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Powelton Village: 16th Police District Hosts Town Hall Meeting on Crime and Safety

February 20, 2020 Keami Sullivan 0

The 16th District  of the Philadelphia Police Department hosted a town hall meeting at the Dornsife Center on Drexel’s campus on Feb. 18 to address concerns of residents in the area. Hosted by Capt. Christine […]

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Powelton Village: Visually Impaired Residents Thrive at Assisted Living Facility

April 19, 2019 Grace Shallow and Dylan Long 0

Russell Smith spent his childhood taking care of horses and milking cows on his family’s farm in Virginia. His father nicknamed him “Cowboy” for the work he did. At 62 years old, he’s still known […]

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Powelton Village: Cooking and Learning at Drexel University’s Dornsife Center

June 6, 2017 James McCormick 0

On the first night of June, residents from Powelton Village and Mantua attended a cooking class at Drexel University’s Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships, at Dornsife’s Community Wellness Hub. The cooking instruction was led by Alyssa […]

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Powelton Village: A Neighborhood In Transition

May 9, 2016 Thomas D Reifsnyder and Joaquin Kree Jones 0

Usually when a person’s name is drawn from a hat, they gain something. But when Linn Washington had his name called hours before one of Philadelphia’s most controversial events, he almost lost his head. Literally. […]

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Powelton Village: Lancaster Mews Gets Historic

November 17, 2015 pnadmin 0

Lancaster Mews, a row of apartments and businesses on the 3600 block of Lancaster Avenue will keep its 19th century architecture after a city commission ruled on its importance. Last month, sites around the city were […]

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Powelton Village: Seth Goren and a Legacy of Jewish Community Service

September 21, 2015 pnadmin and Melissa A Steininger 0

Rabbi Seth Goren is determined to help fix the world. The Mt. Airy native and son of a union organizer is no stranger to the fight for social justice. We sat down with him at […]

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West Powelton: Bernadine Hawes Says, “We Try to Create Great Citizens of Philadelphia.”

February 17, 2015 Paul Klein 0

Bernadine Hawes is a Washington D.C. native who moved to West Philadelphia in 1972 to get her master’s degree in Medical Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. She has since been a very active member […]

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Powelton Village: As School Libraries Close, a Non-Profit Fills the Void

January 27, 2014  0

[vimeo 80776295] It’s no secret that the School District of Philadelphia has fallen on hard times. The district has to work with the budget it has set and because of this budget there have been many […]

Environment

Powelton Village: Local Organization Helps Men in Search of Recovery

December 23, 2013  0

At first glance, the 3300 block of Powelton Avenue looks to be just another block filled with student housing for nearby Drexel University students. Every house looks almost identical. The first house on the block […]

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Powelton Village: New Sculpture Beautifies 40th Street

November 5, 2013  0

The People’s Emergency Center‘s mission is to nurture families, strengthen neighborhoods and advance change in West Philadelphia. “One of the suggestions, which came out of our recent neighborhood planning process, was the desire to turn up […]

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