Why do Fishtown homes have fish on them?
Blog post description.Old fish, new fish: Tracing the history of Fishtown’s most ubiquitous sign.
7/12/20261 min read
The popular fish address sign is a potent symbol with different meanings for different people in the fast-changing Philadelphia neighborhood.
By Joel Wolfram
May 8, 2019
When Joe Billitto and Megan Minner moved into their brick rowhouse on Sepviva Street last fall, just one thing was missing. The couple, not quite in their 30s, had renovated the place from top to bottom and painted the facade an eye-catching white with bold blue trim that set it apart from its neighbors.
But the missing detail, which had a more traditional look, would blend right in with countless other homes in their adopted Fishtown neighborhood: a white wooden address sign depicting a silver and green fish[...read more]