Daily News | Old City’s First Friday turns 30, with a nod to the past and a look to the future
On the First Friday of every month, Old City gallery owners open their doors for a lively evening of new exhibitions and free refreshments.
Now, that monthly celebration that gave voice and place to Philadelphia’s vibrant art scene — and helped transform the city’s most historic neighborhood into a thriving, and nationally known, creative district, is turning 30.This Friday night, to mark the anniversary — last year was actually the 30th, but, well, COVID — the Old City District will be showing a mini-documentary on the history of First Fridays outside the Betsy Ross house.
First Fridays evolved and endured through ups and down and bawdy nightclub times in Old City, but always“It felt like back then, we were seeing the art that wasn’t introduced to us in art school,” said Lawren Alice, who, with her partner, Noah Musher, founded Arch Enemy Arts gallery and boutique in 2012.
— Old City had a vacancy rate of 11%, Itzkowitz said. That number nearly doubled to 20% during the pandemic. But new life is once again arriving.“There is definitely some traction and energy in Old City,” Itzkowitz said.
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