Yeadon
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Philly’s Best Steak Opens Massive New Yeadon Food Processing Facility to Fuel National Expansion
Philly’s Best Steak Co., which prepares meats for restaurants to use in their cheesesteaks, opened a new facility in Yeadon, writes Emma Dooling for Philadelphia Business Journal. The new $25 to $35 million facility has been in development for three years. It will allow Philly’s Best to double the size of its production space and…
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New York Times: Nile Swim Club in Yeadon Brings Swimming to Black Children
In 1959, the Nile Swim Club in Yeadon celebrated its grand opening, the first Black-owned swim club in the country, writes Campbell Robertson for The New York Times. But as the Black children waded into the water, there was a realization. “None us knew how to swim,” said Bill Mellis, who was 13 at the…
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Rev. Dr. Evelyn C. Graves; Yeadon Church, Drama School, Theater Founder Dies at 87
The founder of Evelyn Graves Ministries Church — encompassing a drama production company, a drama school and a private Southwest Philadelphia Christian church — died Sunday at her Folcroft home, writes Valerie Russ for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Rev. Dr. Evelyn C. Graves was 87. The drama company performed all over the United States and…
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Area Pool Earns Place in History as Nation’s First Black-Owned Swim Club
Nile Swim Club in Yeadon, Delaware County, was designated a historic site by Pennsylvania over the weekend, receiving its own historical marker at a ribbon-cutting ceremony, writes Nathaniel Lee for The Philadelphia Tribune. The club, at 513 South Union Avenue, was the first Black-owned swim club in the nation. In 1957, Black residents Zoe Mask,…
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