Tag: John Longacre

Newbold: Mr. Longacre’s Neighborhood

May 30, 2014

Conjure up an image of the average incoming Newboldian, and you just might get a vision of someone like Jeff Goldman. Goldman, upon approach in a crowd of The Pharmacy rock-concert patrons that looks akin

Point Breeze: Neighborhood Bar Becomes Spot for Both Old and New Residents

April 22, 2014

“I’m a permanent fixture here,” said Sam DiCarro, a lifelong regular at Tap Room on 19th, a neighborhood bar in Point Breeze. After changing hands many times throughout the years, Michael Strauss and Pete Fry acquired

Newbold: reNewbold a ‘Game-Changer’ for Neighborhood

March 19, 2014

Despite a barrage of snowstorms and nearby gas leaks this winter, LPMG Companies’ reNewbold project at 16th and Moore streets still has Fall 2014 in the crosshairs as a completion date, with the nine-home-construction Phase

Newbold: Four Defining Spots of the ‘New’ South Philly

February 20, 2014

There’s nothing new about Newbold, per se. It is, after all, a longstanding Point Breeze neighborhood that just happens to sport some new digs. But rising home sales prices of 13.3 percent in the area, coupled with

Newbold: Brewing South Philly Love on 1500 Mifflin Street

November 6, 2013

While the largest celebration on Mifflin Street this October was the tenth anniversary of the South Philadelphia Tap Room, the festivities truly highlighted the tenth anniversary of Newbold as a thriving section of Point Breeze.