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Cobbs Creek

Cobbs Creek: MOVE Bombing on Osage Avenue Leaves Scar

April 24, 2014

Near the heart of Cobbs Creek Parkway lies a brutal scar of a block that holds much significance to the neighborhood. Twenty-nine years ago, Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on a row house on Osage

Arts and Entertainment

Newbold: The Dolphin Tavern Spurs Change on South Broad Street

April 24, 2014

Pictured above: A female go-go dancer atop a dance-floor platform at The Dolphin Tavern. One afternoon more than a decade ago, Melissa Blimline (as she was then known) wandered to The Dolphin Tavern for a

Food

Washington Square West: Reliving the Past at Pine Street Pizza

April 23, 2014

Having been in business since 1983, Pine Street Pizza, located at the intersection of 12th and Pine Streets, will celebrate its 31st anniversary on April 25. The Washington Square West neighborhood pizzeria has seen the

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Economy

Germantown: TCRC Philly Making Wrongs to Rights

April 23, 2014

A little more than a decade ago, Anthony Dickerson found himself in a Pennsylvania state prison serving a ten year sentence for racketeering and narcotics distribution. He described prison as place full of cliques. Like

Crime

Spruce Hill and Walnut Hill: Armed Robbers And Increase in Crime Spur Community Safety Efforts

April 23, 2014

On the evening of March 12, a resident of the West Philadelphia community was robbed at gunpoint at the intersection of 46th and Hazel streets. Detective Joseph Murray, one of the West Philadelphia community’s main

Dickinson Square West

Dickinson Square West: Neighbors’ Efforts To Improve Community Pay Off

April 23, 2014tub10245

It’s a crisp spring day on South Fifth Street in Dickinson Square West. On every block, neighbors are sweeping, picking up trash, or toting home brand new blue recycling bins. But Philadelphia’s Spring Cleanup Day

Arts and Entertainment

Penn’s Landing: A Look into Proposed Development

April 22, 2014

The development of Penn’s Landing is something that has been plaguing planners, developers and administrations for the past few decades. Since construction began in 1967 to turn the previously wharf-ridden, eastern portion of Old City

Neighborhoods

Point Breeze: Neighborhood Bar Becomes Spot for Both Old and New Residents

April 22, 2014

“I’m a permanent fixture here,” said Sam DiCarro, a lifelong regular at Tap Room on 19th, a neighborhood bar in Point Breeze. After changing hands many times throughout the years, Michael Strauss and Pete Fry acquired

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Neighborhoods

North Philadelphia: Temple’s Building Plans Demand Attention

April 22, 2014

Philadelphia’s overlooked school doesn’t want to be overlooked anymore. Nor should it be. After all, that large institution on North Broad Street is one of the state’s largest employers. It has a well-deserved reputation of

Environment

The Waterfront: Five People Making a Difference

April 22, 2014

People from across the city are constantly working towards making the Schuylkill and Delaware waterfronts better for Philadelphia. From revitalizing the rivers themselves to improving the green spaces around them, here are five people making

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