Just before the event, several major news outlets, including the Associated Press and Fox News, called Pennsylvania and the presidency for Joe Biden. Masks were few and far between on Saturday, when Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and campaign advisor Corey Lewandowski staged a defiant press conference in Four Seasons’ parking lot. “Fabric reusable masks are available on our merch page now,” the company wrote on its Facebook page. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. (SOUNDBITE OF EL TEN ELEVEN'S "POINT BREEZE")Ĭopyright © 2020 NPR. Some Philly runners are organizing a charity run from Four Seasons Total Landscaping to - you guessed it - the Four Seasons Hotel.įor NPR News, I'm Miles Bryan in Philadelphia. Is Rudy here?īRYAN: In a few weeks, Four Seasons aficionados will have another reason to visit the business. Z S JACOB: You wouldn't believe - I get at least 10, 15 phone calls a day. Jacob (ph), said he's getting a lot more interest than sales. The clerk working the shop on Tuesday, who gave his name as Z.S. The curiosity has even extended to Fantasy Island, the sex shop next door. GORDON: It's so funny and so just completely innocuous and random and, like, silly that it was kind of like a collective exhale.īRYAN: Four Seasons said in a Facebook post Tuesday it had already sold out of most of its merchandise and was pausing sales on most items until it can get them back in stock. She says she doesn't ever want to forget that strange half-hour on Saturday when a week's worth of election anxiety finally broke open. WENDY GORDON: I went for the classic with the company logo on it.īRYAN: Gordon is a Biden supporter. Wendy Gordon, a Philly expat living in D.C., ordered a T-shirt as soon as possible. Their merchandise features slogans like Make America Rake Again and Lawn and Order. It's rolled out a line of T-shirts, stickers and even face masks online. Since the weekend, though, the company has been prioritizing sales over politics. The owner has reportedly supported Trump in some personal social media posts but hasn't returned our request for comment. The moral of the story is, like, don't mess with Philly.īRYAN: It's still not entirely clear how the Trump campaign ended up here. GROBMAN: The closest that they could get into the city without being completely ran out is a landscaping shop right next to the prison. She's already ordered a Four Seasons T-shirt. She says the fact that the press conference ended up here - near a crematorium, a sex shop and a jail - speaks to what she loves about Philly. ZOE GROBMAN: We had a few free hours and were like, OK, we've got to fit this into our week.īRYAN: Zoe Grobman made the trek from across town with a buddy. MILES BRYAN, BYLINE: Before the Trump campaign chose Four Seasons Total Landscaping to stage its defiant press conference, it was just another business in this industrial part of Philadelphia. As WHYY's Miles Bryan reports, the landscaper is now cashing in on its newfound fame. The business was the location of a bizarre press conference last weekend where President Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, denounced Joe Biden's victory in Pennsylvania. The great city of Philadelphia has a new landmark, Four Seasons Total Landscaping.
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