Nestled between boarded up warehouses and vacant lots off Girard Avenue is a hidden paradise for photographers known formerly as “Project Basho.” The words ‘Project Basho’ are written in bold horizontal letters identifying one of [continue reading…]
Bartender Michael Leiva has four bottles of rum flipped upside down over a pitcher filled with mint leaves, ice and lime juice. It’s 2 p.m. and Tierra Colombiana is filled with hungry lunch-goers ready to [continue reading…]
The spring-cleaning bug—we’ve all felt it. It’s that almost insatiable need to rearrange a room, dust and polish everything within sight and of course, throw stuff out. It is a time to get rid of [continue reading…]
Just over the Green Lane Bridge at 4441 Main St. in Manayunk resides Loring Aluminum Building Products, which has been serving the tri-state area’s construction needs since 1969. But the story doesn’t end there. The [continue reading…]
Don’t be surprised when driving around Kensington and Fishtown to see an artist parked on the street painting furiously with his easel propped inside the back of his car’s trunk. This is David Ohlerking doing [continue reading…]
Settled at the edge of Logan’s Broad Street shopping district, Tillman’s Boutique has impeccably dressed the community from head to toe since 1997. Noted for its unique collection of hats, Tillman’s has served as a [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/20663195] Author Tom McAllister, who grew up on the 300 block of Hermitage Street, returned last week to Manayunk to promote his book, Bury Me in My Jersey, a memoir describing his obsession with football and [continue reading…]
Joseph and Rita Beyer took a glass half full approach after being laid off from a struggling stained glass studio a week before their wedding date. “We didn’t have any kids or a mortgage or [continue reading…]
At the corner of 36th Street and Lancaster Avenue, the Green Line Café in Powelton Village is more than just an average coffee shop. The quiet, quaint space doubles as an art gallery, where the [continue reading…]
When Lauren Cassady first saw the photos on Facebook, she was infuriated. A friend of hers from the East Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia had posted pictures of the side of a building with a large [continue reading…]
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