Fitzwater Street Bagels set to open on Friday in Graduate Hospital

The corner of 20th and Fitzwater has been bad luck for small businesses in recent years. Once Beauty Shop Cafe closed after years in the spot, businesses would pop up in the location, but only for short spans of time.

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Friends of Chester Arthur raised $55,000 for school improvements at a recent fundraising auction

Friends of Chester Arthur, the community group working to improve the school at 20th and Catharine, just raised a pretty big chunk of money. At their recent Friends Night Out fundraising auction, $55,000 was raised to contribute towards the improvements

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Update on new restaurant at 20th and Bainbridge from owners of Loco Pez

Over the summer we told you about the owner of Loco Pez taking over the former Twi-Lite Lounge location at 20th and Bainbridge. At that time, the concept and plans for the space were relatively unclear, other than the news of

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Planning Commission votes in support of huge Point Breeze development, neighborhood fights against it

Just last week we told you about the resurgence of this massive development project with 46 single-family homes proposed for 2012 Wharton St. Already the development is causing outrage for Point Breeze residents. The huge, industrial-zoned lot currently houses a

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