The Hunting Park Master Plan is a drawn diagram resting in the second floor conference room of the Hunting Park Recreation Center. To the people of Hunting Park the illustration is more than a poster [continue reading…]
Design is everywhere. The clothes we wear, the cars we drive, and the buildings we work in all incorporate design in one way or another. In a society that has become increasingly dependent on cell [continue reading…]
[soundslide url=”https://smcsites.com/soundslides/uploads/fa1015_privitera_volvoslideshow” height=550 width=600] Volvo showcased a revamped 2011 S60 in dramatic fashion in King of Prussia. The purpose of the event, which was part of the “Naughty Volvo Tour,” was to give potential buyers [continue reading…]
On Kensington Avenue, housed between East Hagert and East Letterly streets, lies a small clubhouse with a big purpose. Last Stop Clubhouse serves as a recovery house for addicts from all walks of life. Walking [continue reading…]
Nestled among a mix of row homes, auto body shops and the Hunting Park Community Garden rests a small brick building, which might go unnoticed to passersby. But for 15 students who call the area [continue reading…]
Assembly required takes on a whole new meaning on a Saturday when 200 volunteers at the preschool at St. Stephen’s Church are unwrapping a very large present–piece by piece, box after box–in the middle of [continue reading…]
Ted Stones never thought he’d wake up to a private penal facility in his Germantown backyard. And the nightmare hasn’t stopped. After his Zoning Board appeal was denied, Stones was surprised to hear that developers [continue reading…]
There isn’t a business owner along Ogontz Avenue who doesn’t have an inside joke with Alfred Dorman. Dorman is the business district manager for the Ogontz Avenue Revitalization Corp., a nonprofit that was originally established [continue reading…]
Luvenia Black, 88, says the Philadelphia Senior Center is like her second home. She wakes up every day and rushes to get to get to the Senior Center at Broad and Lombard streets “like it’s [continue reading…]
Visitors gathered as early as 7 a.m. yesterday for the much-anticipated opening of SugarHouse Casino at 1002 Delaware Avenue. The casino expects two million visits annually, but despite the outward optimism many residents of Fishtown [continue reading…]
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