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West Philadelphia

Walnut Hill: West Philadelphia YMCA Gets a Makeover

September 21, 2012

https://vimeo.com/49655004] The West Philadelphia YMCA, located at 5120 Chestnut St., has made some changes to its facilities in the past couple of weeks. These changes are important in order to keep the community interested. “For

Featured Stories

Kensington: Affordable Artist Collective Seeks to Change Community

September 21, 2012

https://vimeo.com/50108729] Papermill Community of Artists provides dozens of artists with affordable and community-based studio and performance space. Karyn Vetter, 44, is the owner and property manager of the Papermill Community of Artists, located at 2825 Ormes

Economy

Powelton Village: Small Businesses Thrive Along Lancaster Avenue

September 21, 2012

https://vimeo.com/49551337] Lancaster Avenue has long been a must see when you visit Powelton Village. The numerous niche shops which inhabit the street seem to constantly draw shoppers’ attention. But the shops are not the only

Cedar Park

Haddington: ACHIEVEabilty Keeps the Community Active

September 21, 2012

[vimeo 49601091] On 60th Street in West Philadelphia, the white building on the corner appears to be just another corner store, but a look inside reveals this isn’t any ordinary building — it’s a gemstone of the

Arts and Entertainment

Fairhill: Creating Places at Taller Puertorriqueño

September 21, 2012

https://vimeo.com/49519327] “We’re sort of a gateway between the outside and the community, and it’s a way for the community to know what’s happening outside, connecting to North Philadelphia,” said Rafael Damast, the arts program manager

Featured Stories

Mount Airy: Old-Fashioned Diner Introduces Charging Station for Modern Vehicles

September 20, 2012

[vimeo 49704263] For 12 years, the Trolley Car Diner has served its customers under a name that pays homage to a specific and traditional mode of public transportation. Now, it’s one of the few locations in the city

Featured Stories

Hunting Park: Dog Training Boosts Community Image

September 20, 2012

[vimeo 49661279] A clamor of barking and whining echoed throughout the large cement room at 350 E. Erie Ave. At the center of the room, trainer Marisa Scully called for dogs and owners to begin their

Arts and Entertainment

Kensington: Local Metal Sculptor Inspired by Faith

September 20, 2012

https://vimeo.com/49717928] Metal work for abstract sculptor, Eugene Perry, did not start as a form of art. Originally working for International Towers building cell phone tower equipment, Perry found little time and no monetary value in

Arts and Entertainment

Northeast: Live Arts Festival Reveals Philadelphia’s Mysteries

September 20, 2012

https://vimeo.com/49861710] Andrew Simonet found himself wondering who lives in the houses of Philadelphia and what stories are beyond those walls. “To be surrounded by so many people and to know so few of them is

Northeast Philadelphia

Northeast: Family Invites Strangers Into Home for Live Arts Festival

September 20, 2012

https://vimeo.com/49863529] Imagine welcoming complete strangers into your home and sharing your most personal stories with them.  Twice a week the Bostick family, of the 6100 block of Hegerman Street in Wissinoming, has done just that.

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  • People stand on a sidewalk beneath a pale gray sky. The street behind them is between two tan stone buildings with floor-to-ceiling glass windows on their ground levels, and the multicolored glass exterior of a parking garage shines further down the street, next to some taller red brick buildings. Glass windows are visible behind the people on the sidewalk. Some of them wear raincoats or windbreakers, and some of them hold umbrellas of various colors. Two men in the right half of the image, one southeast Asian and one white, wear clerical collars. They are all waving wooden rods with thick red ribbons tied to the ends of them in the air. Most of the people present appear to be white and/or over the age of 50. One bearded, middle-aged man in a gray and black windbreaker and black pants points a camera towards the bottom right corner of the image, where a blue banner reads “GOD STANDS WITH THE OPPRESSED.” To the banner’s left, a canvas with a monarch butterfly painted on it is draped over a concrete sidewalk barrier. A blue bicycle is parked behind the man with the camera, and a black car in the street drives past the group of people.
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