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East Kensington: Neighbors Work To Preserve Letterly Green

December 19, 2017 Morgan O'Donnell 0

Stephanie Koenig, 36, moved to the East Kensington area with her husband, Lewis Colburn, in 2009. The couple, both sculptors who found studio space in Philadelphia, bought a house across the street from Letterly Green, [continue reading…]

History

Kingsessing: In Changing Neighborhood, ‘Play Terrains’ Project Opens Dialogue

December 6, 2017 Angela Gervasi 1

Meghan Talarowski thinks play can bring anyone together. “There’s no race, there’s no economic status related to play,” Talarowski said. “Everybody plays. That’s what we do. It’s like a basic human nature.” Talarowski, a landscape [continue reading…]

City Hall

City Hall: New PAC Connects City Issues Through the Public Space

July 2, 2015 0

A few years ago, Geoff Kees Thompson created a blog, called This Old City, as a means to connecting the dots between various aspects of planning that affect the urban dwellers on a daily basis. [continue reading…]

East Falls

East Falls: Laurel Hill Cemetery is More Than a Final Resting Place

May 6, 2011 0

https://vimeo.com/22939618]   What would you do if you weren’t able to find where your daughter had been buried the other day because the rain had erased all of the marks of a new grave? The [continue reading…]

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