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Committee To Hear Plan For 131 Apartments Across From Farmers’ Market In Ardmore

by Gerry November 9, 2021

Boyds and Coulter Avenue to be demolished

On Wednesday night (November 11), The Building and Planning Committee, which is comprised of all 14 members of the Lower Merion Board of Commissioners, will review a plan that calls for the demolition of five buildings on Coulter Avenue (119, 121, 123, 125, 127) that are across-the-street from the Farmers' Market and Trader Joe's at Suburban Square in Ardmore. The plan also … [Read more...] about Committee To Hear Plan For 131 Apartments Across From Farmers’ Market In Ardmore

Govberg Jewelers’ Vintage Watch Off-Shoot Is Now Doing Sales Of A $Billion/Yr

by Gerry October 18, 2021

Watchbox Video

From an October 6, 2021 News Release - Source WatchBox WatchBox, the world's leading platform for collectable luxury watches, today announced it is on track to reach USD 300 million in net revenue for 2021, and, since its inception in 2017, will cross USD one billion in lifetime revenue before the end of the year. The company also unveiled plans to open … [Read more...] about Govberg Jewelers’ Vintage Watch Off-Shoot Is Now Doing Sales Of A $Billion/Yr

Combo Bike And Coffee Shop To Launch In Ardmore This Weekend

by Gerry August 20, 2021

Coffee and Bikes Ardmore

Up to Eleven, will have its official opening on Saturday (August 21), to coincide with Ardmore's Rock 'r Ride event, which is also on Saturday. Up to Eleven, which takes its name from an epic scene in the 1984 Spoof documentary, Spinal Tap, will be a coffee shop that also sells and services e-bikes - or a store that sells and services e-bikes, and offers coffee and bagels as … [Read more...] about Combo Bike And Coffee Shop To Launch In Ardmore This Weekend

Royal Athena Apartments Sold To Virginia-Based Group

by Gerry July 2, 2021

Royal Athena and Pencoyd Bridge

The Philadelphia Business Journal reported on Thursday (July 1) that "An affiliate of Harbor Group International (HGI) paid $59.9 million for Royal Athena, a 275-unit apartment complex in Bala Cynwyd.  The seller of the property was an affiliate of Prudential Insurance and the occupancy was 92% at the time of the sale." Access to Pencoyd … [Read more...] about Royal Athena Apartments Sold To Virginia-Based Group

WSJ Discovers Camber, A Norristown Hoody Maker That ‘Has Reached Cult Status’

by Gerry June 25, 2021

WSJ Camber

On May 31, the Wall Street Journal wrote that  - BEIGE HABILLEUR, a boutique tucked away in Paris’s tony 16th arrondissement, stocks a cosmopolitan assortment of men’s clothes including $330 mandarin-collared dress shirts from Italy’s Salvatore Piccolo and $1,400 Edward Green tassel loafers. But Beige also stocks a far humbler product: $150-ish … [Read more...] about WSJ Discovers Camber, A Norristown Hoody Maker That ‘Has Reached Cult Status’

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Family Learning To Luge

Want to Try Luge? From Lower Merion, It Starts With a Drive to Lake Placid

I was watching the Luge on NBC over the weekend. I thought it was boring, especially when juxtaposed against the more dramatic events, like curling.  The color commentator kept explaining how each “slider” was doing something slightly better or worse than the others, but to my untrained eye, they all looked the same: feet first, […]

Arts and Entertainment

These Garments Have Been Politically Maligned

Most non-Arabs who wear the keffiyeh do not intend it to be Anti-Semitic in any way. They wear it as an expression of sympathy for Palestinian civilians, support for human rights, concern about war, or identification with a broader cause of national identity and self-determination. In their minds, it is directed toward Palestinians, not against […]

What Does My Fountain Pen Have In Common With The Former Lord & Taylor In Bala Cynwyd?

Both come out of the work of Raymond Loewy and his design firm. Raymond Loewy (1893–1986) helped define what modern America looked like in the mid-20th century. Through his design firm, he worked across an unusually wide range of industries—transportation, consumer products, branding, and architecture—often simultaneously. No one in history is more closely associated with […]

January 16-18: The Philly Pen Show — A Delightfully Analog Experience

f you’re looking for a break from screens, alerts, and endless scrolling, the Philly Pen Show might be the cure—at least temporarily. It’s an unapologetically analog event: pens, paper, ink, and the people who still care deeply about them. Whether you’re a serious collector, someone who misses the feel of writing by hand, or just […]

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