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Located inside a decommissioned synagogue, this collectibles market really gets going on the weekends, when its basement opens and additional vendors arrive, including a batch of promising local designers. From Philadelphia's South Street neighborhood store listing.

This space is set up to feel like a permanent trunk show: The sales help is sincerely doting, the petite space accommodates about a dozen shoppers, and only select pieces from small, difficult-to-find, affordable lines grace the racks. From Philadelphia's South Street neighborhood store listing.

This store's eponymous grooming products are all-natural and locally made, and most of them are derived from recipes created by co-owner Steve Duross' grandmother (try the invigorating cinnamon-leaf-based muscle-relaxing Dragon Balm). From Philadelphia's South Street neighborhood store listing.

Both branches of this local home accessories favorite offer a similar variety of retro-influenced ceramics, Indian textiles, and assorted handbags and jewelry. From Philadelphia's South Street neighborhood store listing.

Handblown glass candlesticks, colorful melamine dishware, pint-size vases designed to hold just a single bud, and other bound-to-be-adored gifts proliferate at this neatly organized design resource. From Philadelphia's South Street neighborhood store listing.