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The Tenth Presbyterian Church, located at 1701 Delancey St., has over 1,400 members and a large church service in its main building. Tenth International Fellowship was created in order to provide a smaller, more welcoming

Josias Sterling had a big smile, a big heart and he loved to eat apple pie. Not just a slice but the whole pie. “He use to come to my house and ask for some

PhillyRising is relatively new to Lawncrest, a neighborhood located in the 2nd Police District. Citron said he spent time building connections within the community before launching the program on March 15, 2012. “When we did our initial

Vacant buildings have become spaces for art galleries, overgrown brush in parks has been trimmed, vacant lots have been cleared from short dumping and victory gardens at local schools have been planted since PhillyRising first

The School District of Philadelphia began closing, consolidating and selling off schools in conjunction with its facilities master planning process in 2010. This plan was put into motion in the face of the estimated 70,000

A group of young boys shoot a basketball into an aging hoop at the end of a large asphalt school yard. Behind them is the shell of the School District of Philadelphia’s second oldest educational

https://vimeo.com/54823752 Though homeownership is believed to be able to reduce crime and transform neighborhoods, the economic reality of housing in Kensington makes the goal of homeownership difficult for many to achieve. Nick Huynh, 43, is

Longtime Kensington resident and self-described activist Jamie Moffett, 36, is working alongside fellow residents to use homeownership as a way to revitalize the neighborhood. Moffett’s initiative, Kensington Renewal, works to rehab blighted houses and turn