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The PLCB says it ‘geographically picked’ which liquor stores to reopen. Its decision ignored some Philadelphia neighborhoods.

The PLCB had chosen to reopen stores in the whitest areas. In black and Hispanic neighborhoods, where most stores are located and where sales are sometimes highest, it opened none.

A South Street Headhouse District sidewalk and street cleaner walks past a Fine Wine & Good Spirits Premium Collection store on the 700 block of South Street on Sunday, April 19, 2020. Some of Pennsylvania’s state-run liquor stores will be offering curbside pickups on a limited basis, starting Monday.
A South Street Headhouse District sidewalk and street cleaner walks past a Fine Wine & Good Spirits Premium Collection store on the 700 block of South Street on Sunday, April 19, 2020. Some of Pennsylvania’s state-run liquor stores will be offering curbside pickups on a limited basis, starting Monday.Read moreYONG KIM / Staff Photographer