From 707 to 760 South Fourth Street, the storefronts swap back and forth between vintage clothing and bolts of fabric. Wayward Collection is at 707. Approved Textiles is across the street at 710. Moore Vintage Archive is at 725, and Fleishman Fabrics & Supplies, which traces its roots on Fourth Street to the 1930s, is at 737. Sweet Peel Vintage is at 744 and At My House is at 760.
Two more names will join this fall. Manzanita, a contemporary vintage boutique from University City, opens its second store at 711 on Saturday, November 7. Divers Club, a neighborhood wine bar, is planned for 733.
Fabric Row has always covered Fourth Street from Bainbridge to Catharine. Its new identity, though, is gathering on one block. According to The Inquirer's May 2026 look at the corridor, shoppers have started calling the stretch "Vintage Row."
Door by door, as of October 2026
| Address | Business | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| 619 S. 4th | B-Bop Vintage | Vintage |
| 707 S. 4th | Wayward Collection | Higher-end vintage |
| 710 S. 4th | Approved Textiles | Fabric and textiles |
| 711 S. 4th | Manzanita | Contemporary vintage, opening Nov. 7 |
| 725 S. 4th | Moore Vintage Archive | Higher-end vintage |
| 733 S. 4th | Divers Club | Planned wine bar |
| 737 S. 4th | Fleishman Fabrics & Supplies | Fabric and supplies |
| 744 S. 4th | Sweet Peel Vintage | Vintage |
| 760 S. 4th | At My House | Vintage |
Six of these nine addresses sit within about 50 house numbers of each other. Manzanita's owner, Dorit Avganim, picked the block on purpose. Philadelphia Magazine reports she has been watching and shopping the Queen Village vintage scene for 15 years. It also quotes her press release: "one remarkable store can inspire a visit, but a street full of them can create a culture."
The new store is nearly three times the size of her University City shop at 4206 Baltimore Avenue. Philadelphia Magazine says the Fourth Street location will focus mostly on personal styling and retail: hand-selected vintage, home and body goods, gifts, and pieces from independent designers. Moving retail to 711 lets the original store lean further into community events. Her new neighbors at 711 are Brickbat Books and Juju Salon & Organics.
Why vintage landed on a fabric street
Fabric shops and vintage shops share the block, and the people on Fourth Street describe the change as a continuation. Joshua Fleishman, the third-generation owner of Fleishman Fabrics & Supplies, told The Inquirer, "The diversity of today is a modern continuation of using fabrics in different ways. We are here for the makers and creators, and those are forever."
The street's history backs him up. The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia traces Fabric Row to Jewish immigrant merchants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, whose family businesses grew from pushcarts and curbside stands into storefronts. Michelle Palmer, founder of the online Fabric Museum, told The Inquirer those merchants changed with demand. They sold rags from pushcarts, then switched to dress fabrics during the Depression and to home-decor textiles after World War II. "Keeping up with the times was their secret to survival and success," she said.
There have been organized efforts, too. The Encyclopedia says merchants formed the Shops of Fabric Row in 1996, and that their advertising later led the city to designate South Fourth Street as "Fabric Row." A streetscape and retail-recruitment effort followed in 2015. By 2018, eleven fabric stores remained.
Fabric is still arriving, too. Approved Textiles at 710 opened in November 2024, and Billy Penn called it the first new South Philadelphia fabric shop in 40 years, according to a PHILADELPHIA.Today recap of that report. Kelly Braun, owner of At My House, connected the two eras in The Inquirer: "There's something special about having an entire area in Philly dedicated to garments and items with a history to them, as opposed to buying new."
How the shops send customers to each other
The vintage shops cluster because they help each other. The Inquirer describes owners who share resources, refer customers to nearby stores, and run group chats to work through everything from permits to marketing. Jen Zimmerman, who co-owns Sweet Peel Vintage with Abby Codrea, told the paper that their days often start with coffee at Ace Outpost, catching up with other locals.
Emily Hawkins, manager at Moon+Arrow, described the effect on shoppers in the same article:
"If you're visiting Moon+Arrow, you're also visiting every shop from South Street to Catharine."
Food and drink are starting to follow the same pattern. Divers Club comes from Susan Freeman, Chris Fetfatzes and Heather Annechiarico, the team behind Grace & Proper and Wine Dive. It's taking a former hair salon on the same stretch as Famous 4th Street, Southwark, Ambra and Fitz on 4th. The Inquirer's fall forecast quotes Fetfatzes describing the mood as "somewhere between a Paris backstreet wine bar and a graffitied Berlin hangout." The forecast gave no opening date. At the north end, Rougarou Baking at 526 S. Fourth St. has run its storefront since April 11. Owners Paige and Zach Wernick bake from Cajun, Southern and Jewish-American traditions, and the shop is open Friday through Sunday from 8 a.m. until it sells out.
The Inquirer also describes monthly Fourth Friday events, when shops stay open late and people walk between them carrying vintage denim, handmade ceramics and secondhand finds.
The next four weeks on and around Fourth Street
- Thursday, October 15: Sweet Peel Vintage hosts its five-year celebration at 744 S. 4th Street, with portraits by Kevin Daniel.
- Saturday, October 17: The South Street District's "Big Pivot" block party runs from noon to 8 p.m. It replaces Fall Fest, which was canceled because of weather. It has themed areas on nine blocks, including Wooden Shoe's 50th-anniversary party on the 600 and 700 blocks of South Street and Philly Aids Thrift's 21st-anniversary block party on the 700 block of South Fifth Street.
- October 17 and 18: Philadelphia Open Studio Tours stops at Brooke Lanier Fine Art, 820 S. Fourth St., from noon to 6 p.m. both days. An artist talk is set for Saturday from 2 to 3 p.m.
- Saturday, October 31: South Street's Halloween program includes a 1 p.m. costume promenade and vintage-car parade from Fifth and South, plus trunk-or-treat at Headhouse Plaza from 1:30 to 4 p.m.
- Saturday, November 7: Manzanita opens at 711 S. 4th Street with a party Avganim is calling Premiere at 711.
What decides who stays
The block depends on its storefronts, and that's also where the risk is. In The Inquirer's reporting, owners said more people know about the corridor now, which brings more foot traffic and also more uncertainty about what comes next. "Rent increases are always a concern for small businesses that do not own their buildings," Zimmerman said. Braun told the paper she's noticing "a shift in landlord expectations" and pointed to the closures of Essene and Bus Stop in 2025.
The best-known example is Moon+Arrow. It has been on Fourth Street since 2011 and will relocate in 2027 because its building was sold. Hawkins told The Inquirer the shop went through a similar move in 2019, when developers bought its earlier location. On the same block, Divers Club is moving into a former hair salon.
Fabric Row has changed what it sells several times in more than a century and kept its name. Sweet Peel turns five this week, and Manzanita opens next door to Brickbat Books on November 7.
Fabric Row's new shops and openings are part of what living in Queen Village and Bella Vista means today, a few blocks from the changes we followed on Sixth Street. If you own a home near Fourth Street and wonder how these blocks factor into your home's value, The Eric Fox Team can walk you through it. Request your free market valuation and tailored selling plan.
