After several years of incubation, Philadelphia’s technology and design community has been officially commemorated by the City of Philadelphia with the renaming of North Third Street to “N3RD Street.” N3RD Street is a play on [continue reading…]
After a year of successful development on Philadelphia’s historic Lancaster Avenue, the community is gearing up for another round of summer events and property developments to build upon the neighborhood’s flourishing arts and culture scene. [continue reading…]
The past year has brought a lot of hope to Lancaster Avenue’s commercial corridor. The historic street has been seeing a lot of growth with the addition of new businesses and the creation of community [continue reading…]
When yoga aficionado and newly certified teacher, Justine Bacon visited the Black Swan Studios in Austin, Texas last summer, she found budding business style that lacked a presence in Philadelphia. Black Swan, like several other [continue reading…]
Lancaster Avenue has been the home of many exceptional people and the stage for notable historical moments. This flourishing community is filled with hidden gems and great minds looking to contribute to their community. The [continue reading…]
All communities have them – that market that’s been around forever or the construction company that has built half of the homes in the area. Family owned businesses make up a key part of a [continue reading…]
What is the Delaware Extension Avenue Project? According to residents of Bridesburg, something that will better the community as a whole. “It’s been a long time coming,” says resident Dawn Wafalowski. In March, members of [continue reading…]
It may have once been just a childhood game, but rock, paper, scissors has transcended into adulthood. Throughout the world, people – specifically adults – still play rock, paper, scissors, albeit a bit more competitively. [continue reading…]
Rock, Paper, Scissors may seem like a childish game to most people but for the members of the Pabst Blue Ribbon Philadelphia Rock Paper Scissors City League Championship Series, it is a very serious endeavor. [continue reading…]
David Silver founded the Silver Basketball league back in 2007 with initial success. Three years later, he relocated to Vancouver for work, leaving a void in the league’s leadership. And in stepped Michael Carrier. Carrier, [continue reading…]
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