Interior Concepts is closing at 1701 E. Passyunk Ave.

UPDATE: It looks like the building has been sold for about $2.3 million. ___ The large corner building housing Interior Concepts could soon be empty. According to signs posted in the windows at 1701 E. Passyunk Ave., they’re going out

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Passyunk Avenue Revitalization Corporation’s Executive Director resigning in 2016

News broke yesterday that Sam Sherman, the Executive Director for Passyunk Avenue Revitalization Corporation, is stepping down in 2016. In his five years in this position, Sherman and PARC have helped transform East Passyunk Avenue, bringing the street to become

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Pooka’s Hookah & BYOB Lounge closing at the end of the year

The purple storefront that has been home to Pooka’s Hookah & BYOB Lounge and the previous incarnation of the shop, Eclectic Expressionism, will soon be empty. Owner Nicola Vittoria is calling it quits at 1507 E. Passyunk Ave., with “everything

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massage. passyunk ave. now open in former Frankie’s on the Avenue location

It’s been a year since Frankie’s on the Avenue closed at 1635 E. Passyunk Ave. Right as Frankie’s was closing, we told you about a new massage business that would be opening in the location. As of last Thursday, massage.

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