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Kensington: Renewal Group Provides Housing and Better Community Relations

May 1, 2013

https://vimeo.com/65192696] Once nicknamed “the workshop of the world,” Kensington was a manufacturing district with business opportunity and thousands of jobs. As the factories closed, the jobs and residents decreased. Vacant homes began to line many

Kensington

Kensington: City Attempts to Fix Abandoned Building Problem

May 1, 2013

https://vimeo.com/65192329] Philadelphia is a city that is beleaguered with privately owned structures that have been either abandoned by its owners or are left to rot until property values are high enough to make a profit.

Housing

Axis Philly: Community Group Supports Use of Land Bank

May 1, 2013

The Women’s Community Revitalization Project has been working to help better the lives of women and their families living in North Philadelphia. One of the organization’s latest efforts is the Campaign to take Back Vacant

Health

Northeast: Family Raises Money for Cancer Patients

May 1, 2013

Saturday was a beautiful day for a lemonade stand. Sandra Stewart thanked everyone who came out to her daughter Corin’s Alex’s Lemonade Stand outside of Marinucci’s Deli on the corner of St. Vincent street and

Economy

Fishtown: Neighbors Concerned About Proposed Concert Venue

May 1, 2013

Property on North Delaware Avenue has been a hot commodity and one of the biggest projects on the horizon is the proposed Canal Street North project. The project’s proposal features a complex with bowling alley, a

Crime

Overbrook: Neighborhood Rivalries Left on the Court

May 1, 2013

https://vimeo.com/65152765] Neighborhood tensions between the three sub-communities of Hilltop, Wynnefield and Parkside are a part of life growing up in the Overbrook community. Where someone lives is where his or her identity is rooted. “They

Education

Overbrook: School Mergers Raise Concern for Youth Violence

May 1, 2013

[vimeo 65163182] As the school year comes to a close for students in the Philadelphia School District, some last days will be more somber than usual. The district’s plan to close 23 schools citywide, three of

Arts and Entertainment

Kensington: Volunteers are Main Faces Behind Habitat for Humanity ReStore

May 1, 2013

  https://vimeo.com/65098294] Habitat for Humanity ReStore, a second-hand retail outlet in Kensington, primarily donates back to the community by helping build homes. However, ReStore also gives back by giving individuals and organizations a platform for

Arts and Entertainment

Kensington: Habitat for Humanity ReStore Made Possible Through Donations

May 1, 2013

https://vimeo.com/65098295] Habitat for Humanity ReStore, set in a 19,000 square-foot warehouse, serves about 200 people per day. If it weren’t for non-monetary donations, the unique second-hand retail outlet in Kensington would not be able to

South Kensington

Plan Philly: South Kensington Business Owner May Lose Seven Properties

April 30, 2013

Mel Anthanasiadis, the owner of El Greco Pizza & Luncheonette, has been quite popular over the past year and a half. His struggle to keep his seven properties in South Kensington has been featured in

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