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The back wall has been obliterated, the chain link fence removed.\u00a0I’ve written about the demolition of The Royal Theater before, this is all that remains. It will soon be gone and sadly forgotten. 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Giunta Brothers was a Mom-and-Pop kitchenware shop that stood at 823 S 11th Street in South Philadelphia for decades offering kitchen gadgets that could not be found anywhere else. 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