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TheFAPnetwork t1_jdwx10h wrote

Reply to Hobby Shops by GumshoeAndy

I know of a hobby shop in Berlin Farmers Market that has old school trains. I believe they sell tracks for them as well. If anything they can point you in the right direction. They have the old Lionel trains, old oil locomotives

It's the hobby shop right next to the pretzel place

Sequoia Coins (spot #304) 856-768-1164

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Gobirds831 t1_jdwwizu wrote

Reply to comment by A_Peke_Named_Goat in Is Richmond Street the next hipster strip? by thecw

I live on Gordon just a quarter block south of York, but how in gods name would you cut it at Norris. York is such a large street and goes up to the circle at Frankford and is more a definitive separation of the neighborhood. Back in the day it was just easier to know your neighborhood by Parish.

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Jawny_Appleseed t1_jdwwclw wrote

Reply to comment by ADFC in Is Richmond Street the next hipster strip? by thecw

Scrap yards and and vacant lots just off of Richmond Street make the area more appealing to the homeless element. It’s an easy 15 minute walk to K&A for your supplies and a safer place to crash without sleeping in an abandoned house off of Kensington Ave.

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Dryheavemorning OP t1_jdwt6e0 wrote

Reply to comment by youre_all_dorks in 108-Unit, Mixed-Use Building Planned in Olde Kensington by Dryheavemorning

Yeah, the Olde Kensington Pavilion for Section 8 senior housing built in 1986 must have just picked that name out of thin air to fancy up the place./s Olde Kensington has been distinguished from the rest of Kensington for a long time. The OG Kensington District was only what is now Olde Kensington south of Cecil and Fishtown/East Kensington. Everything else was a later addition. Using Olde or South could be up for debate but it's just stupid to argue it shouldn't be and isn't distinguished from just Kensington.

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