North Philadelphia

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

https://vimeo.com/54979393] Nelly Maldanado often stands outside of his clothing store on the 2600 block of Germantown Avenue and reminisces about a time not long ago when businesses up and down the corridor flourished. Although Maldonado’s

https://vimeo.com/54976710] When Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn received the news that Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program wanted them to come to design a pair of large-scale projects, they immediately knew that it would be a once-in-a-lifetime

https://vimeo.com/54739297] When Darlene Lomax-Garrett became co-principal of Fairhill Elementary School at 601 W. Somerset St. last year, it wasn’t her first time around. Earlier in her career she had joined the school’s faculty to fill

The Providence Center has been joining a host of other organizations in the past several weeks to clean up Fairhill Square as part of Philadelphia’s “Love Your Park” campaign. “We’re watching out for the park,

Alice Santana gestured toward the vast open space stretching before her, a chilly underground area supported by towering cement pillars. It’s tough to imagine the basement of the Esperanza Center as home to any type

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

When John Piniat first came to Potter-Thomas Promise Academy in 2010 he knew that he had to make a positive impact on the students in one way or another. Piniat is a math coach at