The new Hunting Park baseball field that was scheduled to be opened last week won’t be dedicated until April 2012. After record-breaking rains in August with help from Hurricane Irene, as well as the remnants [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/25515492] Kristin Gavin has seen the improvement in front of her eyes. The atmosphere inside ‘The Bikery,” located at Fifth and South streets, was light and full of enthusiasm on a humid Friday morning in [continue reading…]
The last thing anyone would expect to see in West Philadelphia would be a Fencing academy. But the unexpected is always possible. Located at 3519 Lancaster Avenue is the Fencing Academy of Philadelphia. Fencing isn’t [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/25145585] When one thinks of a dynasty, many names come to mind. The Steelers of the ’70s and ’90s Cowboys and of course the Yankees at any given time immediately pop into the sports [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/25104739] Providing instruction on playing baseball while also emphasizing the importance of education is the pitch of the Jackie Robinson League. This entity created in 1993 is apart of The Philadelphia Youth Organization that was [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/25038119] The women from New Directions Inc., who participate in Gearing Up’s bike rides on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, have unique backgrounds, stories and motivations, but they have all fallen in love with biking as [continue reading…]
Saturday afternoons during the summer at the baseball field of Samuel Recreation Center have been the same for generations. Many families with young sons in the community come out to see their kids compete against [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/24883652] The Bustleton Bengals Club is one of many sports organizations for boys and girls in Northeast Philadelphia. The club continues to live out its mission that began in 1956. Past President and parent Vince [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/24759625] When Jesse Frank, CEO of Whirled Peace in Manayunk, saw one of his store’s frozen yogurt cups lying in the street, he stopped his car and picked it up. For a business that prides [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/24364494] The old adage of “Don’t judge a book by its cover” is evident at The Body Rock Boot Camp and Executive Training Gym in Powelton Village on Lancaster Avenue near 38th Street. It’s easy [continue reading…]
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