The Cobbs Creek area in West Philadelphia is located between Market Street, South 50th Street, Baltimore Avenue and Cobbs Creek Parkway. The neighborhood is approximately 1.5 square miles and home to about 42,673 residents. Cobbs [continue reading…]
[vimeo 80776295] It’s no secret that the School District of Philadelphia has fallen on hard times. The district has to work with the budget it has set and because of this budget there have been many [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…]
Cobbs Creek Park runs along the course of Cobbs Creek, which bounds West Philadelphia from Delaware County. Along 63rd Street, which becomes Cobbs Creek Parkway in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood, the park homes several recreation facilities [continue reading…]
Recent trends in the real estate in Cobbs Creek have realtors hopeful that the once-suffering market will be stable for a long period. “Compared to five years ago, it’s come up quite a bit,” said Yvonne [continue reading…]
Bundled up in a camel coat, a rainbow scarf and a tan hat, Faatima Edmonds held open the gate to the ice. “My baby’s pants are falling down!” she hollered across the ice to one [continue reading…]
Diane Newby has lived on the 6000 Block of Carpenter Street since 1972. “There aren’t many blocks like this here in the city, believe me,” she said. The quiet, tree-lined block in Cobbs Creek is notable for [continue reading…]
Located at 6148 Cedar Ave., the Community of Compassion Community Development Corp. is trying to do its part to make the neighborhood a better place to live. Some of the most important outreach programs, which [continue reading…]
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