Daily News | Narberth’s new downtown apartment buildings raise concerns about parking, density, and local identity
But in worrying that new development will worsen traffic, make parking more difficult, yield bigger buildings, and drive out local stores, Narberth resembles other inner-ring suburbs across the Philly region. These older Pennsylvania and South Jersey towns often have leafy streets, lively business districts, and good transit connections.
Paul Bovo, 86, still works seven days a week at the store, as he has since it moved to Narberth from South Philly 57 years ago. There’s a photo of the“We’re the only store around that still grinds our own ground beef,” Bovo said. “I’m old-fashioned.” “As a business, we would not be moving down the street if all this [block of real estate] was going away,” Bezak said.
“We had a dialogue with Narberth,” Kagan said. “We wanted them to understand what our needs were, and they didn’t want the town’s character to be overwhelmed by some generic building.”