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University City: Where Diverse Tastes Meet Ethnic Cuisine

June 20, 2018Serenity Bishop and

University City not only has an eccentric personality from its local shops and architecture, it also provides an array of restaurants. Within just a few blocks, University City provides ethnic cuisine ranging from Japanese and

Food: Five Community Gardens Enriching Philadelphia

June 19, 2018Pukanecz Savannah and

Community gardens are spreading like weeds throughout Philadelphia. These beautiful green spaces ensure sustainable, fresh produce in a concrete jungle and provide a refreshing feel to a metropolitan area. Not only do these open spaces

Chinatown: Asian Americans United Leads Youth Engagement Projects

June 19, 2018Moran Erin and

Asian Americans United hosts and organizes a variety of civic engagement programs and events, most of which are largely facilitated by youth volunteers. But one woman, Teresa Engst, helps organize and train the young volunteers

Southwest: The Rewards of Helping a Community Grow

June 18, 2018Brianna Cicero and

Donna Henry loves the feeling of helping someone in a tough situation. It’s part of why she loves working for the Southwest Community Development Corporation. She first went to the Southwest CDC for a position

Fishtown: Owner Vipul Patel Opened The City’s First Legal Marijuana Dispensary

June 14, 2018Jake Gibbons and

Behind tinted storefront glass and an intercom-locked door, lies Vipul Patel’s vision: spotless walls and slick flooring, flanked by flat screen displays and colored bleach-white, with a painstakingly grown ivy backdrop behind the front desk.

Point Breeze: Five Ways to Enjoy Point Breeze

June 13, 2018Tracie Thompson and

Coffee shops and barber shops that double as art venues, an outdoor eatery with a sardine can hanging from the side of the restaurant, murals scattered along the sides of buildings and city views worth

West Philadelphia: Keith Newman Doing Right By Students At Paul Robeson High School

June 8, 2018Serenity Bishop and

The Dean of Students at Paul Robeson High School for Human Services, Keith Newman, strives each day to connect with 312 students through restorative practices. Robeson offers citywide enrollment to students from all over Philadelphia

Fishtown: Pastor Eric Dorsey Treats The Person, Not The Issue

June 7, 2018Jake Gibbons and

Pastor Eric Dorsey is the director of the Philadelphia Brotherhood Mission Ministries shelter project at the corner of Columbia and East Girard avenues in Fishtown. For the past four years, Dorsey has continued an endeavor

Latinx: Seven Places You Can Find Dominican Chimis

June 5, 2018Freixys Casado and

Not to be confused with the Argentinian sauce Chimichurri, the Dominican Chimichurris is an after-party must. Originating in the Dominican Republic, the Chimi is a burger-like specialty sold out of panel trucks in corners of

Spring Garden: Green Street Church Adapted into Chapel Lofts

May 25, 2018Perez Maryvic

When Isaac and Rose Miller arrived to Philadelphia in 1986, they were originally looking for a historic district to buy a home from. After seeing the Spring Garden neighborhood in a book about restored historic