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Walnut Hill: Community Association Encourages Residents to Stand Up and Be Heard by Voting

March 11, 2015

Walnut Hill Community Association President Horrace Patterson believes that the primary election and November general election could impact the community significantly. As president of the association for the past four years, Patterson finds that drugs, crime,

Bella Vista

South Philadelphia: Five Relics With A New Future

October 15, 2014

The various neighborhoods of South Philadelphia are engraved with rich history, whether it be the earliest churches in the country or the traces of an old company. Either way, this history has left behind an

Housing

Spruce Hill: Historical Society Votes ‘Yes’ On Mansion-Preserving Construction Plan

March 17, 2014

Members of the University City Historical Society voted unanimously to support a new proposal for construction on the historical mansion on the corner of 40th and Pine Streets. The proposal will allow for the preservation

Featured Stories

Kensington: Renewal Group Provides Housing and Better Community Relations

May 1, 2013

https://vimeo.com/65192696] Once nicknamed “the workshop of the world,” Kensington was a manufacturing district with business opportunity and thousands of jobs. As the factories closed, the jobs and residents decreased. Vacant homes began to line many

Kensington

Kensington: City Attempts to Fix Abandoned Building Problem

May 1, 2013

https://vimeo.com/65192329] Philadelphia is a city that is beleaguered with privately owned structures that have been either abandoned by its owners or are left to rot until property values are high enough to make a profit.

Featured Stories

Plan Philly: South Kensington Block Deals with Rodents, Vacancy and Broken Sidewalks

April 3, 2013

https://vimeo.com/63194999] The 1800 block of North Fourth Street starts with a small yard where children love to play in the summer. Several ignored lots with overgrown grass and trash weave in between the red brick

Economy

Kensington: Deconstructed Building Left Abandoned and Hazardous

February 6, 2013

Roofless and deconstructed, a grey building on the 1900 block of E. Letterly St. is nothing more than a pile of bricks, metal frames and shattered material. What is shown on Google Maps of 1921

Government

Hunting Park: Planning and Development May Help the Future

April 24, 2012

https://vimeo.com/40912126] The development of Philadelphia seems to be well underway under the careful guidance of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. Despite the many changes that have occurred in Hunting Park, the commission has a lot

Kensington

Kensington: Residents Are Returning to Their Homes to Find Extensive Damage

April 12, 2012

https://vimeo.com/40311934] Kensington residents are going back to their homes to find extensive damage from this week’s fire. It is too soon to determine the exact cause of the blaze, but some people will have to

Abandoned Property

Kensington: The Neighborhood Tries to Cope With the Fire’s Aftermath

April 10, 2012

The blocks that surround the abandoned warehouse, located at 1871 E. York St., which caught fire early Monday morning, continue to be off-limits as construction workers and firefighters spent countless hours trying to clear the

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