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The group, including business leaders and municipal officials from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, joined by Lower Merion Township officials, took a walking tour of the Lancaster Avenue business district and Suburban Square before boarding a trolley for a stop at Ardmore’s Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Suntop Homes and then heading east to Manayunk. Welcoming guests, Ardmore Commissioner Cheryl Gelber said Ardmore qualifies for a number of reasons. It’s the municipal seat for Lower Merion Township. The downtown is designated and protected as a historic district. Despite the economic downturn, Lancaster Avenue is newly robust, while a much-awaited Ardmore Transit Center and revitalization project could get off the ground by next year. n Ardmore/Lancaster Avenue, recently realigned to improve traffic flow. Standing near a new pocket park, Vilardo pointed out the building across the street where new owners plan to open a brew pub, called Tired Hands, by early next year. The large vacant lot at the corner, where Rite Aid wants to build a drugstore, has been the subject of drawn-out zoning hearings, but Lower Merion Building and Planning Director Bob Duncan told the group it has also been a lesson that, if a town works at it, it doesn’t have to accept the standard corporate model. n Anderson Avenue. At the railway underpass, township Assistant Director of Community and Economic Development Angela Murray explained the work to clean, paint and fix drainage problems and add new lighting to promote a walking connection between Lancaster Avenue and Suburban Square. Work should be done by the end of summer, she said. n Coulter Avenue and the Suburban Square courtyard. Built in 1928, Suburban Square was developed to “draw traffic and shopping away” from crowded Lancaster Avenue, Bachus explained, while the effort now is to “get people to move back and forth to the two areas.

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