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 [continue reading…]
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 [continue reading…]
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 [continue reading…]
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, [continue reading…]
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 [continue reading…]
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 [continue reading…]
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 [continue reading…]
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 [continue reading…]
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 [continue reading…]
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 [continue reading…]
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