Boxing for people with developmental delays is the latest endeavor inside this Tacony gym
Published Dec. 27, 2023, 5:00 a.m. ET
by Kerith Gabriel | The Philadelphia Inquirer
Costello’s Gym is the only boxing facility in the city to partner with Down to Box, a program created for people with Down syndrome to work on their coordination and mental focus.
It takes nearly the complete route of two SEPTA buses to get from West Philly’s Overbrook section to Torresdale Avenue in Tacony.
According to schedules, the trip takes no less than one hour and 36 minutes, one way. Cost? About $9 round trip — $2.50 plus an extra $2 to transfer one way.
It’s a ride Overbook native Marjorie Anderson knows all too well. It’s a route she took every Wednesday for nearly two months this summer after her car finally gave out. The trip wasn’t even for herself. It was to escort her daughter, Phoenix, to a one-hour boxing class each week, inside the Jack Costello Boxing Gym situated in what was previously a bank along a busy stretch of Torresdale Avenue…