https://vimeo.com/18395153] A $20 million redevelopment project was announced Wednesday that will transform upper Ogontz Avenue into Philadelphia’s “Gateway to the Northwest.” The plan is to make the transition from the suburbs to the city an [continue reading…]
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https://vimeo.com/18393104] Phi Le sits with his friends in the warm spring sun outside the Feltonville Recreation Center. Despite the weather, he sits and watches the kids play on the playground with a glum expression. He [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18391951] “You want to know what ‘WKG’ stands for?” said Dilson Mejia, a short, dark-haired seventh grader at Fairhill School. A classmate yanked on his gray hooded sweatshirt to quiet him. “It’s nothing,” he said. [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18391657] On an unseasonably chilly Wednesday several dozen residents began gathering in Germantown’s Vernon Park at 8 a.m. After signing their names to a list and receiving hand written numbers, these men and women brought [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18391449] A small coffee house called Mugshots could be the catalyst to revitalize a long suffering area of North Philadelphia. With the help of a $50,000 government grant left over from some stimulus money earmarked [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18391229] The Philadelphia city government initiative known as “ReStoring Philadelphia’s Economic Corridors” has been active in helping revitalize certain community commercial corridors sections since 2007. When launched three years ago, then-Mayor John Street and City [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18393301] Like many Americans, residents of Philadelphia’s Germantown section consider income tax season as the most dreaded time of year. In 2010, however, most U.S. citizens will enjoy an increased refund thanks to the Recovery [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18393503] An empty, 40-ounce bottle of Hurricane beer lays poolside at Monkiewicz Recreation Center in Port Richmond. This empty beer bottle is another sign of the lack of funding Philadelphia’s public swimming pools receive, impacting [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18395266] “There’s only so much I can do if they don’t even know how to click the mouse.” On a busy weekday afternoon at the Ramonita G. deRogriguez Branch of the Free Library located at [continue reading…]
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