Nominations for the 2012 Citywide Storefront Challenge are being accepted until Sept. 14. This competition, hosted by The City of Philadelphia Commerce Department and the Community Design Collaborative, rewards businesses that have given their storefronts [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/45126068] Small production book binding companies are dwindling in Philadelphia due largely to advances in technology leading to larger production facilities. Even fewer of the remaining small book binding businesses are the family owned companies [continue reading…]
South Kensington resident Stephanie Marsh has invested the past three years helping rebuild her community, people and dogs alike. Marsh’s mother always had a passion to save animals by providing rescue dogs with her love [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/44167243] The image of the Northeast existing as a stepchild section of Philadelphia is an image that Mayfair Civic Association president Joe DeFelice said his neighborhood aimed to defy. That image and initiatives for the [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/44056516] Residents on East Cumberland Street were unaffected by their neighbor’s recent accidental shooting as many claimed tragedy is a pattern the neighborhood can’t stop. When an 18-year-old male put a 9 mm pistol to [continue reading…]
On a block known to some for its violence, Sammer Addahbly is trying to do some good. Addahbly, 26, reopened Philly’s Choice Deli on the corner of Carlisle and York streets two years ago. Since [continue reading…]
The Philadelphia City Planning Commission held its second public meeting for the Lower Northeast District. Residents from the five neighborhoods of Frankford, Northwood, Oxford Circle, Lawncrest and Summerdale met at Saint Martin of Tours [continue reading…]
The 1400 block of Wanamaker Street in Carroll Park is described by its residents as being peaceful. However, as in many other places in the city, times are not easy in this neighborhood. There are [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/41266013] A total of 1,240,360 pounds of trash were picked up during 2011’s Philly Spring Cleanup. A total of 2,574 volunteers, 149,860 pounds of waste recycled. In only it’s fourth year the program put up [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/40990630] Not long after graduating from high school, Khalil Smith moved out of his mother’s house in Olney to live with his grandmother in Hunting Park. At the time, he had never thought that he [continue reading…]
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