https://vimeo.com/20015668] Every weekday afternoon, there are 60 kids running around the halls of the Hunting Park Christian Academy. Rowdy relay races and dodge ball faceoffs in the basement produce enough screams and cheers to echo [continue reading…]
Perhaps dreaming of warmer days, a group of garden enthusiasts, amateur and experienced alike, recently met in the Education Center at the Wyck Historic House and Garden to listen to a presentation on how to grow [continue reading…]
Philly AIDS Thrift located on 514 Bainbridge St. has a reputation for having almost anything one could possibly think of. The store has so many items they seemingly fall out of the front door onto [continue reading…]
On a Monday afternoon in Center City, seven coders filed into a conference room to chat with Technically Philly’s Chris Wink about Code for America. Code for America is similar to Teach For America in [continue reading…]
The South of South Neighborhood Association (SOSNA) held a general members meeting Wednesday night to discuss better energy alternatives for your home. Kate Ryan, project coordinator with the Energy Coordinating Agency (ECA) and David Staller [continue reading…]
Sometimes a bitter winter season can keep an entire neighborhood indoors until it’s time to visit the local baseball team’s spring training, but last weekend Manayunk held an outdoors ice sculpting event that attracted hundreds [continue reading…]
“All of our troubles would be gone in a while if white people smiled,” said Dr. Althea Hankins while clutching a poster of Frank Sinatra. As the leading doctor at a medical clinic at 5801 [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/19723156] Chestnut Hill is known to be a destination for unique boutiques, shops and restaurants. But recently, some local shop owners have gone out of business or are struggling to stay open. To try and [continue reading…]
Like the better-known Fairmount Park, the Awbury Arboretum in Germantown has long been a natural sanctuary from the built environment of Philadelphia, but few urbanites know of the well-kept history of this community within a [continue reading…]
“He wanted smiles, but he was taking credit for what was already needed for years,” explains a firefighter of Ladder 21 and Engine 9. The “he” in question was Mayor Nutter on Feb. 5, at [continue reading…]
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