Tag: South Broad Street

Arts and Entertainment: Five Dance Studios in Philadelphia

February 14, 2017Meghan McFerran

Philadelphia is thriving with dance. Stroll down the Avenue of the Arts and you will pass by a dozen art venues, theaters and dance studios. Are you inspired by street dancers outside of Wawa, or want

South Philadelphia: South Philly Struggles to Keep Its Streets Clean

December 6, 2016Kelley L Hey

On the 1900 block of South Broad Street, outside Pizzeria Pesto restaurant, lies a messy pile of trash splayed on the sidewalk. Cardboard boxes, empty plastic bottles, a child’s potty and other items have been on

South Philadelphia: Q&A with Peter Zutter, President of South Broad Street Neighborhood Association

October 5, 2016Kelley L Hey and

Peter Zutter, a longtime resident of South Broad Street and president of the South Broad Street Neighborhood Association, has seen his neighborhood go through many different changes in zoning, density and makeup of population. The

Arts & Entertainment: Thomas Finds Home in First Person Arts

May 1, 2014

R. Eric Thomas had been living in Philadelphia for about three years, not having found what he had moved here for. Then, one day, something caught his eye. “I just saw an ad in the

Newbold: The Dolphin Tavern Spurs Change on South Broad Street

April 24, 2014

Pictured above: A female go-go dancer atop a dance-floor platform at The Dolphin Tavern. One afternoon more than a decade ago, Melissa Blimline (as she was then known) wandered to The Dolphin Tavern for a

South Philadelphia: Clef Club Director Stays for the Long Run

March 7, 2013

Director Dom Gardner has been with the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts since it first opened in 1966. “I was in the union and I left town,” Gardner said. “When I moved