When Thomas Adams was just a child, he was frequent witness to his mother’s ferocious fights with her boyfriend. Adams, now a Marine Corps veteran, was so afraid that his mother would be hurt that [continue reading…]
Philadelphia made a name for itself as a skateboarding city when skaters discovered LOVE Park in the 1980s. Center City’s LOVE Park (below), officially named JFK Plaza, was outlined by city planner Edmund Bacon and [continue reading…]
Visit any of the few skate parks in Philadelphia and one thing is immediately apparent: many skateboarders aren’t wearing helmets or protective pads. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Pennsylvania is one of [continue reading…]
This post is part of a series covering an educational trip planned by University of Pennsylvania students for the men and women enrolled in the Veterans Upward Bound program. You can find more information here [continue reading…]
This post is part of a series covering an educational trip planned by University of Pennsylvania students for the men and women enrolled in the Veterans Upward Bound program. You can find more information here and [continue reading…]
Being a teenager in high school is complicated, but being a teenager in a Philadelphia public school can been even more challenging. Trying to juggle classes, homework, a personal life and then college applications on [continue reading…]
With the high costs of driving and maintaining a car in the city, Philadelphians have started to opt for a environmentally safe and healthy choice for transportation: biking. Road rage and pesky searches for parking can [continue reading…]
The Pennsylvania School for the Deaf (PSD) located in the Germantown section of Philadelphia is a school unlike most others. The school, which specializes in teaching students who are hard of hearing or deaf, is one [continue reading…]
More than 100 people silently dropped to the ground in 30th Street Station’s main concourse at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday and then marched out in solidarity to protest a recent string of decisions many are [continue reading…]
From England to Philadelphia to Germantown: A Lineage As the Stackhouses look over their flourishing Germantown garden, a small woodpecker stops to perch on a birdhouse nearby. Rare birds and hungry squirrels wander in and [continue reading…]
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