4th Avenue South - A Lost Commercial/Streetcar Corridor
Posted: May 26th, 2015, 5:24 pm
From internet cruising today, this wonderful reminder of an area now easily forgotten:
More than a few of the old commercial buildings on 4th are still there, but between the dead-end at the north and the sound wall along the east side, Electric Fetus is the only one consistently occupied.She also describes Fourth Avenue, an entertainment district which catered to Stevens Square, Phillips, and Elliot Park communities.
There were a lot of beer joints along Fourth Avenue, as many as four in one block. That street was mostly commercial with only a few residences. There were two beer joints between 19th and Franklin called Dee’s and Eddy’s. Between 18th and 19th, there was one called the Bottle House. From 18th to 17th, you had the Scenic, the Tap Room, Red’s, the Jailhouse, and the Bop-Inn. They were mostly neighborhood hangouts where everybody knew each other and with few problems. Mostly, people would go to them on weekend nights for pleasure. Some had music and dancing. It was a cheap form of entertainment. My family went there regularly. (source)