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South Philadelphia: A Night with Cigars

September 14, 2010

The smoke screen of cigar clouds fill the room, as the neighbors of South Philadelphia gather for a night filled with poker games, free food and cigar puffing. This is how Twin Smoke Shoppe owner

Education

South Philadelphia: Fight Against Racial Discrimination Continues into New School Year

September 13, 2010

It may be a new school year for most, but one teacher didn’t clean up his room and redecorate for new students. Instead he spent his summer sitting in a storage closet waiting for answers.

Crime

Northeast: Devout Muslim Among Those Killed at Kraft Factory

September 10, 2010

Just hours after she died Tanya Wilson received a Facebook message from a friend about the popular game, Farmville, which Wilson apparently played online. That friend apparently did not know Wilson had been killed in

Amateur Sports

Lawncrest: Baseball and Boxing Serve Youth in the Community

June 29, 2010

With one of the more unique community athletics offerings in the entire Northeast, Heavy Hitta’s Boxing in Lawncrest has rapidly grown since the days in which its members sparred on the open field behind Lawncrest

Amateur Sports

Fox Chase: Making Sports Work for Kids

June 29, 2010

As youngsters, we rarely considered the time and effort that went into running the machine pitch baseball teams we played for, much less the work it took getting us runts to play a remotely coherent

North Central

North Central: A Community Pioneer Leads Major Theater Project

June 29, 2010

Revitalizing a building takes more than just millions of dollars and community support—it takes time. In Linda Richardson’s case, one revitalization took 15 years. As president of the Uptown Entertainment and Development Corp., Richardson has

North Central

North Central: The Uptown Theatre to Reopen on North Broad Street

June 29, 2010

[soundslide url=”https://smcsites.com/soundslides/uploads/su1013northcentraluptownss2″ height=550 width=600] On North Broad Street sits a relic of a different time, a time when segregation was the norm across America and black Philadelphia entertainers needed a place to showcase their talent.

Economy

West Philadelphia: The People of The Center For Culinary Enterprise

June 29, 2010

Marie Ali, an entrepreneur who started the catering business “Tastes Like More,” was forced to push her business to the side when she moved to West Philadelphia four years ago. “I was not able to

Economy

West Philadelphia: The Plan of The Center for Culinary Enterprise

June 29, 2010

As you walk south on 48thStreet, just passed Spruce, you’ll see a decrepit and vacant grocery store with a big sign in the window that says, “Coming Soon! Center for Culinary Enterprises.” This dilapidated building

Nicetown

Nicetown-Tioga: Unlicensed Cab Drivers Provide Alternative Transportation, Support Themselves

June 29, 2010

https://vimeo.com/18011949] A middle-aged man – he says he’s 40 – sits at the corner of Broad Street and Erie Avenue. He wears a black-and-gold fitted Los Angeles Lakers cap and a black T-shirt patterned with

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