january 15th - remembering bob

This evening our neighbor and Alex and Gemma's buddy, Bob, passed away. Come spring, we are going to have to find a way to explain his absence.  He has been a fixture in our neighborhood and will be missed. Our neighbor Mickey's explanantion of Bob...

For our neighborhood friends: Today we mourn the loss of the Mayor of Hutchinson St. Long time Bella Vista neighbors know Bob as the happy face that greeted everyone on the corner of Fitz & Hutch. Bob was a big presence on our little block...my young neighbor Alex said "Bob" before "mom"... and he was the force behind getting the neighbors together for block-party potlucks. When we speak of Philadelphia as a city of neighborhoods, it is someone like Bob who makes it so. Rest in peace Bob...none of us can yet imagine your empty stoop come Spring...