Cedar Park

With the $304 million deficit facing the Philadelphia School District this year, music education was among the first programs to get cut. However, one special after school program is encouraging students to play on. Play [continue reading…]

These days, it’s hard to get much out of a dollar, especially in an urban area such as Philadelphia. Then again, a dollar can still cover a good bargain on certain occasions. During the Baltimore Avenue [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/68260053] On the corner of 48th Street and Baltimore Avenue is a building which has undergone more changes, and has a far richer history, than many of its current residents may know. Calvary United Methodist Church [continue reading…]

The changing of seasons can mean many different things, but to West Philly Tool Library, it means a change of inventory. “This time of year we have a lot of gardening tools,” said Kathleen O’Donnell, [continue reading…]

Like many businesses on Baltimore Avenue, those in Cedar Park often use social media to reach out to customers and to promote the arts. Tools like Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare can be particularly useful to [continue reading…]

When most people think of social media, they tend to think of their own pages or accounts including how to use these platforms to build new relationships or reconnect with those they’ve lost contact with. [continue reading…]

Tucked away on the 4700 block of Baltimore Avenue is Books Through Bars, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to distribute new and used books to the incarcerated throughout Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic states. Tommy [continue reading…]

Traditionally, yard sales are a way to make a quick buck and get rid of unwanted items around the house. And consistent with tradition, the recent event in the 4500 block of Osage Avenue had [continue reading…]