In an Aug. 29 note to members, the Overbrook Park Civic Association reports that Aldi, the discount grocery chain, "has purchased Center Lanes bowling alley," and plan to demolish it and build a new store "from the ground up," opening as soon as this winter. Good news, says resident Bruce H. Klauber: "Aldi owns the property and everyone wants a market here."
City Ave. at Overbrook Park isn't what it used to be -- the Sears Hardware outlet shut last year, before the bowling alley -- and Klauber, a columnist at Icon Magazine, sees this as a sign better stores are coming: "You know about the revitalization of the nearby 69th St. shopping district. It's starting to happen in Overbrook Park," he tells me.
For neighbors who prefer a more full-service grocery, there's still the ShopRite on Haverford Ave. nearby (revised. Thankjs Alan R.)