Photos: A bitter cold snow day in Philadelphia and beyond
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Michael Rothermel of Northern Liberties throws a snowball to his English Bulldogs Mayple and Bryndle at the Piazza during Thursday's snowstorm, Jan. 4, 2018.
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The Piazza in Northern Liberties as seen during a snowstorm that moved through the Philadelphia and SouthJersey region on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018.
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A Philadelphia police car travels south along 2nd Street in Northern Liberties during Thursday's windy snowstorm.
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The Sugar House Casino Parking lot had much more snow than cars during Thursday's snowstorm.
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A frozen Delaware River and near the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018.
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The Benjamin Franklin Bridge was barely visable from a distance during Thursday's snowstorm, Jan. 4, 2018.
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An intense snowstorm slammed the Philadelphia and South Jersey region on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018.
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A squirrel leaps through the snow near Front Street in Northern Liberties in Philadelphia during blustery snowstorm, Jan. 4, 2018.
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Two English Bulldogs, Mayple and Bryndle, play in the snow at the Piazza in Northern Liberties during Thursday's snowstorm, Jan. 4, 2018.
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City of Philadelphia recycling trucks plow the southbound lanes of Columbus Ave. Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018.
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Snow covers Girard Ave. near 2nd Street, as seen from the front windshield of the 15 trolley, during Thursday's windy snowstorm, Jan. 4, 2018.
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The eastbound 15 trolley near 26th Street and Girard Ave., Thursday, Jan. 4 2018.
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An Indego bike station on Poplar Street in Philadelphia's Brewerytown neighborhood, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018.
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Two men carry shovels on Liberties Walk in Northern Liberties during Thursday's bitter cold snowstorm.
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"It's cold!" said Joy Liu of Northern Liberties, "I'm just glad I can work from home," Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018.
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Caitlin and Zach French walk north on 2nd Street in Northern Liberties, Thursday, with their dog Benson during a blustery winter storm. "It's kind of cool, it's like a ghost town out here," said Caitlin.
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Residents in the Fairmount section of Philadelphia woke up to snow and windy conditions on Thursday morning, Jan. 4, 2018.
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A Philadelphia police car crosses a snow-covered intersection near 22nd and Parrish streets on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018.
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Snow blows from the roof of the Bache-Martin Elementary School in Fairmount early Thursday morning, Jan. 4, 2018.
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Snow falls and covers 22nd Street near Eastern State Penitentiary early Thursday morning, Jan. 4, 2018.
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Commuters board the 48 bus at 23rd and Brown streets in the Fairmount section of the city as snow falls early Thursday morning, Jan. 4, 2018.
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A man plows snow off the sidewalk outside the South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center on Morris Street near Broad on Jan. 4, 2018.
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Snow covers the roadway at South Hicks and Moore streets on Thursday morning in South Philadelphia. The storm was impacting travel throughout the region.
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A snowy scene looking west on South Street from South 21st Street in the Graduate Hospital section of Philadelphia.
Photo by/Laurel Noveck
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Laurel Noveck took this photo of the deepening snow out the window of her Ocean City, N.J. home.
Photo by/Joanne Carpenter Dougherty
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Joanne Carpenter Dougherty snapped a photo as she measured the snow in her yard in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. at 14.5 inches and counting.
Photo by/James T. Woods
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A police cruiser patrols a snowy neighborhood in Margate. Unofficial measurements indicate at least 14 inches of snow and counting at the Jersey Shore.
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Snow piles up on a Sea Isle City street during Thursday's Nor'easter.
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A gray, blizzardy day on the beach in Sea Isle City.
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A SEPTA bus navigates a snowy South 21st Street on Thursday in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood of Philadelphia.
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SEPTA workers try to free a bus stuck near Delaware County Community College in Media.
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Whiteout conditions – heavy snow combined with steady 35 mph winds – were reported at the Jersey Shore. Here is the view up 40th Street, under a shrouded water tank, in Sea Isle City.
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Snow falls on down trees in Shamong Township, N.J. on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018.
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An overturned wheelbarrow rests on the edge of Wharton State Forest in Shamong Township, N.J. the midst of Winter Storm Grayson on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018.
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A cyclist and her dog climb the hill on Sumac Street in Philadelphia's Wissahickon neighborhood after the snowstorm on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018.