Buena música | Scene Through the Lens
Sound of Fifth & Lehigh
Centro Musical has been serving the community since 1959 in El Centro de Oro (The Golden District) Philadelphia’s hub of Latinx culture.
Current owner Reinaldo Meléndez bought the store in 2014 from the Gonzales family, who owned it for three generations.
Since 1998 a black-and-white photo has appeared every Monday in staff photographer Tom Gralish’s “Scene Through the Lens” photo column in the print editions of The Inquirer’s local news section. Here are the most recent, in color: