kilian's

Dusty wooden floors, narrow aisles and shelves stocked to the ceiling. Faithful customers and loyal employees, eager to find the fixture you need. Problem solvers. Your grandmother bought her first dust pan and broom, her scrub brush and Comet Cleanser here, on her way down the hill to Roanoke Street. Kilian's, like McNally's and Robertson's. The cornerstones. Long before Chestnut Hill was a place to spend an afternoon watching the world cup, drinking over priced bottles of imported beer, this was where fathers and sons caught the trolly to Connie Mack, hoping to see Jim Bunning pitch and Johnny Callison hit.

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