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Kensington: Impact Hub Philadelphia Seeks Global Imprint with Community Kitchen

June 27, 2014 0

New initiatives are happening in Kensington and for Impact Hub Philadelphia, it’s a community kitchen that will serve as a gateway for bringing together more than food and the community. Impact Hub’s Kitchen Project Manager Laurel [continue reading…]

Casino

Casinos: SugarHouse Gives Back To Community

May 27, 2014 1

As part of the Community Benefits Agreement with SugarHouse Casino, the Penn Treaty Special Services District has received $500,000 per year from SugarHouse since opening in 2010. Once SugarHouse’s second phase is finished, presumably bringing [continue reading…]

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Casinos: Penn Treaty Special Services District

May 27, 2014 0

While the gaming license process is often presented as an us-versus-them scenario pitting the big bad casinos against potential neighbors who want no part of said casinos, the reality is much more nuanced than that. [continue reading…]

Arts and Entertainment

Plan Philly: New Brewery Under Construction in South Kensington

May 8, 2013 1

The Fifth Street neighborhood block between Cecil B. Moore Avenue and Montgomery and Germantown Avenues will soon be the home of the Saint Benjamin Brewing Co. Construction is under way for this brewery that will [continue reading…]

Featured Stories

Plan Philly: South Kensington Businesses Use Internet Resources for Development

May 8, 2013 0

A fax machine printed out a lunch order at George’s Pizza, located at Second Street and Girard Avenue in South Kensington. Employees did not take the order over the phone—they hadn’t even spoken to the [continue reading…]

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Plan Philly: South Kensington Business Owner May Lose Seven Properties

April 30, 2013 0

Mel Anthanasiadis, the owner of El Greco Pizza & Luncheonette, has been quite popular over the past year and a half. His struggle to keep his seven properties in South Kensington has been featured in [continue reading…]

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Plan Philly: South Kensington Residents Mixed on Spitting

April 23, 2013 0

Pedestrians need to focus while walking down a street—sometimes just to watch out for spit. South Kensington residents explained that spitting is common. Some said they found it gross, while other residents who do actually [continue reading…]

Fashion

Kensington: Little Shop of Dresses Attracts New Customers to Girard Avenue

April 19, 2013 0

Little Shop of Dresses, formerly known as Once Wed Again, celebrated its grand opening last weekend with discount deals, hors d’oeuvres, champagne and a flock of new customers. “­­­It’s an awesome store,” Yuliya Luts, a [continue reading…]

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Kensington: 3rd Ward Opens Its Brooklyn Workspace and Education Center in Philadelphia

April 17, 2013 0

In a former church turned 2,700-square-foot factory building in Kensington, 3rd Ward Philadelphia has been rebuilt to provide the old factory walls with a workshop atmosphere once again. With reconstruction beginning in 2009, 3rd Ward [continue reading…]

Environment

Plan Philly: South Kensington Residents Volunteer for Philly Cleanup

April 14, 2013 0

https://vimeo.com/63975571] The streets in South Kensington were fairly busy this weekend. Residents were saying goodbye to trash and blight and hello to clean streets. Thanks to help from the South Kensington Community Partners and the [continue reading…]

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