Vacant lots are being transformed into contemporary townhouses as developer Lawrence Rust completes his plans for Spring Arts Point. Since coming up with the idea nine years ago, Rust used his background in construction to build homes closer to Center City for residents…. Read More

Fresh produce and homemade desserts are up for grabs every Friday at Julian Abele Park in Graduate Hospital.

Brought to you by The Friends of Julian Abele Park and the South of South Neighborhood Association (SOSNA), the Lancaster County-based food includes all sorts of fruits and vegetables, fruit pies, cookies, sticky buns, bread, eggs and flowers…. Read More

This school year the School District of Philadelphia is taking a long-term approach to savings and by doing so city schools face drastic budget cuts.

“There is just a bare bones budget where you have enough for the teachers and the facility,” said Angelina Williams, president of the J.R.… Read More

Spring Garden Elementary School and Julia R. Masterman Middle and High School are prime examples of schools working to combat recent budget cuts from the School District of Philadelphia. Parents, students and businesses are working together to  ensure the basic educational needs of students are met…. Read More

Mayor Michael Nutter wanted to raise additional money for schools by implementing the Actual Value Initiative in 2012. Now the mayor says AVI will be revenue neutral.

“The city is not ready to implement [AVI]. It doesn’t have all the data,” said Doerte Smith, a longtime resident and voter of Graduate Hospital…. Read More

The Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale moved into a new building at 1336 Spring Garden St. to expand its programming to include a girls’ choir and voice lessons.

The building has a ground floor with offices for its staff and an auditorium upstairs which the choir uses for practices…. Read More

Lawncrest-based Attack Mode Boxing  sent two fighters to compete Saturday at the Pennsylvania Golden Glove Regional Championships. The event was held at Derby Ink Gardens at 820 Spring Garden St. The two boxers who represented the gym were Kieran “The Hitman” Hooks, 18, and Marquis Dacres, 25…. Read More

The Spring Garden Street Greenway project has surpassed the urban planning phase and started the engineering stage. After a public engagement process the Pennsylvania Environment Council has decided on a preferred design for the greenway. If the project stays on schedule construction could begin as early as 2016…. Read More

The portion of North Broad Street which runs along side the Spring Garden neighborhood now hosts a business district with a variety of restaurants and residential properties. The addition of these establishments within the last decade has transformed the streetscape.

The idea of revitalizing North Broad Street was initially proposed by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission in 2005. The commission devised its Extending the Vision for North Broad Street plan which included proposals for the Spring Garden section of the street…. Read More

The primary election for the city’s chief financial auditor is May 21. There are two candidates on the forefront of AVI.

Incumbent Alan Butkowtiz said his office believes that there are more errors with property assessments under AVI than there were before…. Read More