https://vimeo.com/44944449] North Light Community Center is often referred to as the “little engine that could.” This nickname reflects the operations of this nonprofit facility at 175 Green Lane in Manayunk where staff stretch limited resources [continue reading…]
A local science shop in Manayunk provides a fun and unique atmosphere for children and families to learn together. Matt Kriebel, owner of Spectrum Scientifics, located at 4403 Main St., started the store in 2007 because [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/32550500] Manayunk residents got a new place to go food shopping when the Palm Tree Market opened its doors earlier this month. Owner Chung Park opened his first Palm Tree Market in Northern Liberties back [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/30774551] Just a few blocks away from the nightlife and culture of Main Street, the Starfinder Foundation is housed in a large, unassuming, blue warehouse. More than 600 Philadelphia youth take part each year in [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/24759811] Several years ago, John Kerwood was struck with a chemical imbalance that stripped him of his job as a mailman and left him battling clinical depression. But now, with the help of the North [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/24759625] When Jesse Frank, CEO of Whirled Peace in Manayunk, saw one of his store’s frozen yogurt cups lying in the street, he stopped his car and picked it up. For a business that prides [continue reading…]
When Joel Dahan was awakened this week with a call from the security company that monitors his Manayunk store, Tag Denim at 4358 Main St,, he thought it might just be about some rowdy baseball [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/24199322] Most people might guess that the 55-year-old man strumming a guitar on a Manayunk bench had always wanted to be a famous guitarist. But few would probably suspect that he ended up becoming the [continue reading…]
The last thing Louis Pecsi thought he would be doing after a debilitating car accident was writing comics. At the time, he could barely think at all. “I couldn’t remember anything,” Pecsi said, recalling the [continue reading…]
On the corner of Main and Gay streets, Laura Cheadle and her band impressed a gathering of music lovers basking on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in Manayunk. Cheadle boasted her band’s family routes. Her father, James [continue reading…]
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