Housing

Building and maintaining affordable housing urban centers like Philadelphia is complex. Forces like urban blight and gentrification make development difficult but essential. For Philadelphia’s most socio-economic vulnerable residents housing redevelopment plans mean the difference between having

Not a day goes by that Helen Tobin isn’t moved by the work she does. The Philadelphia-native has spent the past seven years working with and assisting refugees and immigrants from different parts of the

One year ago, approximately 120 seniors walked out of Germantown High School as graduates. Today, all that remains of the half-century old school is an empty building, neglected yard and large sale sign. Some people,

Face to Face is a non-profit organization where anyone is welcome to a hot meal, legal advice and an array of social services, all free of charge. What originally began as a soup kitchen in

Philadelphia takes history seriously. Home to many of the nation’s “firsts,” including first brick house, first capital city and first hospital (to name a few) the “green country towne” is as overflowing with historic sites

Glen Fern is the former property of wealthy and influential miller Thomas Livezey that dates back to 1747. In its day, the sprawling farmstead at the edge of the Wissahickon Creek featured one of the

Dyke Sparks, a 61-year-old Vietnam Veteran, is one of the 12 male tenants at My Place Germantown. He said he has been living there for over a year now, and although it is not what

For over four years the Radio 104.5 Summer Block Parties Series has called The Piazza at Schmidt’s its home. The 80,000 square foot open-air plaza has hosted popular artists and bands such as Cold War