Guest Blogger Russ Gardner, Sr returns with wintry stories about our neighborhood’s beloved sledding hill, with pics & video from this President’s Day snow storm. [more…]
Russ Gardner Sr’s very personal memories growing up in East Falls during the 1950’s. [more…]
Sleighing in the 19th century, Fairmount style. [more…]
Bobos, boxing, and bargain basement fashion at the corner of Bowman and Cresson. [more…]
A family business, a neighborhood fixture — the Calvitti Company guys take us back to the good old days on Scotts Lane. [more…]
Coach McNic let us walk off (temporarily) with some really cool pics and mementos from McDevitt, including this program from East Falls’ Sports Association’s 5th Annual awards banquet, Sunday February 1st, 1981 — at Riverside [more…]
The lasting impression of the Creswell name on East Falls [more…]
Today, East Falls’ “commerce corridor” is Ridge and Midvale but it wasn’t that long ago when corner stores were the norm in our neighborhoods. [more…]
At a Grace Kelly brainstorming meeting today, lifelong local Carolyn Sutton showed us some really cool Hohenadel stuff and a cache of rare antique photos she’s been hunting down online. [more…]
Who hasn’t seen the Falls Bridge fishermen and winced at the thought of eating fish out of the Schuylkill? Are they even edible? Are they radioactive or full of PCBs or BPAs or WMDs or something…?? [more…]
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