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VibrantCoffee t1_jdx1d3v wrote

Reply to comment by 0716718227 in Vibrant cafe is now in 30th Street Station! by justneedausernamepls

Thank you! To you and u/SomePaddy above re: pricing - the management company that runs the station for Amtrak charges us "rent" as a percentage of sales which actually makes it work out to about twice the rent we pay in Rittenhouse (as crazy as that sounds) - that is why everything in the station is expensive. Our prices in the station are a little higher than the Rittenhouse location because of this. It's like airport pricing, only not quite as extreme.

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Altruistic_Ice_1666 t1_jdx0pl1 wrote

Reply to Moving Mondays - New Resident Questions by AutoModerator

(Posting this again because the other thread was old) I'm moving into an apartment in the city soon and found a place I really like on south street between front and second. I've heard that south street can be a little dangerous at times. Is this true for all of south street or is it more concentrated in certain areas?

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Dryheavemorning OP t1_jdwzsu4 wrote

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

Reading "The Fires of Philadelphia" right now about the Nativist riots just before the Consolidation Act. It includes historic maps and north of Girard (then Franklin St) at 3rd , where the Olde Kensington Pavilion is, was 100% in the Kensington District. NoLibs didn't extend north of Girard/Franklin until 5th St and doesn't at all today.

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Prestonelliot t1_jdwzb62 wrote

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

Bought my first house in PR, loved it for years. It’s biggest problem was definitely how it wasn’t tethered to the city that easily. But as it’s own thing I felt we had everything we needed, but once the trolleys came back up I knew that part of the city was ready to explode

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