There might not be a Main Line were it not for Chester County.

That’s the impression Main Line Times unintentionally conveys with their “101 Reasons To Love The Main Line” cover story of their March 2015 edition that hit newsstands and mail boxes a couple of weeks ago.

The 32 Chester County venues, events, celebrities, parks and notable people included in Main Line Today’s “self-celebratory, tongue-in-cheek” list, as the monthly magazine’s Editorial Director Hobart Rowland described it, are as follows:

• 1. Hidden lakes including Leopard Lake in Berwyn
• 6. Book stores including Chester County Book Store and Baldwin’s Book Barn

  

• 8. Beer with dinner including Victory Brewing in Downingtown, Iron Hill (West Chester & Phoenixville) and an emerging beer scene in Kennett Square
• 12. Horse County as in Devon Horse Show and Radnor Hunt Club
• 13. Marsh Creek State Park
• 19. Train Stations in Paoli and Strafford
• 20. High caliber performing arts as found at People’s Light & Theater in Malvern
• 21. The Wyeths and the Brandywine River Museum
• 29. Walkable downtowns including West Chester and up-and-comers Downingtown, Kennett Square and Phoenixville
• 33. Celebs including Chubby Checkers and M. Night Shyamahan
• 37. Present day architects including Archer & Buchanan and Zimmerman
• 42. Playgrounds to kids ratio spotlighting East and West Goshen playgrounds
• 45. Longwood Gardens’ 1,077 acres of indoor/outdoor gardens

  

• 46. Campbell Soup heiress Dorrance “Dodo” Hamilton
• 52. Picturesque drives to Kennett Square
• 54. Great families including the Roberts’ and Haas’
• 56. Youth Soccer mania manifested in United Sports Center in West Bradford
• 57. Cozy B&B’s including Faunbrook B&B in West Chester.
• 59. Once sleepy Kennett Square
• 62. Live music venues including Phoenixville’s Colonial Theater.
• 64. Amtrak and the Paoli train station
• 70. YMCA’s including the Greater Brandywine YMCA
• 71. Paoli Hospital’s Maternity Center included as one of the great places to have a baby
• 77. Local Banks including Malvern Federal

  

• 79. Farmers’ Market in West Chester
• 81. Nudy’s Café and Classic Diner listed as good breakfast spots
• 85. Holiday Celebrations in West Chester and Kennett Square
• 88. Great places to wed included the Desmond Inn, Chaddsford Winery and the General Warren Inn
• 90. Valley Forge National Historical Park’s trails, sledding and history (too).
• 94. Local arts centers in West Chester
• 97. A wealth of antiques shops and shows including the Chester County Antique Show
• 99. Highland Orchard pick-you-own-orchard

Main Line Today’s entire list here.

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