FOOD & DRINK
Mighty Mick’s Gym, Famous For Role in Rocky Films, Will Be Converted Into Retail Space For A Kensington Brewery
Mighty Mick's will become a retail space for Lost Time Brewing Company. Since founded, the Kensington brewery has operated mostly from pop-up events and beer festivals. Mighty Mick’s, the boxing gym highlighted in the Rocky films, was recently renovated and is slated to become a tasting room for Kensington’s Lost Time Brewing Company, writes Jake Blumgart for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Sculptures highlighting ordinary life find temporary home in Mayfair
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The next time you're in Mayfair, look around. New street art is lining Frankford Avenue, the Philadelphia neighborhood's main business corridor.The artist behind the artwork is world-renowned sculpture artist Seward Johnson, the founder of the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey."These statues have been all over the world, but they have never been in the city of Philadelphia," said Donny Smith, the Mayfair Improvement District's executive director. "I said let's bring them in, let's bring them to Mayfair."Nine different life-sized statues dot the main business corridor from Princeton Avenue outside Stein's Florist to Bleigh Avenue outside Mayfair...
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