https://vimeo.com/18011022 What is a building other than just bricks and mortar placed upon a foundation and arranged in a specific design? Making a community is much more of a nebulous… [continue reading…]
…looks as beautiful as they come. Right in a row…you got change coming, and, maybe, it’ll spread right down the block and through the side streets.” [soundslide url=’https://smcsites.com/soundslides/uploads/su1003mansionfinalgroupthebusslide/’ height=550 width=600]… [continue reading…]
…an employee of Maplewood Nutrition and Dietary Food Shop, has been with the company since the age of 10, and has come to know his fellow employees as family. “We… [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18011553 When it comes to eating, many neighborhoods of Philadelphia are ruled by fast food culture, with McDonald’s, Burger King and KFC lined up along the major thoroughfares. In Germantown,… [continue reading…]
…Polish community in Port Richmond is St. Adalbert’s Church. “That’s why people come,” says J World Travel, Inc. agent Eve Walski. “It’s the center of the whole community.” According to… [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18011108 Samiha Moussa hates sitting in front of the television. It would make her head explode if she’d watch it for too long, she said. Coming to the Southwest Senior… [continue reading…]
…true place and comfort in coming to the senior center. “When you come here and start talking to people, you feel good,” Crawford said. This multimedia feature is a portion… [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18011231 For most teenagers, high school helps define where they are headed in life, molding young men and women by exposing them to pathways suitable to fulfilling their desires. Philadelphia’s… [continue reading…]
…a hard time getting community support and have local legislatures stopping us from starting a new house.” Fresh Start has a case-management component that differs from anything offered by other… [continue reading…]
…Kensington Community Development Corporation is trying to boost business activity. The organization focuses mostly on East Kensington, Port Richmond and Northern Liberties, including the commercial corridors of Frankford Avenue and… [continue reading…]
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