https://youtu.be/8xfXdGtBTScThe Bed Bath & Beyond Store in Wynnewood is shuttered. November 1954 - Above, Wendy Wanamaker cuts the ribbon - Below, Strawbridges welcomes Wanamakers August 1995 - Above, Grand OpeningMay 1996 - Below, Grand … [Read more...] about Wanamakers, Hecht’s, Bed, Bath & Beyond – And Now Vacant
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Haverford – Casa Del Sol (AKA Whitehall Apartments), Listed In The National Register
https://youtu.be/0Yde_EiI8iY Inquirer, May 1931 Click above to read the entire report on the Whitehall Apartments from the National Register of Historic Places Korman Residential now owns Casa Del Sol. They acquired the property in 2001. … [Read more...] about Haverford – Casa Del Sol (AKA Whitehall Apartments), Listed In The National Register
This Is The Year Of The Ardmore Sesquicentennial, So To Speak
2023 will mark the Sesquicentennial (150th Anniversary) of Ardmore, so to speak. 50 years ago, the local newspapers and businesses made a big deal over what they called the “Ardmore Centennial.”They even formed an “Ardmore Centennial Corporation,” which organized several community events and published a 54-page commemorative booklet. The booklet … [Read more...] about This Is The Year Of The Ardmore Sesquicentennial, So To Speak
Take A Ride Down Memory Lane On ‘Auto Row’ In Ardmore
https://vimeo.com/794541803 In November of 2022, the facade on the building at 201-205 East Lancaster Avenue (North East Corner of Church Road and Lancaster Avenue) in Ardmore, was torn away to the bare brick, revealing what looked like what was once a logo in the shape of a circle (see arrow below), formed with what appeared to be bricks that were darker than those which … [Read more...] about Take A Ride Down Memory Lane On ‘Auto Row’ In Ardmore
1966 Was A Very White Christmas
Arguably, The Main Line and the rest of the Philadelphia region experienced a White Christmas in 2009, thanks to a blizzard that brought almost two feet of snow to the area on December 20, 2009. If you looked out the window on Christmas Morning that year, everything looked white, so sure, you could have called that a White Christmas. Main Line … [Read more...] about 1966 Was A Very White Christmas