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Amateur Sports

North Central: Everybody Hits among growing businesses on Girard Avenue

March 31, 2014

At 3 p.m. on a quiet Tuesday afternoon, David Gavigan walks up to the front door of Everybody Hits, flipping the sign hanging in the clear glass window to ‘Open.’ With the day about to

Arts and Entertainment

Whitman: Neighbors Have Mixed Feelings On New Bowling Alley

October 1, 2013

It’s not unusual to walk through Whitman and encounter some type of structure that is either a vacant lot, abandoned property or building under construction. On the corner of Oregon  Avenue and Swanson Street  lies

Northern Liberties

Northern Liberties: Girard Avenue Batting Cages a Home Run

June 22, 2013

It’s the first business of its kind in Philadelphia. This former home to the Sixth Street Farmers Market, a silent film theater and a scratch-and-dent appliance store, has been transformed into an indoor, three-stall automatic

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