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Education

Hunting Park: After-School Music Program Expands

November 16, 2012

Alice Santana gestured toward the vast open space stretching before her, a chilly underground area supported by towering cement pillars. It’s tough to imagine the basement of the Esperanza Center as home to any type

Hunting Park

Hunting Park: Football Field Groundbreaking Is Big Score In Revitalization

October 7, 2012

The North Philly Aztecs football team has been a vital presence in Hunting Park since 1993, but the Aztecs haven’t played a home football game in 19 years because of the poor conditions at their

Education

Hunting Park: Renovations Refresh Old Club

October 4, 2012

[vimeo 50710771] Providing a better life and brighter future for children and teens is the ultimate goal of the Shane Victorino Nicetown Boys and Girls Club in Hunting Park. While encouraging the students to take responsibility

Hunting Park

Hunting Park: DJs Celebrate the End of Summer

September 26, 2012

Hip-hop, reggae and dance beats pounded the speakers that were scattered down West Hunting Park Avenue and 10th Street this weekend. Under their own tents and pavilions, local DJs gathered together to celebrate the close

Anthony Velasquez
Featured Stories

Hunting Park: Esperanza Health Center Provides Care for the Community

June 29, 2012

https://vimeo.com/44871433] Along with an experienced bilingual staff, heath and wellness programs, and a connection to the Christian faith, the Esperanza Health Center has added a medical dispensary to its growing list of patient amenities. The

Esperanza Hunting Park Entrance
Health

Hunting Park: Healthcare Center Provides More Than Just Medical Treatment

June 29, 2012

https://vimeo.com/44830108] Tucked away on an unassuming, hidden street that runs on a diagonal path, the Esperanza Health Center has been serving the Hunting Park neighborhood since December. Located on 4417 N. Sixth St., the primary-care

first baseman and the umpire
Amateur Sports

Hunting Park: Baseball Teams Bring Sport Back to the Neighborhood

June 23, 2012

On the first day of summer, not even the oppressive, 100-degree heat was strong enough to keep the Hunting Park Indians from taking on their crosstown rivals, the Francisville A’s. In the second game of their three-game, Little League

Roofers fix recreation center.
Featured Stories

Hunting Park: Community Receives Makeover Courtesy of Local Business

June 22, 2012

https://vimeo.com/44315259] For the hundreds of Liberty Property Trust employees and vendors who descended upon Hunting Park with paintbrushes, tools, trash bags and hoes, the Bill Rouse Day of Caring is not about financial gain or public

Crime

Hunting Park: Residents Hope to Take Back Neighborhood

June 16, 2012

Residents on the 1300 block of Colwyn Street in Hunting Park suggest unity as a solution to the increase of drug activity and lack of after-school programs on their streets. Lorraine Evans has lived in

North Philadelphia Aztecs Registration
Amateur Sports

Hunting Park: North Philadelphia Aztecs Keep Children Pointed in a Positive Direction

June 15, 2012

In cheerleading and football, a team’s success is primarily defined by the number of championship trophies it has accumulated. However, for the North Philadelphia Aztecs, the definition of success goes way beyond the shiny statues

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