Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti Catholic High School has been head coach Carl Arrigale’s only high school basketball home during the time he’s been involved with the sport. “Neumann is the only place I’ve ever [continue reading…]
There are very few political discussions that imagine Star Wars characters as Syrian refugees or compare Donald Trump to Jabba The Hutt. However, at 1812 Productions’ administrative office located in the Whitman section of South [continue reading…]
In 2015, Point Breeze has witnessed a seasonal pop-up beer garden and a bistro opening in the neighborhood where change is no longer just in housing development. As a neighborhood gentrifies, businesses follow suit. The Point Breeze [continue reading…]
In recent years, the Philadelphia city government has undertaken many infrastructure changes to make the city more amenable to bicycle traffic and commuters. Policy makers have implemented bicycle only traveling lanes on major thoroughfares, constructed [continue reading…]
As the temperatures dropped, local gardeners came out in droves to clean up their community garden before hanging up their racks, hoses, pruners and shovels for the season. The Southwark Queen Village Community Garden hosted [continue reading…]
The Design Movement is a home decor store located at 1229 Point Breeze Ave., and features a variety of vintage pieces and local artists’ artwork. The store held its grand opening Oct. 23. Sarah Raiburn (above), the [continue reading…]
It’s a busy Monday morning at Andrew Jackson Elementary School in South Philadelphia when two kindergarteners walk into the front office, one with wet pants. As the little boy begins to tearfully explain how he [continue reading…]
In 2011, The Philadelphia Water Department set off on a 25-year initiative known as “Green City, Clean Waters.” The plan was straightforward in theory – reduce stormwater pollution entering Philadelphia’s sewer system through the use of [continue reading…]
Tyrique Glasgow is thirty-two years old and has 11 bullets lodged in his body. One of his front teeth is missing from fleeing a gunfight that broke out near his childhood home. Adolescence could have killed [continue reading…]
Some days, Sylvester Cooper, spends seven consecutive days at work, cooking and serving breakfast, lunch and dinner to the men at Ready, Willing and Able on Bainbridge Street. Cooper, 55, is a kitchen supervisor at RWA but [continue reading…]
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