Danya Henninger reports on the local controversy over a pop-up beer garden in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Point Breeze.
According to Henniger, the controversy over the Point Breeze Pop-Up is indicative of a neighborhood resisting the changes to demographics and urban fabric that follow new investments. The local opposition to the project is such that 150 concerned local residents attended a recent public hearing to protest the Point Breeze Pop-Up, which is the work of John Longacre, a local restaurateur and real estate investor.
At the center of the controversy are similar concerns about how some pop-up beer gardens are "hacking" a provision of Act 116, which allows liquor license holders to serve alcohol at off-site events. The licenses allowed under Act 116 do not require advanced notice of pop-up beer gardens, which has exacerbated the Point Breeze situation.
However, Henniger concludes with a discussion about the prevailing context of the controversy: "For many residents, the pop-up a symbol of forthcoming development…and gentrification."
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