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Neighborhoods

Riverfront: Along the Waterfront, a New Deal Era Tour Revisited

May 27, 2020Maxwell Klemmer

As part of the stimulus of the New Deal, President Franklin Deleano Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration (WPA) employed thousands of writers under the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP). One of the primary achievements of the FWP

Queen Village

Queen Village: Sexton Sideshow Hosts Series of Local Festivals

April 6, 2015

Husband and wife, Jim and Paula Minacci, have been bringing together the Philadelphia community for the past six years. As the sextons of Gloria Dei Old Swedes’ Church, located at the corner of Washington Avenue

Environment

South Philadelphia: Five Things To Do This Summer

July 3, 2014

South Philadelphia is home to several summer hotspots, from the Italian Market to Citizens Bank Park. Although open-air markets and Phillies games can be fun, there are a lot of other things do in the area

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