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Amateur Sports

Kensington: Members of the Team Look Toward Their Futures

February 16, 2013

The Kensington Tigers ended their 2012 season with a matchup against Northeast High School in the blistering cold of a nor’easter. While the game ended in a loss and left the Tiger’s without a win

Kensington

Kensington: Funeral Mansion is a Staple Through Generations

February 15, 2013

[vimeo 59587492] In the heart of  Kensington  on the 3300 block of G Street stands an architectural oasis. Standing for over 100 years, the building is now the Guckin Funeral Mansion. The massive structure has not

Arts and Entertainment

Kensington: Art Gallery Celebrates Lives of Firefighters Past and Present

February 7, 2013

Hidden in a newly renovated warehouse at 2024 East Arizona St. is what artist Jesse J. Gardner likes to call the “best kept secret of Kensington.” On Sept. 11, 2011, in honor of the 10th anniversary of 9/11

Economy

Kensington: Deconstructed Building Left Abandoned and Hazardous

February 6, 2013

Roofless and deconstructed, a grey building on the 1900 block of E. Letterly St. is nothing more than a pile of bricks, metal frames and shattered material. What is shown on Google Maps of 1921

Environment

Kensington: Adopt-a-Block Initiative Tries to Clean Streets and Graffiti

January 30, 2013

Early this month, the New Kensington Community Development Corp. announced its Adopt-a-Block program, which will have residents act as neighborhood-cleaning ambassadors for certain blocks in Kensington. NKCDC is not only looking for individuals who reside

Featured Stories

Kensington: The Economics of Property Development Eliminates Many Residents

December 6, 2012

https://vimeo.com/54823752 Though homeownership is believed to be able to reduce crime and transform neighborhoods, the economic reality of housing in Kensington makes the goal of homeownership difficult for many to achieve. Nick Huynh, 43, is

Kensington

Kensington: The Economics of a Fractured Community

December 6, 2012

Longtime Kensington resident and self-described activist Jamie Moffett, 36, is working alongside fellow residents to use homeownership as a way to revitalize the neighborhood. Moffett’s initiative, Kensington Renewal, works to rehab blighted houses and turn

Kensington

Kensington: Church Faces Dire Financial Hardships

November 15, 2012

Joel Barnaby, 54, pastor of Greater Church of Philadelphia, is facing a financial crisis so great that it threatens to shut down the building and displace the congregation. The century-old building, located on the 2000

Featured Stories

Kensington: Scrappers Eke Out a Living

November 8, 2012

Scrapping metal is one of the few ways the homeless and very poor of Philadelphia are able to earn money daily. Nearly anything made of or containing metal, whether it is salvaged from trash and

Kensington

Kensington: One Block, Its People and Its Problems

October 18, 2012

[vimeo 51569957] A single block, bounded by Emerald, Willard, Jasper and Madison streets, is a microcosm of Kensington, representative of an entire neighborhood. Though at times it can feel pleasantly and uniquely far from the stark

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