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🐦 P-I-G-E-O-N-S. Pigeons! South Philly’s hottest new excursion, Philly Pigeon Tours, is a weekly, 90-minute morning stroll to several of the Italian Market’s most established flocks, offering an engaging and enlightening glimpse into the long-revered — and more recently rocky — relationship between humans and rock doves, the fancy term for urban pigeons. It’s a look at South Philly through a pigeon’s eyes. Founded by partners Hannah Michelle Browe and Aspen Simone, who became interested in the

290K views · 4.9K reactions | In Rocky (1976), the marketplace run scene in Philadelphia’s Italian Market used unannounced filming, capturing real crowd reactions. Locals, unaware a movie was being shot, watched Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa run with a van trailing him. The unscripted moment when a vendor tosses Rocky an orange was genuine, adding authentic energy to the underdog tale. | Historyinmemes | Facebook

58K views · 637 reactions | Fante's Kitchen Shop and Esposito's Meats have faced each other from opposite corners in Philadelphia's Italian Market for over 100 years. Their owners, Mariella and Lee Esposito, have been married for 35 years of that. They can't recall the moment they first met, but they will never forget the first time she had him over for dinner. Their love story is set in a neighborhood they adore. | Philadelphia Inquirer | Facebook