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To our Readers:
Since 2012, when we celebrated our 65th anniversary, the South Philly Review has chosen to designate one May paper as our Throwback Issue. As you will see in reading staff writer Bill Chenevert’s two news accounts, we find ourselves very fortunate as South Philly residents to be so close to such enduring locations. To those of you with amazingly personal recollections of travels through the 9th Street Italian Market or connections with the Broad Street entities to whom we pay tribute, may you continue to see those locations as sources of pride and possibility.
No matter how well-intentioned some proprietors are, we often must regretfully part with many establishments, with the sting certainly comparable to the pain that we feel when losing a loved one. Here’s to the wherewithal that has allowed overseers to keep our chronicled sites going strong. May you all celebrate at least another century of stability, and may other locations nearing triple digits reach that ripe young age, too.
Joseph Myers South Philly Review editor
