In the wake of the fire that devastated a business on 69th Street, shut down much of the business section and affected several nearby stores, I am left with this thought.
This will not be the first time 69th Street has risen from the ashes.
It was just a few years ago that 69th Street was something of a wasteland. There was the 69th Street Terminal, the Tower Theater and very little else.
Compare that with what is there now, maybe one of the biggest economic renaissance stories in Delaware County.
Mayor Tom Micozzie and the township have performed something of an economic miracle in luring businesses back to what was once famously referred to as "Easy Street."
There is a new Ross store, as well as Burlington Coat Factory. Later this month a new movie theater featuring the "dinner and a movie" theme is set to take the curtain up. A huge renovation project is slated for 69th Street Terminal.
The fire was certainly a setback. But 69th Street will be back. It's already come back from worse.
And one big thumb's up to longtime reader Al Achtert, who noted we somehow managed to resist using this headline on the story of the Payless fire: Hundreds of soles lost in fire.
Once a headline writer, always a headline writer.
Later today I expect to write the headline that 69th Street is open for business again.
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