Neighborhood Updates: Bella Vista, Logan Square, Rittenhouse Square, Wash West and Newbold

Neighborhood Updates: Bella Vista, Logan Square, Rittenhouse Square, Wash West and Newbold

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Neighborhood Updates: Bella Vista, Logan Square, Rittenhouse Square, Wash West and Newbold

Here are some neighborhood updates for the Philadelphia Real Estate community:

Bella Vista

2nd Annual BVTW House Tour – Join friends and neighbors on Sunday, September 30, 2012, from 1pm to 5pm for BVTW’s Second Annual House Tour!  We promise peeks into some great examples of Bella Vista’s architectural diversity – from a stunning new construction to one of the spectacular “Philadelphia” building lofts, from imaginative takes on traditional rowhouse living to an adaptive reuse of a storefront building.  Advance tickets can be purchased for $15 via Paypal at bvtw.org or by mailing a check and this form.  Same-day purchases are $18.  Pick up your tickets and tour maps beginning at 12:30pm on Sunday, Sept. 30 at Fleisher Art Memorial, 719 Catharine St. For questions, email JoAnn Greco  or call (215) 627-0057. Thank you!

Logan Square

1st Annual Friends of Coxe Park Fundraiser – Please join us for our 1st Annual Friends of Coxe Park Fundraiser on Friday, October 12th at 7 PM at 2200 Arch St. Sarah Clark Stuart will be accepting a special recognition of behalf of the late Rob Stuart for his tremendous volunteerism in the community. All contributions are tax-deductible through our fiscal sponsor, Evolve Foundation. Checks or tickets can be made payable to Evolve Foundation with FOCP Fundraiser in the memo and sent to Friends of Coxe Park, c/o Marisa Piccarreto, 2121 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. Tickets can also be purchased for $75 through paypal at www.friendsofcoxepark.org.  If you would like to become an event sponsor the suggested contribution is $250 or more and you receive a ticket to both the main cocktail party and our sunset reception pre party from 6 to 7 PM.

Rittenhouse Square

Three Course Theater – Timed to the start of the fall theatre season, R2L is debuting a $45, 3-course pre-theatre menu. For the first course, guests will have their choice of a market salad, today’s soup,hearts of romaine salad, chilled spiced shrimp, or tuna sashimi with chilled tofu and wasabi vinaigrette.  For the mains, guests are invited to choose from the grilled Scottish salmon filet, braised halibut, red wine-braised short rib, roasted chicken breast, or vegetarian pot au feu.  And the dessert course brings a choice of peanut butter parfait with a caramel and pretzel crunch, coconut cake with cream cheese mousse and kalamansi ice cream, or variations of chocolate.  Click here to view the menu. And as an added toast to the arts, subscribers/members of BalletX, the Chamber Orchestra, Curtis Institute, the Kimmel Center, the Opera Company, Walnut Street Theatre and the Wilma will receive a complimentary glass of sparkling wine with dinner. Seatings are available between 5:00-6:30 pm.  Guests have the option of enjoying the first two courses before the show, and returning for dessert post-performance.R2L patrons receive $10 validated parking at the restaurant with dinner purchase. For reservations, call 215.564.5337 or visit r2lrestaurant.com.

Washington Square West

Kahn Park Antique and Craft Fair – Save the date for the Kahn Park Antique and Craft Fair, Saturday October 13, 9 am to 5 pm). They are taking space reservations now. For info, contact [email protected] or call Connie at 215-546-6460.

Newbold

Bouvier Garden Clean Up and Block Party – Saturday, September 29th.  10am Clean Up and 12pm Block Party at 1350 Bouvier Street (Bouvier and Reed)  Hello from the Bouvier Garden! Spend the morning making the neighborhood beautiful and the afternoon dancing in the street! We are following the last garden clean up of the year with a block party. We’ll be shutting down the block to grill, play music, and hula hoop. If you have a grill, a table, a shade structure, a tail gating game or anything else you’d like to bring, please let us know by logging it in this spreadsheet. We will have speakers and a generator, so you’d better be ready to dance! If you are interested in volunteering for this event, please contact Melanie Myers at [email protected].

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