Wynnewood
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With One Project Per Year, Couple Refurbishes Their Wynnewood Home
By doing one project a year, Stephanie and Mike Sinoway have slowly customized and updated their two-story, stone-and-stucco home in Wynnewood to perfectly suit their needs, writes Sally A. Downey for The Philadelphia Inquirer. When the pair purchased the 1985 residence eight years ago, they first enclosed the back porch and worked on replacing the…
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Kobe Bryant’s Childhood Wynnewood Home with Original Basketball Hoop Just Listed
Kobe Bryant’s childhood home in Wynnewood with its Black Mamba’s old basketball hoop still in the driveway has hit the market, writes Shanna McCarriston for the CBS Sports. The five-bedroom colonial home which is a unique piece of sports history has an asking price of $899,900. The LA Lakers legend who tragically died in a…
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Wynnewood Man Launches On-Demand Platform That Allows Users to Monetize Advice
Peter Yeargin, a Wynnewood resident and senior manager for systems engineering at Cisco, has launched Sage, an online on-demand answer platform that allows users to monetize their advice, writes Paige Gross for the Technical.ly. Yeargin got the idea for the platform while doing his taxes. “Of course it’s tax time, so I can’t find an…
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Wynnewood Received Highest Amount of Rain in Region from Tropical Storm Isaias
Wynnewood received the highest amount of rain it the region – 8.59 inches – from Tropical Storm Isaias, most of which found its way to Philadelphia through the interconnected local waterways, writes Frank Kummer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Stormwater from Wynnewood made its way into Cobbs Creek watershed and from there to Darby Creek in…
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Top Chef Contestant Opens Vegan Burger Joint in Wynnewood
Spike Mendelsohn, a former contestant on the reality TV cooking show Top Chef, has opened a new vegan burger joint in Wynnewood, writes Eleanor Ho for the Main Line Today. PLNT Burger opened within Wynnewood’s Whole Foods Market in June. It offers a menu featuring reimagined American cuisine with its primary focus on burgers. The…
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Acme Closing Wynnewood Store, Will Shift Employees to Bala Cynwyd, Bryn Mawr, and Narberth Stores
Malvern-based Acme will close its Wynnewood store instead of remodeling it at the end of July, writes Katie Park for The Philadelphia Inquirer. This closure adds to Acme’s trend of shuttering underperforming stores to focus on new and potentially more prosperous locations in the tristate area. “It’s just a real estate decision,” said Dana Ward,…
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Barrack Hebrew Academy Sixth-Grader Making ‘Superhero’ Masks for Health Care Workers, Community
Alana Ufberg, a Wynnewood native and sixth-grader at Barrack Hebrew Academy is making “superhero” masks for local healthcare workers and other members of the community, writes Matt Silver for the Jewish Exponent. Alana, who noticed that many real-life superheroes wear masks, started sewing and distributing cloth masks even before Gov. Tom Wolf asked Pennsylvanians to…
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Samuel Yellin’s Fantastic Fortress in Wynnewood
Samuel Yellin, one of Philadelphia’s most skilled iron craftsmen, transformed an 1896 home built by John O. Foering, a Civil War veteran, in Wynnewood into a fantastic Medieval-style fortress, writes for the Hidden City. Yellin became one of the most sought after creators of architectural ironwork in the nation by the 1920s. In his work,…
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Amazon Is Removing Cafes From Local Whole Foods To Create Storage Areas For Food Deliveries
Amazon is removing or reducing cafes at local Whole Foods, including the one in Wynnewood, to create more room for a delivery storage area, writes Inga Saffron for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The e-commerce giant is already promising to deliver groceries to its Prime members within two hours and is now preparing for what most agree…
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Priests-In-Training At St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood Hope To Inspire People To Put Their Trust In Clergy Again
The seminarians at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood are hoping to inspire people who are wary of putting their trust in the clergy again once they graduate, writes Matt Sedensky for The Morning Call. Currently, 156 young men call the seminary home. They are all aware that while their 188-year-old school has produced many…
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Wynnewood-Based Biotech Startup Taps Into LIMR’s Cell Glow Technology to Improve Production of Antibodies
Wynnewood-based OCMS Bio, a new life sciences startup, believes it has found a better way to produce monoclonal antibodies by using technology that makes cells glow developed by Dr. Scott Dessain at the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The biotech company has entered into a licensing deal…
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Malvern Bank House of the Week: Beautiful Renovated Tudor in Wynnewood
A beautiful Tudor home with three bedrooms and two full and two half bathrooms is available for sale in Wynnewood. Located in the charming surroundings of English Village, this 1927 home has been completely renovated. It features an open floor plan with many outstanding highlights, including its gourmet kitchen with gorgeous cabinets, large island, and…
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After Numerous Attempts, Wynnewood Family Adds Two Children to Its Ranks
After numerous attempts and heartbreaking loss, Kimber and Jackie Hamilton of Wynnewood got their greatest wish and have added two new members to their family, writes Anndee Hochman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The couple met at a CrossFit gym and hit it off immediately. They soon began dating and got engaged seven years ago. As…
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After More Than Six Decades Together, Wyncote Couple Die Within Three Days Of Each Other
After a love story full of adventures that spanned sixty-five years, Milton and Naomi Dank died within three days of each other at their home in Wyncote, writes Bonnie L. Cook for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Milton Dank died on November 28 of pneumonia at 99. His wife died on December 1 of lung cancer and…
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Two Wynnewood Colonial Homes Offer Unified Front with Vastly Different Interiors
Two stone Colonials that sit side by side in the Wynnewood section of Lower Merion are nearly identical on the outside but vastly different on the inside, writes Sally A. Downey for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The two four-bedroom, two-story homes were built around 1939 and externally are mirror images of each other. Then last April,…
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Philadelphia Archdiocese sells St. Charles Borromeo Seminary
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood has been sold to Main Line Health, according to information released Friday, writes Matthew Gambino for catholicphilly.com. The property has been for sale for years, and has been an ongoing process we’ve reported on several times, despite a Sept. 2017 story on surging enrollment at the seminary. [uam_ad id=”54865″]…
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House of the Week: 410 Roslyn Lane, Wynnewood
Rarely does a home become available which offers the best of everything. Located on a desirable private lane in the heart of Lower Merion, this stunning house provides a sanctuary combining modern conveniences with timeless elements epitomizing Main Line tradition. Built in 1920, the classic Pennsylvania stonework, lush gardens, extensive hardscaping, and elegant pool, all…
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House of the Week: 111 Cherry Lane, Wynnewood
Privacy Built in the 1880s, this unique, well-designed, fully renovated Main Line home (originally built as a country house) is situated at the top of a long driveway with specimen trees on over two flat acres of land in a private but open, parklike setting. Combining the best of old and new, the home offers…
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