Looking West down Penn Ave at 7th Street in March of 1970 and today.
I just found a business card from Moyers Book Mart, 22-28 N 6th Street, in my copy of Hegel’s Phenomenology…
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I inadvertently was photographing Eways current home thinking it was just a historic building. I had no idea someone lived…
The west reading diner was ran buy a gentleman named Mike Thomas back in the 80’s my great grandfather Charles…
Love this!!! It’s great to see a newer business thriving in a historical building.Great work!!!
Interesting. Fred Baker was my second cousin. I knew the Bakers and visited their home above the automobile display area.…
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I think it looked better before.