Above left, fall decorations brighten up West Ave. Right, Breslin’s consignment corner—a fun and funky upscale consignment shop.
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1889, President Benjamin Harrison also made an appearance as he traveled to Hartsville, Bucks County, to attend the 150th anniversary celebration of Log College. Jenkintown’s enthusiastic citizens welcomed him under a sixty-foot-long archway erected above the busy intersection of Susquehanna and Old York Roads. ld York Road (Route 611), dating to 1683, is the main thoroughfare of Jenkintown. Following a north-south Native American path through the forest, it was the third road built by William Penn across his fertile, sylvan land. Today it is the locus of the borough’s revitalized shopping district, with enough stores, restaurants, and professional offices to fulfill the needs of the vibrant affluent community. Unlike most suburban towns in the region, Jenkintown is one of the few pedestrian-oriented communities in Montgomery
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County. Residents are fortunate that they and their children can easily walk to their local churches, shops, playgrounds, and schools. In fact, in its ranking of America’s top high schools for 2015, Newsweek magazine ranked the School District of Jenkintown (Middle School/High School) 136th-best in the entire country—a high honor for the district. Only three suburban Philadelphia schools placed higher. And Jenkintown’s central shopping district is marked by a diverse group of shops and services, including distinctive momand-pop operations and popular specialty stores—from the museum-quality custom framing of The Art of Framing (413 Old York Road) and the original, one-of-a-kind artisan designs of My Jewel Shop, Inc., next door (411 Old York Road), to organic and specialty foods at Trader Joe’s (933 Old York Road) and Whole Foods Market (1575 The Fairway). Many of these establishments are within walking distance of most homes