Neighborhoods

Ever since he was a caddy for middle- and upper-class white men in 1950s, Roosevelt Wilmore has been in love with the game of golf. “You can call it a drug. Whatever it is, I’m [continue reading…]

[soundslide url=”https://smcsites.com/soundslides/uploads/fa1004strawberry_storefront_polling” height=550 width=600] A storefront, a banquet hall, an auto tag store and even private homes provide a venues for residents to vote in Strawberry Mansion and Brewerytown. These polling places may be less [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/17932058] The girls at Rizzo Police Athletic League (PAL) learned how notorious animal abuse has become and the harmful effects that come out of dog fighting through the help of Kim Wolfe, a social worker, [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/17930697] City and state officials gathered under a white canvas tent on the mud-covered corner of 31st and Diamond streets on Tuesday to celebrate the commencement of the Strawberry Mansion Townhomes project. The event featured [continue reading…]

In the basement of a Northeast Jewish Community Center, in an office no larger than a college student’s dorm room, six adult women operate a pantry aiding the effort to feed Philadelphia’s seniors. Meet Nina [continue reading…]

The pouring rain today drenched anything that might be left after a fire at the YWCA on Germantown Avenue next to Vernon Park. A local business owner said she thinks she knows who set the [continue reading…]

City Councilman Darrell L. Clarke’s office, a small, plain space found on the fourth floor of City Hall, is a bustling hub of activity. Staff members and concerned constituents shuffle in and out of the [continue reading…]

For close to 36 years, Mark Cohen has represented Pennsylvania’s 202nd District, which stretches like a belt across much of Northern Philadelphia east of Broad Street. Mable Windham has been with working with him for [continue reading…]