The fedora appears to be this season's hat of choice for summer in the city for both men and women, and several Central West End shops stock great examples at very reasonable prices. Short-of-brim they don't give your face much protection from UV rays, but you can slather on sunscreen for that and look oh…
Category: Shop News
It’s Dog Pizza on Weekends!
I did a double-take Saturday morning when I noticed a sign advertising "Dog Pizza on Weekends" next door to The Wine Press, on Olive east of Taylor. I have enjoyed watching the renovation of numerous buildings in the 4400 block of Olive over the past five years or so, including several successful condominium buildings developed…
A 1959 issue of “Near By”
Martin Schweig sent photos of ads from a January-February, 1959 issue of Near By, a neighborhood newspaper published by former CWE resident Mary Lehman. The four-page newspaper was "published in and for this neighborhood (Kingshighway to Boyle, Washington/Olive to Lindell), its self-awareness and future design." Some of you may remember the shops that advertised then—the…