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By Lauren Hertzler

65th Anniversary: Review review

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.

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Posted May. 17, 2012 | Comments: 0

Change in scenery

The South Philly Review’s former Dickinson Narrows location provides an entirely different service from reporting and writing these days: Auto sales and repair.

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NEWS > FEATURES

By Anthony Clifton

65th Anniversary: Updating our status

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.

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Posted May. 17, 2012 | Comments: 0

South Philly landmarks

What place in South Philly do you consider a landmark?

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Posted May. 17, 2012 | Comments: 8

OPINION > CARDELLA

By Tom Cardella

The night Izzie died

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.

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Posted May. 17, 2012 | Comments: 0

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    A collection of neighborhood spots dating back to the 17th century and still hanging around today....

  • The 1900s...
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    A collection of neighborhood spots dating back to the 17th century and still hanging around today....

  • The 1910s...
    By Review Staff

    A collection of neighborhood spots dating back to the 17th century and still hanging around today....

  • The 1920s...
    By Review Staff

    A collection of neighborhood spots dating back to the 17th century and still hanging around today....

  • The 1930s...
    By Review Staff

    A collection of neighborhood spots dating back to the 17th century and still hanging around today....

  • The 1940s...
    By Review Staff

    A collection of neighborhood spots dating back to the 17th century and still hanging around today....

  • The 1950s and '60s...
    By Review Staff

    A collection of neighborhood spots dating back to the 17th century and still hanging around today....

  • Let’s not forget about......
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    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....

  • Retro Around South Philly...

    Visitors gather at the Sesquicentennial main entrance, Broad and Bigler streets, wearing hats with “Florida” printed on them in 1926....

  • The corner hangers’ club...

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  • Vincent’s Fresh Arugula...
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    “When people come here, they get treated like family,” Vincent Iannelli said from his Passyunk Square brick-oven establishment....

  • Cheers to The Capistrano...

    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,...

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