PHILADELPHIA (PA)
The Philadelphia Inquirer
April 30, 2020
By Tim Tai
It was just after the Thanksgiving Day parade in 1986. Throngs of shrieking children had lined Center City streets to catch a glimpse of Santa, as he ushered in the Christmas season. Photographing the cavalcade — less than a month into his new job at The Inquirer — was Michael Bryant.
As he walked past City Hall to return to the newsroom, he overheard a woman talking to her son, six years old or so, who needed to use the bathroom. The mother told the boy to relieve himself on City Hall.
“That was my welcome-to-Philadelphia moment,” Bryant recalled.
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