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Powelton Village: Green Line Cafe Owner Opened a Studio to Showcase Local Artists

November 18, 2019Caitlin McCafferty and

Douglas Witmer is the co-founder of the coffee shop chain Green Line Cafe, with seven locations sprinkled throughout Philadelphia. However, he’s also an artist at heart and runs the Green Line Workspace art studio at

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West Philadelphia: Five Eclectic Coffee Shops To Fit Your Mood

June 5, 2017Erinn Kovar

West Philadelphia is blossoming as a haven for flocks of young professionals and new families who enjoy the duality of pseudo-neighborhood living paired with easy access to Center City. A few blocks west of University

Arts and Entertainment

Spruce Hill: “Dreaming Double” Debuts at Green Line Cafe

November 21, 2013

[vimeo 79845925] Green Line Café recently hosted the opening of “Dreaming Double” by photographer Katie Reynolds. The series of double exposure photographs was captured around Philadelphia. Friends came out in support to the 43rd Street and

Arts and Entertainment

Powelton Village: Second Friday is No Worse Than First

October 9, 2012

Most Philadelphians are escaping work and heading to happy hour around 5 p.m. on every second Friday of the month. But in Powelton Village, artists and non-artists alike are probably hitting the streets for their

Arts and Entertainment

Powelton Village: Green Line Cafe Stands for More Than Just Coffee

March 4, 2011

At the corner of 36th Street and Lancaster Avenue, the Green Line Café in Powelton Village is more than just an average coffee shop.  The quiet, quaint space doubles as an art gallery, where the

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