For those who are interested in Philadelphia "fashion" district, I consulted with a life long Philadelphia resident whose immigrant Italian grandfather was himself a tailor in the early 20th century, and he replied "that's the time that the immigrant jews and italians began to take over that trade from the german immigrants [meaning the late 19th century]....there were a couple of focus points, mostly in south philadelphia around the south street area, one remnant still exists, believe it or not, Fabric Row, on south fourth street, now it is about four blocks of stores between Bainbridge and Queen streets, some of them have been there since the early part of the century." Hope this helps. Candace Perry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Catherine Olanich Raymond Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 8:16 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Philadelphia Fashion District
On Wednesday 24 October 2007, LLOYD MITCHELL wrote: > I don't know about the 19th C., but there is one today around 2nd or 4th > Street. I check it out every time we are in Philly. However, my mind is > remembering that the present site is somewhat newer, as most of the old > area was razed for re-development in the last quarter of the 20thC. There > was one remeining store in the (?) area the first time I was checking out > yellow pages listings. The current district in the vicinity of 4th Street and Bainbridge (which is what I assume Kathleen is referring to ) is not, strictly speaking, a "fashion district". It's more of a fabric district; there are a concentration of good fabric sellers in that area. -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available."-- Gregory Benford _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
