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Ridge Avenue: Hopes for Housing

June 10, 2009

The principal at John F. Reynolds Public School near Ridge Avenue see the transient nature of her students and their families as a significant problem for the children’s education.“We’ll have kids in September, they’ll leave

Ridge Avenue: Share A Blessing Ministry

June 5, 2009

It was 11:30 a.m. and people were waiting to to go inside Miller Memorial Baptist Church on North 22nd Street off Ridge Avenue. This isn’t uncommon for a Thursday afternoon because this is when the

Learning from the Dead: Laurel Hill Cemetery

May 14, 2009 charper

On Ridge Avenue—right before Strawberry Mansion hastily transforms into East Falls—on 78 acres of lush, tree-filled and flower-spotted land, sits the home of many important men and women. Their names aren’t always easily recognizable, but what