On the first Wednesday of every month, the Northeast Philadelphia History Network meets to discuss the past. This Wednesday was no different. More than a dozen members from the network came together at the historic [continue reading…]
[vimeo 64027674] More than fifty people participated in the third annual Fishtown Fishing Derby at Penn Treaty Park recently. Men, women and children of all ages cast their lines into the Delaware River early on a Saturday morning, [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/63525940] Just off Old York Road in Hunting Park sits a vacant house. Like many in the neighborhood, its story is one of neglect and crime. But this house is different–it’s over 200 years old. [continue reading…]
The residents of the Yorktown section of North Philadelphia consider themselves to be a very tight knit community. But the residents of Custis Place, just off the corner of 12th Street and Girard Avenue, consider [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/62635748] The Friends of Pennypack Park work together to beautify the park and preserve it for the enjoyment of future generations. Despite having an eye on the future, there is a particular area of the park which [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/63059954] Pam Zenzola will admit that since she’s moved into her townhouse on the 1300 block of Federal Street she has made an effort to purchase at least one item from the Rosa Food Product [continue reading…]
Joseph Minardi was at the Lovett Memorial Library at 6945 Germantown Ave. this week to talk about his latest book Historic Architecture in Northwest Philadelphia, 1690-1930s. The lecture, hosted by the Friends of Lovett Memorial [continue reading…]
Molly Smith, a public school teacher, runs the Germantown Homestay out of her house, which was built in 1888. She started her small business in 1985 and rents out one of her rooms to guests from [continue reading…]
Author Eve Troutt Powell held a discussion at the University of Pennsylvania bookstore on Tuesday evening to talk about her book, Tell This in My Memory: Stories of Enslavement from Egypt, Sudan and the Ottoman [continue reading…]
Bugay’s Jeweler’s at 8638 Germantown Ave. has been a part of the Chestnut Hill community for 84 years. Owner Rosalind Bugay-Schiller said her grandfather, who was an immigrant watchmaker, opened the store in 1929. The [continue reading…]
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