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7th Annual Progressive Dinner

2013, February 2, Saturday, Groundhog Day Another PROGRESSIVE DINNER! at the four neighborhood homes of our… HOSTS Thanks to all the hosts and guests over the years for making this event possible and successful. Your support brings our next big project closer every year—reinstalling the long-lost, NOW-FOUND FOUNTAIN at Franklin and Marshall Streets, gone since

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1899 Photo of Fountain Curated by the Chester County Historical Society

The Historical Society just located this photo for us—the clearest and best look we’ve had of the fountain in its original state. Taken just ten years after the fountain’s installation, we can now see the brick piers supporting the base, the jets shooting up from the base of the fountain and the structure of the

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2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,000 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 5 years to get

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HOT Ticket

Save the DateOur annual Progressive Dinner falls on Groundhog Day Always held the first Saturday in February, this year our 2013 Progressive Dinner falls on the evening of Groundhog Day. Though tickets are not yet on sale and reservations begin some time in January, you’ll want to pencil in 2/2 now. Limited host space strictly

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Your Neighbors’ Houses on Tour

In case you missed it in Sunday’s Inquirer, you’ll enjoy the article below about the Phillips’ “full-on Victorian” home, which will be on Saturday’s (12/8/2012) Holiday House Tour presented by the West Chester Public Library (all proceeds go to help our Library). The Phillips’ have been involved with Marshall Square Park, their home fronts the

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