Garden Court Community Association has a regularly scheduled Zoning and Development Committee meeting at 8pm on Wednesday, January 11th. We are meeting virtually, via Zoom; log-in detail are at the bottom of this post. Meeting Agenda: 1. Zoning cases: 4611 Spruce Street Variance Request 2. Report: any status updates for ongoing projects of significance 3. Report: September Garden Court real estate activity - permits issued, home sales, and apartment rentals - no report this

The Following is excerpted from the BillyPenn.com newsletter After 64 years providing books and culture in West Philadelphia, Hakim’s Bookstore is being commemorated with an official state historical marker. Step inside the 52nd Street establishment named after original owner Dawud Hakim, and you can almost hear the pages of history turning. Over the decades, the city’s longest operating Black-owned bookshop has solidified itself as a place for Afrocentric literature, gifts,