Walking into the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, customers are immediately welcomed into the living room area. Not just one living room, but almost a dozen living room sets are neatly decorated and organized. On the [continue reading…]
For five minutes every New Year’s Day in Philadelphia, the Duffy String Band struts its stuff down Broad Street during the Mummers Parade. These five minutes are the culmination of a year’s worth of planning, [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/29337589] A lot of people tend to judge a book by its cover, and Kensington is no different. Driving down Frankford Avenue through Kensington, you would be hard pressed not to acknowledge this neighborhood has [continue reading…]
Trash is an issue every community has to deal with. Whether it be where to put it, how to get rid of it or who is in charge of it, there is plenty of room [continue reading…]
When Sarah Stolfa created the business plan for the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, she thought it would be a commercial enterprise. But she soon realized that the community needed something more. “For profit galleries represent [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/21940908] Stan Heleva, the producing artistic director at the Walking Fish Theatre , loves being a cornerstone of the Kensington art community. “We are constantly introducing ourselves to the neighborhood, and introducing art to the neighborhood. [continue reading…]
The Landvest rent-to-own real estate scam in Kensington has only begun to take its toll on the community. With several open legal complaints underway and many of the over 400 Landvest properties changing ownership, it [continue reading…]
Most of all, Stephen Kennedy is going to miss the skylight in his bathroom. That was the feature that finally sold the 68-year-old Kensington resident on the house he’s been renting for the last four [continue reading…]
When Lauren Cassady first saw the photos on Facebook, she was infuriated. A friend of hers from the East Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia had posted pictures of the side of a building with a large [continue reading…]
The block is reminiscent of news footage from the streets of a war zone, but it’s not an international war zone. This is Kensington. Nearly a month after a four-alarm fire at Second and Somerset [continue reading…]
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