Philadelphia Retail with PlazaACME

 It should be an easy guess what two stores we'll feature today, but as usual we've got some stuff to go through before we get there. Let's get started! Colonial Theater, Phoenixville, PA If there's one building in Phoenixville you might recognize from something other than my photos, it would be this one. And that would mean you've seen 1958's The Blob . It opened as a playhouse in 1903, and switched to film in 1928. Occasionally a new movie makes it in here, but for the most part they show classics and have concerts here now. Rec Room, Phoenixville, PA Across the street from the theater, in what I am almost certain was an old 5-and-dime (From the 80's until a couple years ago it was a variety store), Conshohocken Brewing has opened up the Rec Room. It's about what you would expect, primarily restaurant/bar space, but with a few shuffleboard and ping-pong tables in back. Rapps Dam Bridge, Phoenixville, PA This old covered bridge was originally built in 1...

 This week y'all're getting a piece of official Plaza ACME lore- the time I almost walked home- like home home, not school home- from campus. That's a 35 mile trek going the most direct route, but following some well-intentioned advice telling me to bypass the particularly bad Mill Creek and Cathedral Park parts of Philly, that added a few miles. Oh, and since I was coming home for Spring Break, I had most of my stuff in my backpack so I was a little weighed down. I stopped to take a break at the Malvern Wegmans, and found I couldn't stand back up. Fortunately, my dad drove right by there on his way home from work and the timing worked out I could just hitch a ride with him the last 5 miles, which would have been the hilliest anyway.  If you're curious, I did eventually try again- this time not carrying anything and taking the straight shot through West Philly. I succeeded, then decided to never do that again. Mini-Mansions, Mantua Powelton and the eastern side of M...