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Arts and Entertainment

Spruce Hill: Hollywood Comes To West Philly As ABC Films Drama Pilot

April 4, 2014

Television crews occupied several blocks of Spruce and Locust Streets from March 11 to 17 as ABC filmed the pilot episode of its new drama TV series in and around a house on South 42nd

Spruce Hill

Spruce Hill: Resident Community Organizations Work Together to Help Neighborhood

April 2, 2014

Lee Huang has lived in Spruce Hill for 20 years. For 14 of those years, he has been a homeowner, and for nine years, a parent. He is also a member of the Spruce Hill

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Economy

Mantua: “Promising” a Supermarket in Mantua

April 2, 2014

Twenty two years ago, Mantua’s only grocery store, located on 34th Street, burned to the ground. Since then, the neighborhood has never had a grocery store to call its own, forcing those living there to

Economy

Lancaster Avenue: La Pearl Beauty Emporium Strives to Help Community

March 26, 2014 George W. Miller

La Pearl Beauty Emporium, located on the corner of 39th and Lancaster Avenue, is making strides to serve the West Philadelphia community. The salon, which opened its doors on Lancaster Avenue in 1996, recently held

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Arts and Entertainment

Overbrook: Papa Playground and Recreation Center Helps Youths

March 25, 2014

A staple of the Overbrook community, Papa Playground’s after-school program serves youth of all ages. The neighborhood recreation center strives to attain a safe and structured environment, while providing students with the tools to achieve

Economy

Lancaster Avenue: Community Discusses Future Of Community Landmark

March 25, 2014

Everyone’s seen it. Just a block into the Lancaster Avenue Commercial Corridor stands a sizable, brick red facade. Inside lay remnants of a rich past that most would never know. This structure, Hawthorne Hall, has

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Amateur Sports

Health Beat: Philly Girls in Motion Gets Young Ladies Up and Moving

March 24, 2014

https://vimeo.com/89371076] After a long career in sports – coaching, running fitness programs for two schools in the suburbs and teaming up with others to run a large basketball clinic in South Philadelphia – Beth Devine

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Cobbs Creek

Cobbs Creek: Boys’ Latin Challenges Students to Excel

March 18, 2014

A challenging curriculum and personal investment in the young men of the Cobbs Creek neighborhood is what Boys’ Latin of Philadelphia Charter School offers to its community. Located at 55th Street and Cedar Avenue, Boys’

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Cobbs Creek

Cobbs Creek: Library Programs Serve Community

March 17, 2014

On the triangle lot where Baltimore Avenue, 56th Street and Cobbs Creek Parkway meet sits a yellow building with murals painted on every side. This is the Blanche A. Nixon/Cobbs Creek Branch of the Free

Housing

Spruce Hill: Historical Society Votes ‘Yes’ On Mansion-Preserving Construction Plan

March 17, 2014

Members of the University City Historical Society voted unanimously to support a new proposal for construction on the historical mansion on the corner of 40th and Pine Streets. The proposal will allow for the preservation

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