Though it may seem like an ordinary Pilates studio, Pilates in Germantown is the unlikely home to Germantown’s symbolic logo. Owner Jeffrey Smith bought the rights to the design in order to save its significance [continue reading…]
Michael Blackwell recently purchased the building that once housed Dahlak Restaurant and Bar at 5547 Germantown Ave. He’s been in the real estate market for four years and says he’s flipped close to 100 properties [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/25038119] The women from New Directions Inc., who participate in Gearing Up’s bike rides on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, have unique backgrounds, stories and motivations, but they have all fallen in love with biking as [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/25634615] John Phillips has been a part of Philadelphia’s landscape for 30 years, but his work is best when you never know he was there. From working on the Washington Monument and Rocky statue in [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/24794312] Imagine a place surrounded by stark urban blight where you hear the bright sounds of music, laughter of children and see engaging artwork, such as shiny mosaics and colorful murals, on all the walls around [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/24843888] The fact that a German immigrant founded Germantown may seem common knowledge, but the various layers of Francis Daniel Pastorius’ legacy are often overlooked. While a monument in honor of Pastorius is positioned along [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/24838895] Gwen Hardeman, a former drug addict, received the Gearing Up Bicycle Ambassador award this weekend and a brand new Fuji mountain bike at the 2011 TD Bank Philadelphia International Liberty Classic bike race, in [continue reading…]
Only a few years ago, 215 E. Penn St. was an abandoned lot, overrun by 15-foot bushes and weeds. Now it’s a half-acre farm in the city. The Germantown Kitchen Garden practices local agriculture, [continue reading…]
Sunday evening was a night filled with musical festivities and poetry at the Bread and Cup Coffeehouse at 35 W. Chelten Ave. The coffeehouse, hosted by the First Presbyterian Church, has been held for the [continue reading…]
On an unseasonably hot spring morning just before the clock strikes noon and temperatures already scorching 96 degrees many people are avoiding the outdoors. But for sidewalk entrepreneurs Marie and Greg Ford, enduring the sweltering [continue reading…]
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