Life lessons
When Elaina Corrato takes a walk down memory lane, she can't help stopping at Francis Read Elementary School, Sartain and Moore streets. Corrato described herself as one of those "odd creatures" who loved...
Honing housing
Michael Johnson vividly remembers a weekend he spent at the old Tasker Homes project with his son, Tyrone, five years ago. Upon leaving the site at 30th and Morris streets, Johnson took note...
JFK rocked
July 13, 1985, is a day Richard Panichelli will never forget. With temperatures hitting a humid 95 degrees, Panichelli joined the 100,000-plus screaming fans at John F. Kennedy Stadium for the musical...
Brews, brawls and banter
Chick DeJohn did not call his former watering hole, Sharkey's Bar, "the roughest bar in South Philly" without good reason. "It was like walking into a madhouse every night," said DeJohn, who...
For all the world to see
The joy of rediscovery has been praised for centuries. In everyday life, everyone marvels at the waterlogged $5 found in washed laundry. Often, artworks find their way into private collections and are thus...
People Movers
I'm driving an "inferno red" 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT, which is the last word in $36,140 people movers. As I've often noted, minivans are far more successful than SUVs in moving six...
Showing the ‘Square’
For more than a year, respected cult film director Robert Downey Sr. (father of actor Robert Downey Jr., who is costarring in the just released "Good Night, and Good Luck") hung around Rittenhouse...
In store for something different
Today's supermarkets and big-chain retailers provide everything you need under one roof, but see if their employees can identify you by name. Gone are the days when specialty stores filled the landscape. Providing...
Sentence structure
Retired First District Sgt. Louis Carbo remembers "Moco" well. That was what everybody called Moyamensing Prison, also known as Philadelphia County Prison, at 10th and Reed streets. Not that he was ever incarcerated...
Delicious dish
I tend to wax nostalgic whenever I think of restaurants long gone. They were the places of my childhood, places where I learned about good manners and tasted many different foods for the...
