Started the day with a run with Mamfa up the Rocky steps.

The run along the river was quite pleasant.

We then visited the Eastern State Penitentiary which was built in early 1800s and closed in 1970. There was a really interesting audio tour, views of the cells, prisoner stories and art displays.

There was also an informative and disturbing exhibit about the US prison population and how much it has grown. The images below show the change since the 60s and 70s. The rate of violent crime hasn’t changed but the rate of incarceration has increased 6-fold in 40 years.

After this we visited the Mutter Museum which is part of the College of Physicians. It housed many unusual human medical specimens including a 7’6” skeleton, many skulls, fetuses with deformities, and even Albert Einstein’s brain (which was sliced into slides to study it). Not for the faint hearted and taking photos was prohibited.

We then wandered about the city for a while to end the day.

This day in sporting history (9 September)

1969 US Open Men’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Rod Laver beats fellow Australian Tony Roche 7-9, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 to claim his record second Grand Slam

1972 Soviet Union beats the United States 51-50 in the most controversial game in international basketball history; with the US leading 50-49, the final 3 seconds are replayed 3 times until the Soviets finally win

2001 US Open Men’s Tennis: Lleyton Hewitt of Australia becomes youngest (20) world #1 player; beats Pete Sampras 7-6, 6-1, 6-1