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Two big “reveals” – The Playground in AC and Duportail House in Chesterbrook

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It’s show time, folks. The Playground – Gladwyne developer Bart Blatstein’s big-gamble makeover of Caesar’s Pier Shops – officially opens in Atlantic City tonight.

Bart invited hundreds of his besties – me among them (although we hadn’t yet met) – to monkey around in The Playground at a VIP preview last night.

Beachy keen.

With six distinct live music venues under one roof, The Playground’s T Street is like your local multiplex: if you don’t like what’s playing in one spot, mosey on over to the next. (The walls are soundproof!)

Perfect for pre-gaming (and social climbing?) is the central Monkey Bar.

Guess what’s coming to the old Waterloo Gardens? (No, it’s not Devon Yard – yet)

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While Easttown Township mulls over Urban Outfitters’ latest plans for Devon Yard, another fashion enterprise is already moving in.

SAVVY Main Line has learned that the area’s biggest designer warehouse sale this side of Lilly Pulitzer will take place in the old Waterloo building this fall – marking the first time the lights will have been turned on since July 2012.

Setting up shop will be the Community Clothes Charity (CCC), a venerable non-profit that sells brand new and barely touched designer duds at super-low prices every October, with proceeds going to designated charities.

SAVVY shorts: White Dog unleashed in Haverford; Devon Horse Show reins triumphant

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Hot dawg! (Or Haute Dog, perhaps?)

My husband and I chowed down at the new White Dog Café in Haverford Square Saturday night – a top-to-tail overhaul of the former Du Jour Market.

Humanely raised, sustainable and sourced within 50 miles, the grub was doggone good.

But what truly had us panting was the inspired doggie décor.

Call it Marty’s Adventures in WoofWoofland (“Marty” being owner Marty Grims). White Dog Haverford is a whimsical world where kitchen colanders become chandeliers