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When Jane Golden, the executive director of the Mural Arts Program, received an application for a project intended to address homelessness in the city, she said she was “deeply moved.” Submitted last year by a law

In her Bright Futures classroom, Tara Matise danced fast and slow danced to accomplish her lesson plan: teaching a group of 3- and 4-year-olds the meaning of opposite. “I’ve taught preschool for the past five

Fairhill has an abundance of abandoned buildings so it is a refreshing sight to see one getting renovated. That is, unless, it is renovation that has been going on for months with no sign of

As the Occupy Philly protesters were evicted from Dilworth Plaza early this morning, Temple University photojournalists were there. The photojournalism class of Dr. Edward Trayes in the Department of Journalism at Temple University has been

https://vimeo.com/32283059] The Philadelphia Housing Authority brought in $7 million this week at its first auction of blighted properties, but critics disliked what they described as a process that favored real estate developers over neighborhood buyers.

Robert Cousar of the East Parkside Community Revitalization Corp. said the organization is ready to resume working towards its goals of building and retrofitting energy efficient, sustainable homes in Parkside–a goal that was put on

This past Saturday, Fairhill residents filed onto Congreso’s ground floor to learn the basics of how to properly manage their finances. A financial literacy town hall was hosted by Congreso de Latinos Unidos and AARP

The fourth floor of George W. Nebinger School used to bustle with energy from sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders, but this past Monday, the floor was mostly vacant. With the exception of two carpenters, the emptiness