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Strawberry Mansion: John DiSciascio Creates a Community of Caretakers

September 20, 2011 0

On a Tuesday evening in Fairmount Park, John DiSciascio sits scribbling away on a piece of paper propped against a clipboard, writing to a friend. “He’s away so I’m having everyone write a little something [continue reading…]

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Strawberry Mansion: A School Crossing Guard Brings Joy to the Neighborhood

September 15, 2011 3

Charlene Anderson, better known as Grandma Char, is truly a light of hope to the people around her. She encourages drug addicts to come clean, acts as a guardian to troubled children and says kind [continue reading…]

Education

Strawberry Mansion: Leslie Pinckney Hill Elementary School Gets Ready For New School Year

September 9, 2011 0

Back to school mayhem has begun but teachers at Leslie Pinckney Hill Elementary School are ready for the new year. “I am very excited, I love shopping for school supplies,” said Geralyn McGinty, a second-grade [continue reading…]

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Strawberry Mansion: Philly Fights Childhood Obesity

April 12, 2011 2

https://vimeo.com/22180314] Early in the morning at 28th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue a school crossing guard looked perplexed when asked where the corner store was. The look on her face seemed to ask, “Where [continue reading…]

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Strawberry Mansion: Easing the Minds of the Neighborhood

February 10, 2011 2

Tucked away in upper Strawberry Mansion at 28th and Dauphin streets is the local branch of Community Mental Health and Retardation or COMHAR, Inc.  Since 1975, this system of outpatient mental health clinics have been [continue reading…]

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Strawberry Mansion: Mrs. Palmer of Diamond Street

December 22, 2010 2

Mrs. Palmer Hall’s life is an exercise in patience–patience that her tenants will eventually pay rent, patience that she will eventually get rid of the tenants who plague the building she owns, and patience that [continue reading…]

Economy

Strawberry Mansion: Residential Expansion Projects Replace Blight

December 9, 2010 6

“I call this particular site here ‘one stop,’” Lenora Jackson-Evans beams from her seat at the Strawberry Mansion Community Development Corporation’s conference table. “We try to do whatever we can for the neighborhood as a [continue reading…]

Featured Stories

Strawberry Mansion: Health and Happiness Thanks to Golf

November 9, 2010 2

Ever since he was a caddy for middle- and upper-class white men in 1950s, Roosevelt Wilmore has been in love with the game of golf. “You can call it a drug. Whatever it is, I’m [continue reading…]

Brewerytown

Brewerytown: Voters Cast Their Ballot in Less Traditional Venues

November 5, 2010 0

[soundslide url=”https://smcsites.com/soundslides/uploads/fa1004strawberry_storefront_polling” height=550 width=600] A storefront, a banquet hall, an auto tag store and even private homes provide a venues for residents to vote in Strawberry Mansion and Brewerytown. These polling places may be less [continue reading…]

Economy

Strawberry Mansion: New Project Seeks to Revitalize Neighborhood

October 20, 2010 1

https://vimeo.com/17930697] City and state officials gathered under a white canvas tent on the mud-covered corner of 31st and Diamond streets on Tuesday to celebrate the commencement of the Strawberry Mansion Townhomes project. The event featured [continue reading…]

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