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Hakim's Bookstore, established in 1959 as Hakim's House of Knowledge Bookstore, is the first and oldest Black-owned bookstore in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located at 210 S 52nd Street in West Philadelphia. [1] The store was designated as a Pennsylvania historic landmark in 2023. [1]
The preservation effort resulted in the first formal historic district for a historically African-American neighborhood in the city of Philadelphia. [7] [8] The Christian Street Historic District was listed on the City of Philadelphia's Register of Historic Buildings on July 8, 2022. [9] [3]
Amada Restaurant - owned by Jose Garces, Philadelphia's newest Iron Chef; The Fountain Restaurant - the Four Season Hotel, rated #1 in the city by Zagat Survey; Geno's Steaks - of the "Geno's vs. Pat's" debate; McGillin's Olde Ale House - the oldest continuously operational tavern in Philadelphia; Morimoto - the original Iron Chef's restaurant
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Liberty Place is a skyscraper complex in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.The complex is composed of a 61-story, 945-foot (288 m) skyscraper called One Liberty Place, a 58-story, 848-foot (258 m) skyscraper called Two Liberty Place, a two-story shopping mall called the Shops at Liberty Place, and the 14-story Westin Philadelphia Hotel.
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The Brewers Association reports that Black people own 0.4% of the 9,500 breweries in the United States – and brothers […] The post The first Black brewery in Philadelphia opens appeared first ...
John Trusty Gibson (1919) John T. Gibson (1878-1937) [5] leased the Standard Theatre in January 1914, and purchased it from Joseph W. Cummings later in the year. [6] In an interview almost two years after his purchase, Gibson said the following: "When I bought the New Standard theater, I felt that there was a field in this city for good clean Negro vaudeville at popular prices."