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Home2014April

Month: April 2014

Environment

Old City: Coffee and Cleanups at United By Blue

April 15, 2014

United By Blue is a clothing store and café that focuses on keeping oceans and waterways clean and beautiful through community cleanups and sustainable business practices. While the storefront officially opened in the fall of

Casino

Casinos: SugarHouse to Expand as PA Slot Revenue Declines

April 15, 2014

In 2006, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board awarded SugarHouse Casino one of two gaming licenses for Philadelphia. SugarHouse, along with the now-defunct Foxwoods casino proposal in South Philadelphia, was set to become the first casino

Fishtown

Fishtown: Kids Rock Program Fills the Gaps in Musical Education

April 15, 2014

St. Michael’s Lutheran Church sits on a cobblestone drive at the corner of Trenton Avenue and Cumberland Street: traditional grounds for a not-so traditional band. Inside the church, up two flights of stairs you will

East Falls

East Falls: Falls Flowers Makes Things a Little Bit Greener

April 15, 2014

Sustainability shows that it can serve as the centerpiece for many aspects of urban life, enticing Philadelphians to stop and smell the roses. Falls Flowers, located at 3421 Conrad Street in East Falls, has been

Education

Technically Philly: Step IT Up America comes to Town

April 14, 2014

UST Global, a California-based information technology solutions company, chose Women’s History month to introduce its Step IT Up America campaign to Philadelphia. Step IT Up is a 12-week training program designed to teach minority women

Bridesburg

Bridesburg: Richmond Street Safer Than Numbers Show

April 14, 2014

This past year the residents of the Bridesburg community saw their neighborhood going downhill and the neighborhood watch leaders called a town hall style meeting. After the presence of a private police force came and

Bridesburg

Bridesburg: Food Pantry Provides Food and More

April 14, 2014

It all began with a vision. “I originally started out thinking I could feed the whole city,” said a smirking Florence Rodgers. Rodgers, the head coordinator of the Bridesburg Community Food Pantry, created the food

Arts and Entertainment

El Bloque de Oro: the Cultural Center of Latino Philadelphia

April 14, 2014 Neil D. Ortiz

Spending a day in “El Bloque de Oro” will have you thinking you’re in a tropical Caribbean island. Fake palm trees sit on every corner down North Fifth Street while store signs are read in

Amateur Sports

Center City: Wheelchair Rugby Gets Physical

April 14, 2014

As the crowd looked on with growing curiosity, the Magee Eagles Rugby team demonstrated what it is like to compete in one of the toughest sports. When you think of rugby, you normally think of

Uncategorized

Passyunk Square: Laundromat Owner Welcomes the Neighborhood

April 14, 2014

Lisa Budnick is a well-known businesswoman and community activist in her South Philly neighborhood. Budnick is the owner of Tenth Street Laundromat, located at the corner of 10th and Ellsworth streets. She began her business

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