Year: 2018 - Page 2 - Philadelphia Neighborhoods

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

Hunting Park and Fairhill: Community Leaders Combat Opioid Epidemic With Their Own Hands

November 30, 2018Greta Anderson

Community members in Hunting Park and Fairhill are no longer waiting for the city to resolve the dire opioid epidemic and its residual effects that impact the health and safety of their neighborhoods. Leaders are

East Falls: Friends of Mifflin, Principal Work Together To Drive Community Involvement

November 27, 2018Geneva Heffernan

Wind howled and rain pelted down on East Falls, but inside the warm gymnasium at Thomas Mifflin Elementary School, smiling children ran around in colorful costumes to the sound of popular tunes put on by

North Philadelphia: Promoting Literacy To Parents And Children In Unlikely Places

November 26, 2018Dee Patel and Christopher Malo

A shave, a haircut … and a good book? A North Philadelphia barber shop is part of a program to help increase literacy and help strengthen the community. Jasmond Schoolfield, better known as “Jazz the