With no direct highway, it’s hemmed in on one side by a valley that forms
one of the best urban parks in the country. Locally, we call it The Wissahickon.

The massive path that runs through it is Forbidden Drive – forbidden
to nothing but a car. Nothing goes fast around here.

The area is very historic with Revolutionary War-era houses built along
the creek – and trails carved out for horseback riding.

The neighborhood has a certain charm untapped by the rest of the city
– fascinating architecture made of local-quarried Wissahickon
schist, with front gardens all close together radiating a strong sense
of shared humanity. You know the neighbors well.

Mount Airy’s heart has to be the intersection of Carpenter and
Greene, where Weavers Way Co-op resides on one
corner and High Point Cafe on the other.

We chose to shoot here to showcase the neighborhood
trails between the trees and streets.