https://vimeo.com/20472647] An acupuncture clinic is something you might not expect to see in West Philadelphia but nestled on the third floor of an old firehouse building sits Philadelphia Community Acupuncture. It may be hard to [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18393319] As soon as it gets warm enough for backyard barbecues and water ice pushcarts, the tourists start coming to the Parkside community adjacent to Philadelphia’s sprawling Fairmount Park. These visitors arrive in droves, descending [continue reading…]
West Philadelphia: City’s Best Kept Art Secret https://vimeo.com/18392452] When you walk up to the Ellen Powell Tiberino Memorial Museum, it looks like any ordinary twin home on Hamilton Street in West Philadelphia. However, walk into [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18394756] Many individuals who need specialized medical treatment are forced to travel long distances to receive that treatment. Time as well as cost of travel can place even more strain on patients and their families. [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18391663] “The office is a mess,” Alice Manos says with a laugh. “It doesn’t usually look like this.” She stands off to the corner of the Spiral Q Theater office and pulls wires across the [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18391693] Brad Johns waits for the bus at the corner of 41st Street and Westminster Avenue, resigned to the long wait. From his perch at this stop on SEPTA’s long-term detour for bus routes 38 [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18393490] “Look, if you’re poor, we’ll give you food stamps. But if you don’t have a place to spend them, then what’s the point?” It’s a rainy Tuesday afternoon, and Jeff Brown is on a [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18394748] Making a critical decision to get a hair cut or pay a bill leaves many under close watch of how their money is spent. Current economic conditions are getting worse. Money has become tight [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18392467] The YES Program stands for Youth + Entrepreneurship = Success. The Enterprise Center is the facility that houses the After-School Executive Incubator Program. YES Program partnerships with seven surrounding Philadelphia Academy public schools. The [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18392424] For students, teachers, parents and the community, it was apparent that change was a must for the neighborhood’s local high school, West Philadelphia. In 2007, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer’s “School Report Card,” West’s [continue reading…]
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