A small-staffed, neighborhood newspaper, the South Philly Review has certainly evolved its content, design and coverage since its early days as the So. 7th Street News, 2322 S. Seventh St.
OPINION > VIEW FINDER: PHOTO OF THE WEEK
By Greg Bezanis
The South Philly Review’s former Dickinson Narrows location provides an entirely different service from reporting and writing these days: Auto sales and repair.
The very first edition of the So. 7th Street News (now the South Philly Review) was published in 1947. Leon Levin purchased the paper two years later. My wife and I had the good fortune to buy the paper from his family in ’86.
What place in South Philly do you consider a landmark?
There are times when an older person’s mind becomes almost a slave to the past. When the past grows more real and the present fades like an old photograph, it is like viewing time through the wrong end of a telescope.
A collection of neighborhood spots dating back to the 17th century and still hanging around today....
A collection of neighborhood spots dating back to the 17th century and still hanging around today....
A collection of neighborhood spots dating back to the 17th century and still hanging around today....
A collection of neighborhood spots dating back to the 17th century and still hanging around today....
A collection of neighborhood spots dating back to the 17th century and still hanging around today....
A collection of neighborhood spots dating back to the 17th century and still hanging around today....
A collection of neighborhood spots dating back to the 17th century and still hanging around today....
Widow Maloby’s Tavern (1765-1890s) Located at 700 S. Front St., the tavern was owned by Thomas Maloby until his death in 1765 when his widow took over ownership....
Visitors gather at the Sesquicentennial main entrance, Broad and Bigler streets, wearing hats with “Florida” printed on them in 1926....
I grew up on Randolph St. along with 10 of the most wonderful girls (now women). We hung on the corner of Sixth and Oregon. That in itself is unique because you can’t hang...
“When people come here, they get treated like family,” Vincent Iannelli said from his Passyunk Square brick-oven establishment....
Forty years ago in South Philly, it was uncommon for a woman to own and operate a bar. Veronica “Bonnie” Leone stepped into this male-dominated industry, defied convention,...
Eternal Optimist
A Hero’s Tale
South Philly Sports
Forgive me, Jagr, for I have sinned
South Philly landmarks
What place in South Philly do you consider a...
Dante and Luigi’s
Opening its doors in 1899, Dante & Luigi’s...
Tapping into a meth operation
Wiretaps led Montgomery County authorities...
The 1950s and '60s
A collection of neighborhood spots dating...
65th Anniversary Issue: The time machine
Before joining the South Philly Review staff...
