Anybody see last night's episode (Sun., Jan. 25)?
Spoiler Alert!Back in 1964, one of the characters got caught by his son when he was having sex with another guy in the bushes of a local park.
There was also a very specific Philadelphia reference in the episode, too, which is nice, considering that the show is set here in Philadelphia. At any rate, at one point Det. Rush made reference to the suspect getting tickets for loitering in Judy Garland Park.
"Judy Garland Park" is actually a local nickname for an area of what is officially known as Schylkill River Park. The park is located along the Schuylkill River at the western edge of Center City. The area nicknamed "Judy Garland Park" is historically a well-known and notorious gay cruising area--especially late at night, after the bars close. It was also a place to sunbathe in the summer and check out guys in Speedos.
The city has done some redevelopment of the area in the past ten years, and there is now a dog run on the knoll where I picked up one of my hottest tricks one summer Sunday afternoon years ago. He turned out to be some bigshot in the city tourism bureau; I learned who he was when he showed up on the society gossip page of the newspaper for marrying a woman and moving to California. Go figure. ...