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Located at 6671 Germantown Ave., St. Michael’s Lutheran Church has been around the community since 1728. St. Michael’s has a large gravesite that is occupied by historic figures, such as Major James Witherspoon from the

https://vimeo.com/21996045] Faced with low test scores and gentrification in South Philadelphia, Ralph Burnley became the new principal in August of the George W. Nebinger School. The South Philadelphia school, which is located at Sixth and

As I sat in the Lillian Marrero branch of the free library in Fairhill, I couldn’t help but notice a girl, not much older than myself, hunched over her sketchpad with a furrowed brow, deep

Arthur Bye, of Urban & Bye Realtor, has seen firsthand the changing demographics of Powelton Village. Over the last half century the neighborhood has lost some of its diversity. “Powelton Village started out in the

When married couple Amanda Bossard and Murat Aritan dreamed of bringing their unique sustainable seafood company, Otolith, to Philadelphia in 2007, they knew some bumps in the road would follow. Aritan spends six months of

A playground is a sacred place for a community. It is there that parents and caregivers trust that their children will be safe from harm as they enjoy all of the fun amenities it has

https://vimeo.com/21940908] Stan Heleva, the producing artistic director at the  Walking Fish Theatre , loves being a cornerstone of the Kensington art community. “We are constantly introducing ourselves to the neighborhood, and introducing art to the neighborhood.

[soundslide url=”https://smcsites.com/soundslides/uploads/sp1120germantownboyschoir” height=550 width=600] This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the Keystone State Boychoir. In 2001, Joseph Fitzmartin and Steven Fisher founded Commonwealth Youthchoirs and today the Keystone State Boychoir is known all over the