COVID-19
Passyunk: Director of Business Improvement District on Helping Local Retailers Weather Pandemic
Adam Leiter answers questions on how the East Passyunk Avenue has handled COVID-19. [continue reading…]
South Philadelphia
COVID-19
COVID-19: Lascala’s Birra is Just One Passyunk Business Adjusting to Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted small business sectors across the city, and East Passyunk Avenue is no different. Businesses along the avenue have lost revenue due to the pandemic with fewer people traveling through [continue reading…]
COVID-19
Sports: Phandemic Crew Offers Solace and Unity for Phillies Fans
The Phandemic Krew spent the entire baseball season outside of Citizens Bank Park, helping baseball fans cope with COVID-19 and sporting events without spectators. [continue reading…]
Community Meetings
South Philadelphia: GRASP Introduces Residents to Political Candidates
Community organization brings political candidates and local voters together to speak on topics residents feel need more attention [continue reading…]
East Passyunk
East Passyunk: South Philadelphia Residents Seeking Answers After December Explosion
South Philadelphia residents said they have more questions than answers two months after a deadly explosion rocked the 1400 block of South Eighth Street. The explosion killed two people and left dozens without a home [continue reading…]
Business
East Passyunk: Stepping Back to a Simpler Time
Typewriters, books just a few ways East Passyunk is bringing nostalgia back [continue reading…]
Business
East Passyunk: Sitting Down with the “Pope of Passyunk”
With his family history running deep within Passyunk Avenue since the age of five, Michael GianGiordano I has remained dedicated to the community through government and real estate. With his years of being in the [continue reading…]
Dickinson Square
Dickinson Square: Manton Street Community Loves Its Park
From 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9, residents around Manton Street Park and Community Garden gathered to clean up the garden plots and the surrounding park as part of the Love Your [continue reading…]
Arts and Entertainment
Bella Vista: A Look Into DVAA’s da Vinci Festival
Wooden cars whirled down a derby track. Curious eyes peered into a telescope with a focus on one of Jupiter’s moons. A 3-D pen sketches paintings by Leonardo da Vinci on print paper. These intersections [continue reading…]
Elections
Wharton: Grassroots Advocacy for South Philadelphia Hosts Municipal Candidates for Trick-or-Treat Night
Municipal candidates joined Grassroots Advocacy for South Philadelphia (GRASP) for a Trick-or-Treat Meet-and-Greet on Oct. 16 to increase engagement for the Nov. 5 election. Organizers said the event was designed as a unique way for [continue reading…]