Daily News | West Philly unveiled a shipping-container shopping mall in a unique effort to boost small businesses
The corner lot on Parkside Avenue was known as a neighborhood eyesore just six months ago. Once a SEPTA bus turnaround, the patch of pavement became a popular spot for illegal dumping, filled with abandoned cars, sand, and all kinds of trash.
West Philadelphia business associations and elected officials welcomed 20 small-business owners — all of whom are people of color, many of them women — as they set up shop in refurbished shipping containers. Rolling a rack of colorful head scarves out in front of her new storefront, Deborah Washington, 64, of West Philadelphia, said she was excited to finally have a more permanent location for her Islamic clothing business after years of being a pop-up vendor at malls and mosques. The retired Marine and U.S. Postal Service worker said she had previously connected with many of her new neighbors.
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