Neighborhoods

It may seem like it is taking a while for the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) to issue Philadelphia’s second gaming license, but the wait is nothing that the city has not been through before.

When Kristie Bergey first started her business 10 years ago, it was somewhat out of spite. She had spent 20 years working as a national retailer and was simply not satisfied with where she was.

St. Michael’s Lutheran Church sits on a cobblestone drive at the corner of Trenton Avenue and Cumberland Street: traditional grounds for a not-so traditional band. Inside the church, up two flights of stairs you will

Sustainability shows that it can serve as the centerpiece for many aspects of urban life, enticing Philadelphians to stop and smell the roses. Falls Flowers, located at 3421 Conrad Street in East Falls, has been

This past year the residents of the Bridesburg community saw their neighborhood going downhill and the neighborhood watch leaders called a town hall style meeting. After the presence of a private police force came and

It all began with a vision. “I originally started out thinking I could feed the whole city,” said a smirking Florence Rodgers. Rodgers, the head coordinator of the Bridesburg Community Food Pantry, created the food

Spending a day in “El Bloque de Oro” will have you thinking you’re in a tropical Caribbean island. Fake palm trees sit on every corner down North Fifth Street while store signs are read in

The stretch of Germantown Avenue that makes up Chestnut Hill’s main business district is home to many family owned and operated businesses. The Chestnut Hill Business Association represents more than 125 shops and restaurants in