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Halloween in South Philly in the 1960s

Halloween in 1960s South Philly: Pillowcases, Parish Neighborhoods and Candy Bars

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Halloween in South Philly in the 1960s meant homemade costumes, parish neighborhoods, pillowcases full of candy, and familiar faces on nearly every block. Before you could collect a single piece of Halloween candy, you had to eat dinner. No ifs, ands, or buts. And you weren’t going trick-or-treating before dark. That was part of the

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Broad Street South Philly — Shunk to Snyder corridor with school pickup traffic, Funeral Parlor Row, and the Moyamensing/Oregon intersection cluster

Broad Street South Philly: Then vs. Now

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Broad Street South Philly has changed dramatically over the past several decades. Often called the spine of South Philadelphia, Broad Street remains one of the city’s most important transportation, commercial, medical, and neighborhood corridors. Local South Philly view: I grew up one block off Broad Street in South Philly at 15th & Shunk Street. These

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South Philadelphia pretzel man pushing a traditional street cart filled with soft pretzels, mid-20th century

South Philly Soft Pretzels: Federal Pretzel & The School Recess Brown Bags

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A South Philly Memory What do longtime South Philadelphians remember about soft pretzels and the pretzel man?For generations of South Philly kids, Saturday mornings meant the pretzel man pushing his cart down narrow rowhouse streets, selling classic Philly-style soft pretzels — the traditional twisted, braided-loop shape Philadelphians grew up with, not pretzel sticks or knots.

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