LANSDOWNE – A walk into Room 55 Restaurant & Banquets will greet a visitor with elegance and warmth from the white walls and LED lighting to the curved blue velvet couches and green walls. Room 55 is a place to visit and enjoy. Room 55 is at the site of the former AviAnna, which closed in the summer after the …
Lansdowne guitar hero Steve Gunn memorializes his ‘Stonehurst Cowboy’ father on ‘The Unseen in Between’
Dan DeLuca | @delucadan | [email protected] Steve Gunn’s excellently titled new album is called The Unseen in Between. The title of his most personal work to date has multiple layers of meaning for the Lansdowne-raised songwriter and guitarist, who headlines at Johnny Brenda’s with his band on Friday. “I was pulling my hair out what to call it,” says the 41-year-old musician. “It refers to years …
Open Sound returns to Lansdowne with The Afterglows, Strawberry Runners, Big Nothing and more
June 21st, 2019 | 9:00AM | By Sarah Hojsak / www.thekey.xpn.org Open Sound Lansdowne is back, and bigger than ever. The summer concert series began last year in the up-and-coming suburb just west of the city. This year, the series has expanded to six weeks — every other Thursday from late June to early September — and each show will feature a lineup …
Drawing on Lansdowne: An Arts-Based Economic Development Plan for the Borough
In the spring of 2018 a team of graduate students, working in collaboration with the Lansdowne Arts Board and the Lansdowne Economic Development Corporation, completed two years’ work on a proposed arts-based economic development plan for Lansdowne Borough. Phase one of the project produced preliminary findings: demographic trends in the Borough, the political landscape, and best practices for creative placemaking. Based on those …
Across Pennsylvania, communities uncork liquor laws, vote to go from dry to wet
In some Pennsylvania communities, alcohol is still the devil’s drink and bars are an unnecessary evil. But with Election Day came an opportunity to turn on the taps in those towns — and many of them seized it. Voters in 20 municipalities considered referendums Tuesday to flip their towns from dry to wet — opening the possibility of alcohol sales. …
Some Delaware County dry towns approve liquor sales
History was made last night when residents in Lansdowne and two other municipalities voted overwhelmingly to become a wet town once and for all. Not since the days of prohibition in the 1920s have they allowed the sale of alcohol in places like Lansdowne, Aldan Borough and Marple Township. But now, almost 100 years later, restaurants here will be able …
Primary 2019: Voters approve liquor sales, open space referendums
Voting booths in three dry towns were soaked with “yes” votes on ballot referendums to allow their communities to go wet — i.e, to sell liquor. Unofficial election results Tuesday night show Aldan, Lansdowne and Marple becoming the latest municipalities to allow the granting of liquor licenses for liquor sales. This includes retail sales of liquor ranging from serving a vodka …
Beer ye, Beer ye: 3 towns mull end to ‘dry’ status
Three Delaware County towns could be raising a glass to toast the end of their traditional ‘dry’ status in Tuesday’s primary election as voters weigh whether they want their burgs to grant liquor licenses for the sale of booze. Referendums will appear in voting booths in the boroughs of Aldan and Lansdowne, as well as Marple Township that would allow …
Pennsylvania Primary Election: Some dry towns to decide on liquor question
LANSDOWNE, Pa. (WPVI) — In Lansdowne, Delaware County you can find a train station, many shops, a bank and a movie palace being lovingly restored. But you cannot find a restaurant where you can go in, sit down and buy a drink. Lansdowne is a dry town but that could change if voters say yes to a ballot question during the upcoming …