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https://vimeo.com/18395028] At the Laura Sims Skate House at Cobbs Creek Park in West Philadelphia, participants in the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation are taught more than just the game of hockey; they are also coached [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/18394108] The winter weather has certainly taken its toll on Philadelphia this week. The city’s store shelves have been cleaned out, the sidewalks have been left desolate, and the normal bustle of the streets has [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/18391931] A loudspeaker on the sidewalk blares a heavy bass line outside a building that blends with various shops and markets on South 52nd Street in West Philadelphia. A hand-written welcome on a sheet of [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/18391895] Nestled under a fresh blanket of heavy snow, the streets of Philadelphia’s Fairhill section were alive with activity. Children and men played football in the street while neighbors stood on the sidelines, or sidewalks, [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/18391408] It’s an unlikely scene just half a block from the Kensington and Somerset stop under the Market-Frankford line. Amid the shadows of “the El” and barely past the illicit activities of the intersection, there [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/18641406] The 1300 block of Ridge Avenue is easy to ignore. It’s a stunted little short cut in between Broad Street and Spring Garden, a washed out landscape filled with the fleeting remnants of post-industrial [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/18641663] There’s a certain connotation that comes with the term burlesque and what exactly that can mean. In the early 1900s, it was as simple as a strip tease or a lewd comedic performance. But [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/18391610] If you park on the streets in Center City, there are two ways to feed the meter. You can drop in a hand full of quarters, or you can pay with a plastic Smart [continue reading…]