South of South St. from River to River
Instead of your normal cheesesteak from Pat’s wit or wit-out onions, today you can order a “cheesesteak” wit kelp granules, broccoli rabe and Muenster cheese. Sounds a little odd from Pat’s, doesn’t it? The 85-year-old establishment is launching the first
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Boutique W, the women’s clothing store that opened in the former Sammi’s Shoe Box location at 1916-1918 E. Passyunk Ave. in April, has called it quits. The boutique store that sold what owner Robin Cohen called “attainable luxury” closed up shop
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A year ago A Man’s Image announced that they’d be looking to sell or lease their current location at 1709 E. Passyunk Ave. so owner Abe Mandel could downsize and pass on the business to one of his employees. Now
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In 2015, we followed some sizable development projects. There were quite a few meetings regarding the long-debated 9th and Wharton development, demolition beginning soon for a mixed-use project near Broad and Washington, talk of pedestrian improvements along East Passyunk Avenue
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This episode of Spotted comes from a Facebook posting from a good samaritan in the Taking our South Philly Streets Back Facebook page. A neighbor has decided that everyone deserves trees this holiday season, even if you can’t afford to
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Stargazy opened over the summer with quite an impact at 1838 E. Passyunk Ave. The first-ever pie and mash shop of it’s kind in our area, and possibly even in the country, has turned out to be quite a hit,
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