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Old City: Where You’re Never Too Spoiled

June 16, 2016 Gabrielle E Vinogradov 0

Rene Galvin opened Never Too Spoiled in 2008 as a seasonal shop in Atlantic City’s Historic Gardner’s Basin. Galvin opened the small storefront mostly to run Internet sales out of but after falling in love with it, she […]

Featured Stories

Old City: Animals Go From PAWS to Pethood

June 6, 2016 Gabrielle E Vinogradov and Allison Christine Clark 0

In 2006, the Philadelphia Animal Care and Control Association (PACCA) euthanized 90 percent of the animals that were brought to them. In an effort to ratify the high frequency of euthanasia and provide a better alternative, […]

History

Queen Village: How Residents Helped Create the First Conservation District

January 19, 2016 pnadmin 0

It all started because there were too many garages in Queen Village. According to the co-chair of the Queen Village Neighbors Association zoning committee, Michael Hauptman, it was around 2006 or 2007 when the neighborhood started […]

Center City

Society Hill: Giving Back to the Community Through Dancing

June 15, 2015  0

In a space that was once considered a place that would never work, the Society Hill Dance Academy has been providing the gift of dance to the community for almost 13 years. Founded in 2002 […]

Recent Posts

  • West Philadelphia: Councilmembers and Citizens Call on Wealthy Nonprofit Institutions to Pay Fair Share of Taxes
    April 20, 2021 Jesse Bunch 0
  • Kensington: Developer Seeks to Build Multiuse Property on American Street
    April 19, 2021 Thomas Nemec 0
  • Amateur Sports: In the Midst of the Pandemic, One Sport Thrived
    April 16, 2021 Dylan J. Fritz 1
  • Northeast: Nonprofit Expands Services as Pandemic Continues
    April 15, 2021 Philadelphia Neighborhoods 0
  • Purple flower grows off vine.
    Environment: How One Organization is Working Toward Building a Greener City
    April 14, 2021 Abigail Margaret Newham 0
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