Eyes Gallery is the shop located just next door to Jim's cheesesteaks on South Street, and it's a hard one to miss. The mirror and tile mosaic front is an eye catcher to all passers-by, and the interior is no disappointment to the ones who choose to step through the florescent pink front door.
Ask me what half the stuff in this place is, I couldn't tell ya, but the staff sure can and the ones I spoke to were very friendly and approachable. In fact, on most days the owner, Julia Zagar, herself is there and will tell you about her years spent in the Peace Corps with her husband in South America and how all this got started.
The building was once the home of Mrs. Zagar and her husband, Isaiah (Mr. Magic Gardens himself) so the walls, ceilings and floors display the unique mosaic folk art that Mr. Zagar is known for.
There's and upstairs and a downstairs and every inch is filled with South American textiles, Day of the Dead décor and carved, painted, or paper machéd nick nacks.
This is a shop that you could probably visit a hundred times and continually discover things you didn't see before. It's a great location for inspiration if nothing else!
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