The above scene depicts the exact point where a string of fast-food restaurants and convenience stores gave way to the more sophisticated architecture of old world Philadelphia at the meeting of an almost Romanesque Church and a Checkers fast-food joint situated a little too closely together. It caught my eye because I could really feel how these fast-food convenience structures were almost forcing out the religious structures of the past, which had been much more carefully constructed and decorated than these glorified permanent hot dog stands. This was, of course, my first impression, but when the photo is viewed in isolation I think it not only reveals the absurdity of the religious transition to consumerism, but also suggests the image’s ability to speak of a “fast-food religiosity,” an almost too obvious cry for the feeding of both “body and soul.”