Year: 2013

Artist Robert Woodward, better known as Peanut Butter, has worked from his studio at the corner of 18th Street and Fairmount Avenue since 2000. It was not until this past November that he put up

Named after the first African-American woman to sing at the White House, the Marian Anderson Recreation Center has been standing since 1958. Located at 740 S. 17th St., the rec center was once the home court

[vimeo 60263484] The Food Trust, a nationally recognized nonprofit, is making Philadelphia a healthier city one corner store at a time. Through The Healthy Corner Store Initiative, the Food Trust targets corner stores all over Philadelphia

Publicity will not be needed for condominiums currently under construction at Second and Oxford streets in South Kensington. “We haven’t advertised any of the buildings yet…because we have people lined up anyway. We’ll have it

It took a 1,700-mile move to Philadelphia for Texas native Kevin Grauke to write about his past. On Tuesday, the local author will read from his new book and discuss the process of writing and

When Charles Burke, a junior architecture major at Penn University, first heard about the Actual Value Initiative – the reassessment of every property in the city of Philadelphia done with the intention of rooting the

The St. Michael Roman Catholic Church in South Kensington plans to sell the vacant property it owns across the street. The building, located at Second and Jefferson streets, was once the St. Michael’s Business School,

The Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Center holds many nature programs for members of the community including the Junior Docent Program, which is set to start March 2. “Docents are highly trained guides. The guides that