{"id":12256,"date":"2013-03-23T08:19:25","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T13:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=12256"},"modified":"2013-03-23T09:06:44","modified_gmt":"2013-03-23T14:06:44","slug":"sole-of-the-boot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/03\/23\/sole-of-the-boot\/","title":{"rendered":"Sole of the Boot"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Boot<\/a><\/p>\n

Rumor is that they’re renovating to reopen, but it’s quiet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rumor is that they’re renovating to reopen, but it’s quiet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[104,2093],"tags":[2410,155,114,2411,284,1137,1525,2412,3669,1527,107,105],"class_list":["post-12256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-philadelphia","category-photography-2","tag-alcohol","tag-bar","tag-boot","tag-boot-and-saddle-bar","tag-booze","tag-broad-street","tag-country-and-western","tag-decay","tag-philadelphia","tag-rust","tag-sign","tag-south-philly"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-3bG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18968,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/06\/09\/the-boot-saddle-sign-restored\/","url_meta":{"origin":12256,"position":0},"title":"The Boot & Saddle Sign RESTORED!","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"June 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"If you've driven, biked, walked or crawled along South Broad Street near the Ellsworth subway stop in Philadelphia over the past several decades, you've probably seen this sign: The bar was vacant for years, but it's recently been refurbished and is seeing new life as a bar and music venue\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Philadelphia"","block_context":{"text":"Philadelphia","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/philadelphia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Boot and Saddle Sign at night","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/boot-not-lit.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/boot-not-lit.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/boot-not-lit.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12174,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/07\/22\/boot-saddle-bar\/","url_meta":{"origin":12256,"position":1},"title":"Boot & Saddle Bar","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"July 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a shot from a while back before the iconic Boot and Saddle sign on South Broad Street was restored. 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