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Home2013

Year: 2013

Center City

Citywide: The Underrated Army of Block Captains

December 4, 2013

They pick up trash. They sweep the streets. They turn vacant lots in to community gardens, organize block parties, and keep crime in check on more than 6,000 blocks throughout the city. And they don’t

Arts and Entertainment

Bell Vista: Food Tour Serves Up a Taste of South Philly

December 3, 2013

Food enthusiasts got their fill while on the Ethnic Eats Food Tour as they tasted the unique flavors that make up the Bella Vista neighborhood. Run by City Food Tours, the tour took hungry attendees

Featured Stories

Graduate Hospital: Just Throw It In The Street

December 3, 2013

For the past three years straight, Philadelphia was named one of America’s dirtiest cities in Travel + Leisure magazine. Public trash might be one of the least glamorous topics known to mankind but imagine how

Center City

City Hall: Perceived Distrust Factored Into Failure of NID

December 2, 2013

As Temple University’s students have continued to move further into the area around the college’s North Philadelphia campus, residents have increasingly complained about the constant noise and trash generated by students and developers. In response,

Featured Stories

Spruce Hill: African Immigrants Struggle to Navigate City’s Healthcare System

December 2, 2013

An immigration boom in 2000 helped turn the Baltimore Avenue corridor into a hub for African businesses. Spruce Hill has dozens of restaurants while Woodland and Chester avenues are peppered with African and Caribbean grocery

Featured Stories

Technically Philly: Digipuppets Offer a Fun Way of Learning on Tablets

December 2, 2013

As the age of smartphone and tablet users continues to get younger, app developers are scrambling to produce age-appropriate content. Although there are many players in the youth educational app world, none seem to integrate

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Arts and Entertainment

Point Breeze: Philadelphia Youth Music Partnership Presents Opportunities to Youths

December 2, 2013

On the exterior, Wilson Park Apartments may not look any different than the dozens of other project housing units owned by the Philadelphia Housing Authority but as the saying goes, looks can be deceiving. During

Amateur Sports

Francisville: Morris To Be Honored at Madison Square Garden

December 2, 2013

Big 5 Hall of Famer and current Saint Joseph’s Prep boy’s basketball coach William “Speedy” Morris will receive the Eastern College Athletic Conference Lifetime Achievement Award on December 7th at Madison Square Garden “Anytime you

Amateur Sports

Center City: Thousands Run for Brain Tumor Awareness

November 27, 2013

In August of 2010, the Leonard family was dealt a blow that nobody had seen coming. Jeffrey, who graduated from Lower Moreland High School in 2002, had been diagnosed with a brain tumor and needed

Amateur Sports

West Philadelphia: West Catholic’s Winning Culture

November 27, 2013

The West Catholic High School football has done it again. The Burrs have won an eighth, consecutive Catholic League title and now words like dynasty and tradition come to mind in West Philadelphia. Head Coach

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