
Manayunk: Local Man has Ambitious Plans to Connect Ivy Ridge Trail to Center City and Beyond
Bryan Shipenberg is in the beginning stages of connecting the bike and foot trails of Northwest Philadelphia with Center City. [Read More]
Bryan Shipenberg is in the beginning stages of connecting the bike and foot trails of Northwest Philadelphia with Center City. [Read More]
Members of the LA Fitness in West Chester have gained more access to gym amenities. Recently, the gym opened its basketball court. This was the first time the court has been open since pandemic restrictions [Read More]
Khadijah Muhammad, the on-site supervisor at the Miles Mack Recreation center, prepared about three dozen hot dogs for neighborhood children after school on Friday, Sept. 14. Every day, she makes lunch for children that come [Read More]
Looking to find out what’s going on in Olney this week? Our calendar round-up lets you know what’s happening in your neighborhood. Movie Wednesday: Secret Life of Pets: Wednesday, July 12, 2-3 p.m. Greater [Read More]
Walking through Hunting Park today, it’s hard to believe that not so long ago it was a much less desirable place to be. Underfunded, the park was largely in disarray and disuse until the Fairmount [Read More]
Philadelphia’s oldest Latino organization, Concilio, has been surrounded by an empty lot since its relocation in summer 2014. A few months ago, Concilio reached out to KaBOOM!, a nonprofit organization that builds playgrounds with community [Read More]
With the amount of people Pope Francis drew this past weekend, some people thought living space would be hard to come by. When ideas began to run thin, Belinda Held, the director of group travel [Read More]
Where does one go when all the popular and well-known parks in the city like Rittenhouse Square and Washington Square are too crowded? Head South. In the Queen Village, Bella Vista and Hawthorne area of South [Read More]
John A. DiSciascio is the executive director of The Friends of Sedgley Woods, which runs Sedgley Woods disc golf course in Fairmount Park. He helps maintain the disc golf course, stage tournaments and work with [Read More]
In the West Philadelphia neighborhood of Mantua, residents are leading a project that will transform Brandywine Park into a sanctuary of art, nature and community respect. The park, which is situated on the corner of [Read More]
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