Demolition of St. John’s Episcopal at Reed and Moyamensing has begun, sending a cloud of dust onto that section of Pennsport. Thanks to photographer Tug Haines for sending us these pictures:
Otherworldly, no?
The church is being demolished to make way for 12 townhouses.
The East Passyunk Crossing Civic Association has announced that it is starting a community garden this month on the grounds of Neuman-Gorretti High, next to the civic’s office at 1729 S. 11th St.
Matt Simone, beautification chair for the civic, said they’ve been working behind the scenes on the garden for a few months and hope to have it completely built by June 15.
“We’ve made some big steps,” Simone told us last week. “The fence is up, we have a few plots in and have a couple builds planned over the next couple weeks.”
It’s tucked between the houses on Watkins Street and a Neumann-Goretti building. That gray building straight ahead is Isaiah Zagar’s Watkins Street version of the Magic Gardens
A hookah bar opened earlier this month at 1011 S. 11th St., just up the block from Le Viet.
Pics from their Facebook page
New Dehli Hookah Lounge’s website promises it will satisfy you more than any other game in town: “Our flavors are specially selected to enhance the taste of hookah and to increase the density of smoke,” they say. “New Delhi Hookah lounge only use 100% coconut charcoal to maximize the time of hookah.”
Some good news for Philadelphians: Forbes says we’re pretty flexible.
According to a recent study by the business mag, the nation’s fifth largest city is its third best city for yoga, behind Seattle and San Francisco.
Through reader surveys, Forbes found that Philly residents are 42 percent more likely to break out into a downward dog or cobra than the general population. Part of the 58 percent still sitting at home? The Friends of Mifflin Square Park want to change that.
Pic from Mifflin Friends Facebook page
A new pho house called Mi Dac Ky opened recently in the strip mall at 600 Washington Ave., and its gotten at least one good review on Yelp.
But what really caught our attention was this:
Pic comes to us from Foobooz
The restaurant calls it the “Chinese/Vietnamese Hoagie,” made with Peking duck, housemade duck liver pate, cucumber, carrots, jalapeños and cilantro on a French baguette, says Foobooz.
Isaiah Zagar, the mosaic artist who has arguably altered the streetscape of South Philly more than any other individual, allowed us the first look inside his Watkins Street garage last week.
Right next to Watkins Drinkery
And we took a ton of pictures.
The garage, which he has been working on for seven years, (more…)
Another spring weekend, another set of block parties in South Philly (that’s three weeks in a row, maybe we should diversify).
Nah, these are worth it.
Saturday
South Philly Tap Room, 1509 Mifflin St., is busting outside for a block party, it’s 8th annual wheat beer festival. More than 30 wheat brews will be flowing for only $3 a piece. Plus expect BBQ from chef Scott Schroeder and live music from West Philadelphia Orchestra, Adam and Dave’s Bloodline, Arrah and the Ferns, and Robotrippers.
This should be interesting: 730 Montrose St. #E costs $1.2 million, but it’s HUGE – the biggest house to be featured on SoPhilly Spotlight.
We don’t care for the Beige! Beige! Beige! everywhere, but it’s certainly luxurious and grand. And if you have that kind of money, we’re sure you will just spend another million to redecorate as you see fit.
The building was once a convent, and you may remember another, smaller part of it from a certain October blog post.
Want to turn your smallish concrete yard patch into a verdant green oasis? Start with the upcoming free pallet gardening workshop at South Philadelphia High, hosted by the ever-growing South Philly Food Co-op.
This workshop – which comes with a free pallet - is a great way to get a jump on your garden, recycle, and hang out with some fellow green thumbs. Plus, photos of robust pallet gardens are all the rage for followers of garden porn.
Ahhh, so that’s what a pallet garden is. Pics provided by the Co-op
Old Swede’s Church is hosting another one of their fantastic flea markets this Saturday, May 18. Past years have seen the grounds of the church, at Christian Street and Delaware Ave., filled with more than 100 vendors selling jewelry or art, old books, candlesticks, trinkets, etc.
Old Swede’s Flea
The flea market, which runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., also will feature several food trucks plus live music.
For more information, check out Old Swede’s website. Wow, we’re giving the Swedes all kinds of coverage lately…
