Northwest Neighbors Against Graffiti is a nonprofit organization focused on removing graffiti in and around the neighborhood with the help of community members. NAG, located at 7174 Ogontz Ave. in State Rep. Dwight Evans’ office, [continue reading…]
Covenant House opens its doors to troubled teenagers and young adults. Located at 31 East Armat St., this organization has been an outlet for youth with nowhere to turn since 2001. When an individual walks through [continue reading…]
The Big Blue Marble Bookstore, located at 551 Carpenter Lane in West Mount Airy, is the place where a group of women meet monthly to discuss books about women. The Women of the World Book [continue reading…]
Tucked away on the corner of 6600 Gratz St. is Zafir’s Barber Shop. This shop opened in April 2011, making it a new place right off Ogontz Avenue. Head barber Zafir Khalilulahh, 56, has been [continue reading…]
Louis Tallarico probably knows more about Manayunk than anyone else who lives there. Not only was he born and raised in the community he also owns a barber shop where he regularly receives all the gossip and [continue reading…]
Philadelphia Neighborhoods has launched a printed newspaper for Germantown. You can read it here at https://issuu.com/philadelphianeighborhoods/docs/germantownnews
https://vimeo.com/40886104] As human beings, we have our fair share of problems–physical, mental, emotional–we have it all. So what do we most commonly do when something goes awry within ourselves? We head to see a doctor, [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/41019209] Acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine are at least 3,000 years old. Last year, the National Institute of Health’s monthly newsletter noted more than three million adults in the United States alone use acupuncture. Until [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/40954689] Marie Perkins is a Germantown knows all too well the pains of violence in Germantown after living in the community for 42 years. Her 53-year-old son was robbed and gunned down in September 2011, [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/40669257] Vivian Nix-Early spends her Tuesday afternoons sitting on a bright, blue-carpeted floor surrounded by a handful of singing 4-year-olds. And she literally does not miss a note–singing everything from the participants’ names to the [continue reading…]
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