Lancaster Avenue

La Pearl Beauty Emporium, located on the corner of 39th and Lancaster Avenue, is making strides to serve the West Philadelphia community. The salon, which opened its doors on Lancaster Avenue in 1996, recently held

Everyone’s seen it. Just a block into the Lancaster Avenue Commercial Corridor stands a sizable, brick red facade. Inside lay remnants of a rich past that most would never know. This structure, Hawthorne Hall, has

Lower Lancaster Avenue has attracted many new businesses in recent years as revitalization projects have inspired business owners to open up shop. The commercial corridor, which spans from approximately 37th Street to 44th Street, had

As Kathleen Reed removed a fresh tray of cookies from the oven at her Lancaster Ave. café on a recent Saturday afternoon, a pleasant smell of warm chocolate filled the room. Yet, the atmosphere was

There was hardly breathing space at Reed’s Coffee and Tea House on 38th Street and Lancaster Avenue this past weekend as community members came out to support a clothing drive while they danced alongside Denise

https://vimeo.com/50505611] If Philadelphia’s organizations could be personified, On the Ground would be known as a drifter. But for the past three months, this pilot organization of the publication Flying Kite has called 4017 Lancaster Ave.

Victoria Onwucheka has moved around a lot. A native of Nigeria, West Africa, Onwucheka came to Philadelphia in 1981, after obtaining her bachelor’s degree in physiology and pharmacy while living in New York. Once in Philadelphia,

https://vimeo.com/31837460] In the rapidly changing neighborhood surrounding 40th Street, a variety of stakeholders have emerged with answers to the question of future development. The corridor not only presents and continues to generate opportunity for a