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Motown in Detroit wasn’t the only city full of rhythm and blues in the 1960s and 1970s. Philadelphia also had home-grown talent who rocked stages. Sixty-three-year-old Nadine Felder of Brewerytown was the lead singer for

From racing cars back in the day to now fitting men in suits, Fairhill store owner David Rosenblum holds a surprising history. Through owning and operating Leo’s Apparel, located at 2705 Germantown Ave., Rosenblum and

Eric Cortes has always had a passion for writing. Throughout his childhood he wrote constantly, including his own comic books. This passion led him to his own blog, hisPANIC. Cortes is from Plainfield, N.J., but

https://vimeo.com/37444568] Before the chess club could begin its weekly session, Nani Manion had a few brief instructions for the dozen kids gathered in the overstuffed room.Cell phones were to be kept outside; jackets belonged on

Daniella Zamorano entered her first year of teaching at Henry A. Brown Elementary School, located at 1946 E. Sergeant St.,with few resources to contribute to her fourth-grade classroom. Past teachers had taken their own book

The Philadelphia City Council recently passed a redistricting map late last year, leaving at least a dozen of the city’s 66 wards divided by two or more council districts, including wards within Hunting Park that’s

Keeping an 87-acre park clean can be a laborious task. In Hunting Park, that job is left to Gerald Willis, an employee of Philadelphia’s Department of Parks and Recreation. Picking up the park’s trash for

https://vimeo.com/37433328] For decades after its factories and manufacturers moved out, Fishtown struggled to find the businesses to bring its economy back. Today, thanks to about a dozen new projects, Fishtown’s revitalization is moving forward. The community’s