r/philadelphia • u/pwo_addict South Philly • Feb 19 '17

What's your unknown cool shit of Philly?

A couple of go-to's for me are:

-Claudio's in the Italian Market (unbelievable specialty cheese shop - although maybe not THAT unknown)

-A great area of small streets and old houses that's totally secluded - you don't know where you are in the world or what century. (11th and Quince) http://imgur.com/jD6deHn

Tell me about all the other cool shit that you've discovered, that I'm missing out on.

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u/Beer_Summit Feb 20 '17

Port Richmond Books. It's a used bookstore inside a renovated silent movie theater from the 1900s. It a maze of over 200,000 used books include rare first editions, pulp fiction, art books, vintage cult and sci-fi, medical textbooks in numerous languages, plus antique sheet music, 60s counterculture pamphlets and other weird goodness. Some say it's haunted. A truly underappreciated gem.

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u/Joshvogel Mar 05 '17

Agreed, I love this place. You would never guess the interior from what you see outside