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Home2018December

Month: December 2018

East Falls

East Falls: Playspace In The Works For McMichael Park

December 11, 2018Lindsay Hargrave

Outside of Fairmount Park, one might be surprised to hear there is a six-acre plot of land in East Falls that remains completely natural and undeveloped. But within the neighborhood, there is a great deal

Environment

Powelton Village: Park Cleanup Initiative Brings Both Community And University Students Together

December 10, 2018Kaicey Baylor and

Love Your Park, a citywide initiative to keep Philadelphia’s parks clean, had it’s fall cleanup Saturday morning on Nov. 11 at Saunders Park on 39th Street and Powelton Avenue. Community members and Drexel University students

Environment

Bartram’s Garden: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Plants Opportunities For People Leaving Prison

December 6, 2018Kaicey Baylor and

Darnell Drayton didn’t know anything about landscaping or gardening before joining the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s (PHS) Roots to Re-entry program. Drayton (pictured above) just wanted something to do while in prison. “I didn’t want to

Amateur Sports

Kensington: Local Boxer Shares Gift With Community

December 5, 2018Zuri Hoffman

With years of boxing experience under his belt, 18-year-old Branden Pizarro is making a name for himself as the youngest professional boxer in Pennsylvania. He’s been featured on Showtime’s ShoBox: The New Generation and now has

Housing

Mt. Airy: Zoning Issue Puts Spotlight On Development In Community

December 4, 2018Michaela Althouse and

Cresheim Road resident Ginny Barnwell had no idea she needed to be concerned after a local construction company bought two homes a few doors from her in February. Barnwell, who’s lived on the 7000 block

Neighborhoods

Have A Question About Your Philadelphia Neighborhood? Get Your Answer Here

December 3, 2018Gillian McGoldrick

Since we launched in 2003, Philadelphia Neighborhoods has done what the mainstream media has not: sent journalists to tell stories in each neighborhood in the city. These students have been trying to tell the untold

Government

Overbrook Farms: Community Members Memorialize, Demonstrate At New Wilson Goode Sign

December 3, 2018Pariss Briggs and

On the 2400 block of North 59th Street, just below the newly named W. Wilson Goode Sr. Way, stands a four-foot-tall shrine that reads, “To honor former Mayor W. Wilson Goode Sr. with a street,

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