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An only-in-Philly moment as Center City, dine-in Wawa debuts

Two hours before a brass trio from the Philadelphia Orchestra played the fanfare from Rocky and Mayor Nutter promised a hoagie for Pope Francis, the line to enter the Wawa formed Friday morning down Broad Street.

Lisa Rathbun (left) and her mother, Marianne, both of Dover, Del., pose with a cutout of Pope Francis during Friday’s grand opening of the new Wawa at Broad and Walnut Streets. The store was finished in 85 days — two months ahead of schedule. (DAVID MAIALETTI/Staff Photographer)
Lisa Rathbun (left) and her mother, Marianne, both of Dover, Del., pose with a cutout of Pope Francis during Friday’s grand opening of the new Wawa at Broad and Walnut Streets. The store was finished in 85 days — two months ahead of schedule. (DAVID MAIALETTI/Staff Photographer)Read more
    by Matt Gelb, Inquirer Staff Writer
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