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South Philly fish store is a hood landmark, sign of changing times

Thin Tham, a 46-year-old refugee from Vietnam, pounds a glass tank to rouse his arapaima gigas from the deep.

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Posted: Thu, Dec. 20, 2012, 12:00 AM

South Philly fish store is a hood landmark, sign of changing times

Daniel Denvir

City Paper

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