Walking Fishtown Philadelphia Hipster Thriving Bars, Boutiques, Cafe's, Restaurants (Narrated)

Toon215 takes you on a 2022 Fishtown neighborhood walkthrough in Philadelphia Pa. This walk took place on Tuesday August 30th, 2022 at 10:00am ET.
Cool Fishtown is where Philly's culinary, art and music trends take off. A magnet for hipsters and creative types, the former working-class neighborhood marks the first Friday of the month by opening the galleries and studios along Frankford Avenue to the public. The vibrant nightlife includes hip bistros, beer gardens and a retro arcade. Indie bands perform at the landmark Johnny Brenda's, a lauded gastropub. ― Google
Walking Fishtown Philadelphia Hipster Thriving Bars, Boutiques, Cafe's, Restaurants (Narrated)
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[@PianoMatronNeeNee]

I’ll be watching. Even though I left Pa in 2008, it’ll always be my home. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from Miami 🌴.

[@TheWMBWLife]

Toon.....your vids are absolutely killer. I've been watching you for a few years. All Philly vids are GREAT. I just LOVE that you've covered Fishtown on foot here, cuz it's definitely a place of gentrification and promotes our city. Thanks for what you bring to your viewers and to your community. A truly heartfelt thanks!

[@deaconmichael4255]

Great video of Fishtown. My hope to visit Philly soon. I'm from NJ.

[@TOON215]

Thanks for leaving a comment

[@jahjahiscallin3237]

Thanks Toon! The Fishtown video made my day! If I had more cash in would def send it your way for the hard work you put in. Hopefully you will do an updated passyunk walk thru! I'm thinking mainly around the area with all the Mexican eateries. I hope they are all still in business. Take care.

[@michaelball4109]

What an innovative way to present a great view of the city, thank you for sharing this.

[@saleemackridge339]

Love ur videos toon Philadelphia is my hometown even doe I'm in Oregon

[@ahmedalthawady6517]

I am always watching your videos it's great going my man

[@cb7rider18]

keep it up toon i love ur walking videos so therapeutic

[@juanitahuisentruit1989]

Love those corner buildings, we use to have several corner buildings in Indianapolis but they have been torn down. One thing I have noticed about Philly and the surrounding areas is lots of old buildings lots of history. Really wish they more citys would try and preserve the old buildings they are so pretty .

[@devsh0888]

Nice brother.....used to visit that area frequently. If you ever do Northern Liberties tour please cover Rivers Casino as well, I still remember it as SugarHouse.

[@JT-wt2zt]

Great tour, Toon! Thanks.

[@brettwills4244]

toon my bro, long time fan. that dude at 13:40 was probably coming back from the farmers market haha love you bro

[@Coop1250]

Great vids! One day hopefully you can do a walkthrough video of my alma mater temple U

[@TK-setophaga]

Nice job thanks. We needed to see where our Daughter lives. We were worried it was near Kensington but Fishtown seems decent.

[@TOON215]

Well it is near kensington. Directly next to old kensington. And 5 minutes away from the opioid crisis in upper kensington.... However yes fishtown is relatively nice. 🙏 thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. Happy holidays

[@sly9263]

Fishtown is Kensington, they just renamed it... some ppl in the city have this coping behavior of renaming a few blocks of some bad area to something other than north philly, west philly etc and then act like it's radically safer and all the problem residents aren't living 100 yards away, breaking into your homes and cars, mugging and jumping you, using the same grocery stores and gas stations... lmao. I can't believe how much people are paying to move into that old dump of an area. It's all the hipster closet racist dems who want to claim they live in a diverse community despite only moving there to live on the same block as bunch of other well off white people- it's a hilarious delusion. None of them grew up in the city because no one who grows up in the hood would want to live there- if they did well they would move OUT. Got out of Olney and never looked back!

[@realityblooms]

Great vid

[@b0tterman]

Just moved here from NYC.

[@wwekidder123]

She said hey Toon that was my wife good stuff she works in fishtown

[@vc6218]

You mention race a little. I’m a black woman looking to move from NYC. This looks perfect for me but I’m wondering how I’ll be treated if I relocate there. Thanks for any insight.

[@TOON215]

You'll be fine. It's a very diverse neighborhood today. All ethnicities reside in and around the area. 🙏

[@zhhhhhhh]

Looks like Brooklyn

[@theresaharrison7043]

Toon!!! Jr. high sch is really, middle school! Jr hi only stop @9th, back in the day.

[@rickrosay3397]

I used to live in fishtown with my mom when I was real young. I think it was bellgrade street. I remember standing on the front stoop straight across the street was a bar with a fish on the sign and a big abandoned lot next to hit and kind of behind the bar down the street was a school with chain link fence on the windows. I remember a little store called Anne’s place or somthing similar and Down the st from out house was a big cemetery and a big outdoor rec playground. Can anyone help me with where I lived? I can’t remember for the life of me. This was late 90s early 2000s. Any help would be appreciated.

[@KMAllmond]

Was it Belgrade and Oxford? There was a bar at the corner of Frankford and Oxford.

[@CTrooPerJ]

It sounds like you lived on the 400 block of Belgrade. The lot is still empty and that bar is now a “Wellness” Center (therapy). Anne’s place is still there! The cemetery is called Palmer Cemetery and the rec center is still standing! I would google Palmer Cemetery and do a street view it will show you around and what Fishtown looks like today. 😊

[@rickrosay3397]

@@CTrooPerJ yes I found out it was Belgrade st.

[@rickrosay3397]

@@KMAllmond yeah it was on Belgrade street right at the corner of Belgrade and earl

[@michaelhopkins9486]

Belgrade Street and Palmer Cemetery hetzel's playground

[@georgelogan677]

I did not realize that Columbia Avenue ( Cecil B. Moore Avenue,) and Lehigh Ave was part of Fishtown and not a part of Kensington.

[@TOON215]

Lehigh avenue is a part of many neighborhoods, port Richmond, olde Richmond, Kensington, east Kensington, west Kensington, fairhill, Glenwood, strawberry mansion,Allegheny west and so on, Fishtown does not go to Lehigh, however Cecil b more Ave runs through fishtown

[@FrederickFIintstone]

like how you give all the info like the weather and history. im from canada but always wanted to see what diff parts of philly looked like. thanks for this

[@TOON215]

Thanks for your support!

[@minorking1121]

It's crazy how even just in 2015 it was so different. I drove through recently and there are multi- level apartments everywhere. Everything is taller. Everything feels less approachable and more claustrophobic. That said the actual center area of Fishtown like near loco pez still looks basically the same because it's a bunch of row homes you can't change that much. But even within that area you'll go down a block and suddenly find this gross row of sad depressing identical modern metal buildings. I really don't understand why the city just didn't put some sort of mandates in place as to how these buildings could look. So much of the new construction makes the place look so lame.

[@guyinthesky6696]

Former west Philly resident loving your stuff…interesting not one Philadelphia police cruiser sighted.

[@beautifulwoman172]

*They don't have much crime in that area. They are close nit and keep all the black people out! They will definitely strongarm anyone who challenges that. It's an open secret that everyone is afraid to discuss.*

[@guyinthesky6696]

@@beautifulwoman172 And yet the Kensington matter has no overflow…tells you how Fishtown cares about its Life and function.

[@joshblack5821]

They are all on disability.

[@trailblazer1047]

Roman Cathlic and North Cathlic were the high schools that kept it together.These rich people now have no idea what it was like and the politics.

[@Bring2-y6o]

Hey man

[@Bring2-y6o]

Whats up ❤ you know I bruh glad to see you

[@Bring2-y6o]

Love😊

[@jakez1930]

Nicer than Fentsington!

[@durf2753]

Tooney, this is your average: everyday is 90 degrees and above in the mid summer. What do you expect?? With some humidity. This is Philadelphia, not LA or San Diego/San Jose.

[@FD_and_B]

sounded auto tuned when you said fire at 7:27 ish lol

[@TOON215]

Haha thanks for leaving a comment

[@John-ye9sp]

Where did you go to high school.and where did you grow up.

[@rosimeireferreiralimaferre4359]

hugly city

[@durf2753]

Toon, you live in a hot country, period!!!!!!

[@durf2753]

Do you remember the squirl in Downtown San Jose?!

[@rj321.91]

Like can someone please explain to me why they all look the same

[@harryduff4549]

Fishtown Runs on Frankford Ave not Front street -

[@TOON215]

Feel free to zoom into to the outline and go to front street. Fishtown goo.gl/maps/Wv3oGq8ddTiRwyTg7 Front street borders fishtown and separates it from olde kensington 💡

[@KMAllmond]

​@TOON215 Sorry Toon, but since they started gentrifying the neighborhood, they moved the boundaries. Original boundaries are: Frankford, York all the way to the river. A triangle. When you were looking at the place with Kensington in the name, that's the Kensington side of Frankford Ave. I thoroughly enjoyed the tour. Thank you. I grew up on Day Street between Girard and Thompson. Went to Adaire Elementary and Penn Treaty Jr High. It was 7th - 9th grade then. Went off to Mastbaum after that.

[@rj321.91]

They literally all look the same. If I'm on the train I can literally tell who's getting off at Girard station based off their appearance

[@Lambs_16]

What stinks is that it’s near Kensington

[@blindpanthervlogs]

Fish town sounds like a great place to pick up women.

[@KMAllmond]

Fishtown, not Fish Town.

[@blindpanthervlogs]

@@KMAllmond that’s a dictation problem. Blind people like me use voiceover to operate their phones and that’s the way dictation spelled it.

[@danielferry53]

That's not Fishtown, that's Kensington until you reach Frankford Avenue People unfamiliar with Philadelphia for damn sure

[@danielferry53]

From when I grew up in Philadelphia until now these neighborhoods completely changed and looks terrible with these new lego buildings, the hippies love them but I absolutely hate them and prefer a more modern house design but that's just me

[@TOON215]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Click it zoom in and have fun. Pay attention to the borders and the perimeter of fishtown Fishtown maps.app.goo.gl/vR5j3CUDQgRjDuzb9

[@durf2753]

Your nights will be very warm and balmy, not refreshing and cool. Nightly lows: 70's-80's in Philadelphia. 60 in SJ.

[@jpgm2015]

It doesn’t matter what they do in Philly it looks rough lol

[@straightnochaser239]

It is. 😖

[@brettwills4244]

actually way worse too toon, youre so awsome dude...! but flys acually vomit onto their front legs {hands}

[@brettwills4244]

toon bro, cmon bro were all of ethnic background