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Passyunk Square
06/17/13 12:00pm

What’s up with the empy lot across from Pat’s and Geno’s?

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Ever wonder why that empty lot across from Pat’s and Geno’s has been vacant for all these years? There is more to it than you’d imagine, says City Paper’s Naked City blog, which highlighted the lot last week as its Philaphilia Empty Lot of the Week.

The story begins in 1864 when the First Presbyterian Church and its school opened there. Fast forward all the way through a renaming to St. John Nepomucene Church in 1907 and then to the mid-80s, when the church was abandoned. Enter South Philly native Joseph Gatta Jr. comes in.

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East Passyunk Crossing
06/17/13 10:30am

Spotted: Inflation has gotten to Lucy from the Peanuts

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This episode of Spotted, an occasional feature, shows the enduring march of inflation.

On the 1600 block of Broad Street, a sign in the window of one of those huge houses seems to indicate that psychiatric help has gotten more expensive.

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Bella Vista
06/17/13 9:00am

First Pics: Lil’ Pop Shop opens second location just off on South Street

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While ice cream and water ice are just dandy, sometimes you just need to change it up, especially on those sticky South Philly summer days. How about frozen popsicles handmade with fresh, natural, locally-sourced ingredients in quirky and creative flavor combos?

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Lucky for us, the nationally recognized Lil’ Pop Shop has opened a second location at 534 S. 4th St., just off South. The other location is in West Philly, aka far away.

There are pops here for foodie-types and for food ‘fraidy cats wary of “weird” stuff. Here’s what was in the case one day last week: coconut hibiscus, Vietnamese iced coffee, lime mint, creamy mint chocolate chunk, chocolate w/salted caramel brownie, goat cheese w/cherries, lemon blueberry buttermilk.

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Events
06/14/13 12:00pm

To-Do List: Pork, plants, hanging out with Dad – or say screw it and go see boy bands

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Check out the ruins of Fort Mifflin near the airport. Pic from Hidden City

Saturday

Feel like slumming it, deliciously? Go to John’s Roast Pork, 14 E. Snyder Ave. Been a while since you been there, right? Get there before 3:30 when they turn off the grill. Then head to Bonnie’s Capistrano on 13th near Dickinson. Yeah, it’s a dive, and it’s not as weird as you think.

At 1908 E. Passyunk, you could head to Pollyodd, where they’ll be serving snow cones made with the shop’s homemade lemoncello from 5 to 7 p.m. The store is open from 1 to 9.

Also Saturday, you could pretend you’re in 1990 and go to the Wells Fargo Center to see New Kids on the Block and Boyz II Men. Tickets – they’re still available OMG! – on Stubhub were going for as low as $7 plus fees yesterday. This is not a recommendation, but hey, if we were in the right mood and drunk enough…

Sunday

Buy your Dad a beer at The Industry, Reed and Moyamensing (or at least call him).

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Real Estate
Passyunk Square
06/14/13 10:30am

SoPhilly Spotlight: Light Well edition

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For this week’s SoPhilly Spotlight, we get an “architect-designed” rowhouse at 1302 S. 10th St. On sale for $524,900, this stunner has 3 bedrooms and 3.5 baths in more than 1,800 square feet.

But what sets this one apart is a 35-foot high light well – essentially a skylight on the third-floor roof that funnels light all the way down to the ground floor.

Neat, huh? That unfinished plaster/brick look is repeated all the way up

Neat, huh? That unfinished plaster/brick look is repeated all the way up

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From the listing, which is by Realty Mark Cityscape:

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East Passyunk Crossing
06/14/13 9:00am

First Pics: Cloth, a natural baby store, opens at 1605 E. Passyunk Ave.

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Cloth, the natural-products baby store we were the first to tell you about in April, opened last weekend at 1605 E. Passyunk Ave.

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Cloth, in a renovated 1605 E. Passyunk Ave. that had been South Philly Stained Glass, which moved down the block

Neighborhood residents and husband and wife Shai and Angela Halperin had a son in 2010 and decided to capitalize on all the other cloth-diapered babies who were sprouting up around here. And all of their merchandise hews to the natural way of bringing up baby.

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East Passyunk Crossing
06/13/13 12:00pm

Tolentine Community Center at 11th and Mifflin wants to know what you want

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Most people in East Passyunk know the Tolentine Rec Center at 11th and Mifflin streets, if they know it at all, either as the place where they vote or the place with the bingo sign.

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But the folks in charge at the center want to change all that. To that end, they want to formulate a strategic plan on how to change the programming to attract more neighbors to use it. Fill out the survey by clicking here.

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Passyunk Square
06/13/13 10:30am

Gold Star’s Music in the Park returns for the summer starting tonight

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UPDATE: Torrential rains are not friendly to outdoor events. Rain date is next Thursday, June 20.

The Friends of Gold Star Park on the 600 block of Wharton are resurrecting their popular (and free) monthly summer music nights and the first performance happens tonight at 7 p.m.

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The band will be Johnnie Verbal’s Enablers. The concerts are family-friendly and you can bring your own chair or blanket plus some food for a nice, musical evening in the park.

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Pennsport
06/13/13 9:00am

Know this bad pet owner? Report him to 3-1-1

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OK, this is gross. So if you don’t feel like gagging, don’t watch the video. But if you live in Pennsport, you may be able to stop this jerk from leaving his dog’s shit all over the neighborhood.

You may remember that back in April, we told you we wanted to start a dog-shit crusade. The idea was prompted after an admirable resident of the 1600 block of S. 12th Street posted a sign at the parking lot behind El Zarape telling all the bad pet owners to clean up after their pets. That post was one of the most well-read we’ve ever had, signaling what a big issue this is to South Philadelphians.

We also told you in that post that if you had video of a violator, we’d post it online. So here ya go, at Front and Sigel streets.

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