Enjoy the Labor Day Weekend!
As this statue, located on Kelly Drive north of Boathouse Row, declares, the laborer "wrought miracles." A little less miraculous but still pretty nice is a three-day weekend. Have a great one!
Rodin Museum Shrouded for Repairs
The Rodin Museum is undergoing extensive exterior repair and restoration work, including structural fixes for its roof and facade as well as a good scrubbing. With the Barnes going up the next block over, this section of the Parkway now looks like one big construction site. The Thinker must be a little dismayed. GMAP
A Consignment Shop for Main Street
The attractive, long-empty building on Manayunk's Main Street that once housed a Banana Republic is finally getting a new tenant, Greene Street Consignment Shop. The store already has five other locations in not-too-shabby places such as Bryn Mawr, Princeton and Lambertville. This is a good start for reducing the number of empty storefronts on Main. GMAP
PhillyClout Talks To...U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak
Philly Drivers Ranked No. 187! (That's Bad.)
It might be a good idea to buy that SEPTA pass. PhillyInc reports that Philadelphia is in the bottom 10 of Allstate's list of the cities with the safest drivers. They studied 193 cities, and we came in 187. That's right, people. You've gotta start watching the road and keeping both hands on the wheel, okay?
Philadelphia Remains Low on Allstate's List of Safe-Driving Cities [Philly Inc.]
Photo by deepthirteen
Happy Labor Day!
Garces to Start Taking Reservations
See that little note at the bottom of the receipt? It announces that Garces Trading Company will start taking reservations beginning Sept. 10. Better pick up the phone right now! GMAP
Age-Old Dispute Comes to N. Broad
Loud bar. Angry neighbor. Rounding out the scenario: community meetings, police interventions, empty beer bottles, decibel readings. This familiar story, as reported by the Philadelphia Weekly, pretty much writes itself. But in this case, there are a few noteworthy elements. First, it takes place in Francisville — well, the edge of Francisville, on Broad north of Brown. While there's been plenty of housing-construction activity lately in the area, the continuing lament there is the need for more commercial activity. Which is probably why, in the PW story, the president of the Francisville Neighborhood Development Corporation defends the loud bar/restaurant, an establishment called Cobre. Second, the angry neighbor, Jim Stix, is particularly good in his role. He has video cameras trained on his apartment building's steps! And it's worth going to the PW article and scrolling down because Stix himself has written a half-dozen comments, where you can find him explaining that he's taken the high road: "I have not thrown water out of my window next to people who refuse to move from the stairs for 8 months now, after promising my landlord that it would stop." GMAP
Pissing Match [Philadelphia Weekly]
Friday Links
Two More Women Say PHA Director Carl Greene Harassed Them [Inquirer]
SugarHouse Adds Finishing Touches Before Opening Sept. 23 [Inquirer]
Family Court Development Issue Going to Mediator [Inquirer]
Philly's 2nd Annual Naked Bike Ride Set for Sunday [Inquirer]
CHOP to Build Karabots Pediatric Center in West Philadelphia [Business Journal]
Phila. Live Arts, Philly Fringe Fest Begins [KYW]
Photo by PreOne Philly.
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