому +2

    North of Pennypack Creek is Far NE.

  • @byronbenguche
    @byronbenguche 20 днів тому +1

    I remember the Jerry Lewis Telethon it used to come on every Labor Day weekend in the 70's throughout the early 2000's here in Chicago

    • @summerz8867
      @summerz8867 20 днів тому

      I answered 📞 for them one time 70’s Colorado Springs.
      Fun experience.

  • @christinecollins6302
    @christinecollins6302 20 днів тому

    Love action kid- get well soon

  • @Authorityoneverything
    @Authorityoneverything 18 днів тому

    Im from delco and i would have to say it probably was a peaceful protest ❤

  • @cheezst8ke
    @cheezst8ke 20 днів тому

    I'm old enough to remember the Jerry Lewis telethon. I watched on it TV when I was younger. The Turkey Berry on Welsh used to be Gearo's Grille. I went to Baldi back in the mid 80s for 6th and 7th grades. Those shopping carts at that bus stop are also from the people that sell bottled water. They load the carts up with bottled water from Walmart and push them out to the Boulevard and stand in the middle of the Boulevard selling them to cars driving by.

  • @Hoopsmom64
    @Hoopsmom64 20 днів тому +3

    Hi Captain, I had my kids in Somerton in 80~s backed up to the old Byberry State hospital across from Armory off the boulevard, do you know any of that history or pics, just asking, I love your videos

    • @mercswifejl
      @mercswifejl 19 днів тому +1

      We used to cut school and go walk around Byberry!! Omg that place was crazy dangerous but so so cool!!! Also used to love the smell of Nabisco!! Years (10-15) after i graduated I lived over by Franklin Mills and could always smell Nabisco!!!

  • @carguy3910
    @carguy3910 20 днів тому +1

    I remember Tower Records you are talking about.

    • @cuppkake5
      @cuppkake5 16 днів тому

      Korvettes way back in the day!

  • @JonnyAbs-0
    @JonnyAbs-0 18 днів тому

    When did the Best Buy move from Red Lion down to Grant? It was up there since the 90s. Anything take its place up there? Bustleton is my hood. grew up in the neighborhood you road around in but I was a little farther north past Anne Frank. I was surprised you didn't point out BVM across from Gearo's. That's where a lot of us went to school.

  • @user-Salvatore4Belluso
    @user-Salvatore4Belluso 20 днів тому +2

    Philly captain. Buy the USA new balance 990 best sneaker ever I walk 5 miles every morning unless it rains. They last like 3 years

  • @bob4364
    @bob4364 20 днів тому

    Hey Philly Vaptain, great video thru NE Phila..Adam the Woo bought a DGI Cosmo 3 camera per your suggestion..Tootles..

  • @naturesrecovery4516
    @naturesrecovery4516 20 днів тому +3

    I knew eventually this was going to start happening, it was inevitable, the scooter jacking. You can't have anything in this city without some idiot robbing.

  • @crazysteve9390
    @crazysteve9390 20 днів тому +2

    8:34 how’d you fit through there? Impressive

  • @VanHellsing12
    @VanHellsing12 20 днів тому +1

    I think there was a Gordon Phillips at that same spot that there was a bartending school

  • @flybirdsfly2091
    @flybirdsfly2091 20 днів тому +2

    Wow

  • @redruuum75
    @redruuum75 20 днів тому

    New balance 461's. Best sneaker I ever had. Been buying them for years.

  • @sammybull7
    @sammybull7 20 днів тому +2

    I'm Closing in on 44K Subs on my. Channel. I have the Largest & Most Exciting Pennsylvania Skills Channel out there. You know those Skills Slots Machines that you see Everywhere....I've seen them on your Kensington Videos under the El at Cambria & Kensington ave. I've given your Channel several shoutouts since our audience size is Similar. GOOD LUCK CAP!! LOVE YOUR CONTENT CUZ!! ****YEAHHHHHH****

    • @ThePhillyCaptain
      @ThePhillyCaptain  20 днів тому +4

      Congratulations on 44 thousand subs. I appreciate the shout outs. Good luck with your skill gaming !

  • @-FALKOR
    @-FALKOR 20 днів тому +4

    🇺🇸🇺🇦❤‬‬🤍💙‬‬💛🌹🇮🇱🤍💙‬‬‬‬

  • @ernieMcCrackenn
    @ernieMcCrackenn 20 днів тому +1

    Body blow body blow

  • @MikeRambo
    @MikeRambo 20 днів тому

    You are scaring me. There's is stops by Walmart in Bensalem l, along with Irish Rover Station House in Langhorne

  • @thestonedhiker420
    @thestonedhiker420 20 днів тому

    Hey Hey Hey 👋 😎

  • @user-Salvatore4Belluso
    @user-Salvatore4Belluso 20 днів тому +2

    Bro you’re breaking a ton of traffic laws. 😂😂

  • @ryanwuest-wo8th
    @ryanwuest-wo8th 20 днів тому

    Gearos was the shit!!!

  • @Alex-bj7ot
    @Alex-bj7ot 20 днів тому +1

    👍

  • @marccurcio1
    @marccurcio1 20 днів тому +2

    The shrimp story isn't true. The last company to own them, sold off lots of their assets. Basically looted the company

  • @quakenbush897
    @quakenbush897 20 днів тому

    Love watching your videos on my tv.But when you turn your head away from the mic the sound goes down 😢.

  • @joyceoxfeld1352
    @joyceoxfeld1352 20 днів тому

    Olive Garden isn’t bad , five below and Menchie’s Fro Yo

  • @EvergladesEyes
    @EvergladesEyes 20 днів тому

    I feel like your here in S Florida. All the stores are exactly the same. I just don't see no palm trees

    • @ThePhillyCaptain
      @ThePhillyCaptain  20 днів тому +1

      Very similar are red lights aren’t as long as yours

  • @marccurcio1
    @marccurcio1 20 днів тому +2

    Asics sneakers

  • @cuppkake5
    @cuppkake5 16 днів тому

    Lowes,Walmart used to be WHITMANS! chocolates you know?! Dude anyone from NE Philly knows that!

  • @PhillyBagel
    @PhillyBagel 20 днів тому

    Don’t those shopping carts lock when they try to leave the parking lot??

  • @wandawells5596
    @wandawells5596 20 днів тому +1

    Oh God, my son just bought a scooter, smh. Can't have nothing

    • @bindig1
      @bindig1 20 днів тому

      That is true. You can't have nothing. It doesn't exist. LOL

    • @wandawells5596
      @wandawells5596 20 днів тому

      @@bindig1 haha smh, it's always one

  • @lovesgucci1
    @lovesgucci1 19 днів тому

    This is more central northeast, definitely not far northeast.

    • @JonnyAbs-0
      @JonnyAbs-0 18 днів тому

      this is bustleton. whats far northeast to you?

  • @mikec7176
    @mikec7176 20 днів тому

    👍🛴👍

  • @Mackdez
    @Mackdez 20 днів тому

    That's one of the things that kept me from buying is good, besides the price "I'm the one that I would need" 2000 to 4,000 is not chump change" but yeah pulling guns knives or surrounding the people and taking the scooters.

    • @petestaint8312
      @petestaint8312 20 днів тому +1

      Very sad. Used to be a beautiful area. Now, it's turning into the hood.

  • @Drysandsman
    @Drysandsman 20 днів тому +1

    Are you freakin kidding me!? You don’t like Sketchers?!!? Because there old people shoes?!!? I got bad news for you dude. Anybody over 30 is old! 30 is the new 20. 40 is the new 30. BS old is just old. If you haven’t figured,I like Sketchers!

    • @ThePhillyCaptain
      @ThePhillyCaptain  20 днів тому +2

      You sound like an old person who wears sketchers.

  • @denisesocha6279
    @denisesocha6279 16 днів тому

    I know this has nothing to do with your tour.
    But I hate this city I had to move here 5yrs ago from North Central NJ after my mom died and I got evicted from my childhood home and had to leave all my possessions behind and moved to Tacony to take care of my bedridden disabled sister. I know this may sound petty to
    Some of you. Some assholes took all my magnets off my car in our driveway some of them had very special
    Meaning to me like the fire department ones and the cat ones Also
    Someone came up up driveway and took my
    Granny push groceries cart I use to go shopping I'm also disabled andy car isn't working and I can't afford to get it fixed so
    I have that walk the the stores what right does
    These scumbags have the go onto somebody's
    Property and steal there
    Stuff. The cops don't do a Damm thing a matter of fact they don't even come when you call them. I. Respect the police but why bother
    Have a police department when they
    Don't care. In jersey if you get caught stealing
    You go to jail not hear. I was at Wawa and there was a cop in the store a kid walked out to Frankford and the cop went out to get him. And let him leave when
    He gave back the stuff
    He stoled. This shoplifting has to stop. But not until the cops do there job. Captain I enjoyed your river walk
    Tour it should the place
    I go larking at.😊

  • @magicrooster
    @magicrooster 20 днів тому

    GCC Northeast 4

    • @JonnyAbs-0
      @JonnyAbs-0 18 днів тому

      no where near there

    • @magicrooster
      @magicrooster 15 днів тому

      @@JonnyAbs-0 uh, yes it was.

    • @JonnyAbs-0
      @JonnyAbs-0 15 днів тому +1

      @@magicrooster forgot in this video he was by the blvd. he was up by bustleton and grant at one point by the united artists theater

  • @joyceoxfeld1352
    @joyceoxfeld1352 20 днів тому

    Farrell elementary

  • @clover1125
    @clover1125 20 днів тому

    What kind of job did you not have?

    • @ThePhillyCaptain
      @ThePhillyCaptain  20 днів тому

      Bartender

    • @clover1125
      @clover1125 20 днів тому

      @@ThePhillyCaptain Bingo👍👍

    • @JonnyAbs-0
      @JonnyAbs-0 18 днів тому

      @@ThePhillyCaptain i might have missed the part where you said why you didnt bartend? I know you said most that go to school for it dont do it but i dont think i heard why