Cars and trucks slide like ungraceful skating amateurs at Penn's Landing as they drive down Memphis and Belgrade Streets in Fishtown.
The normal city streets have become sheets of ice after the area's latest bout of snow went unplowed, froze, melted and refroze.
Now they've become treacherous for drivers and pedestrians alike.
"First, my mother's car was smashed into by a delivery truck while it was parked in front of her house," said Dolly Bowers. "My father re-parked her car on York Street because so many other cars were sliding off the ice into her car. It was towed."
Bowers says her senior parents were forced to pay a $150 fine because of the tow.
In just one afternoon, our crews caught a stuck USPS mail truck and cab both burning rubber on the ice. A paratransit van sat inches from the side of an SUV after sliding sideways.
Even a Philadelphia Police paddy wagon with chains on its tires had trouble driving in a straight line.
"Look at the ruts in these streets, people's vehicles are getting totaled, destroyed. I've been pulling people out all day. Look at it, look how thick the ice is. It's crazy," one man said as he slowly guided his truck down the street.
Residents are furious over the conditions, but say the city always neglects to clean up their streets after major snowfall.
"We're hardworking people around here and it should be done, as simple as that. We can't get to work," said one man.
Some also have ire for their fellow neighbors who compound the situation by throwing snow in the streets.
"Everybody does it, they shouldn't do it, you know, but they're morons," said one man.
Similar stories are being told in other neighborhoods like South Philly, Old City and the Northeast.
A Philadelphia school bus sat stuck for hours along 8100 block of Lindbergh Blvd. in Southwest Philly Tuesday afternoon after it sideswiped a parked truck. Several children sat on the bus for at least two hours until the bus was freed.
The Streets department says they've been working hard to clear the streets as quickly as possible.
They say the compacted ice makes it even more difficult for crews to clear. One icy street takes an hour to plow, a spokesperson said.
Still, some wonder why they get the shaft while other parts of the city are clear.
Here's an email from a viewer named Jenn:
"I'm sure the Mayor and City Council's streets are clear, and they can drive down their streets as they please...The city should be ashamed of themselves."
We checked out Mayor Nutter, City Council prez Anna Verna and Councilman Frank DiCicco's streets to see if they're dealing with the same conditions.
The mayor and DiCicco both live on major streets, which were plowed, but have cars that are still buried under snow.
Verna lives in a development in South Philly that was plowed, however, one of its entrances was blocked by snow mounds.
