07-17-2008, 07:52 PM
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Tastykake Maker
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: South Philly (4th & Porter)
Posts: 241
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MarketStEl
BTW, since some folks here are getting all bent out of shape over a Payless ShoeSource on South Street -- an acceptable counterbalance to Benjamin Lovell,* who appears to be on South Street for the long run just as he is off Rittenhouse Square, I might add -- it strikes me that the presence of the Shirt Corner Plus and some related stores that sell men's fashions I have yet to see on a white guy not of Italian descent hasn't kept Old City from drawing a varied and generally respectable mix of fun-seekers, nor has the presence of the clubs south of Market seemed to diminish the traffic on First Friday at the galleries north of it. (And note how Market separates the rowdier part of Old City from its quieter side -- and that most of the restaurants everyone likes are on the rowdier side.)
And let me remind everyone here that the bad folks ruin places because they're bad, not because they're black -- or from South Jersey, or whatever you want to fill in the blank with.
*I met Mr. Lovell when he was getting his start in the shoe trade with a store in Rehoboth Beach, Del. Even though that seaside resort is still associated more strongly with Washington than Philadelphia (hence its nickname, "The Nation's Summer Capital"), Lovell told me once that his store got more business from Philadelphians than Washingtonians, which influenced his decision to sell the Rehoboth store and open locations here.
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Holy ****, when did South Street get a Payless? What & South? I haven't been up there in a very long while,so,yeah. Probably almost 2 years.
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