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Fairmount Park: Historic Homes Have Stories to Tell

June 30, 2017 Tracy Yatsko

The Charms of Fairmount Park are six historic houses with six different stories to tell. Cedar Grove, Laurel Hill, Lemon Hill, Mount Pleasant, Historic Strawberry Mansion and Woodford are maintained as historic house museums. Some people

Business

Strawberry Mansion: Tyrone Williams of NAC Teaches Community To Use Its Voice

June 27, 2016 Jordan Gunselman

Now the head of community engagement at the Strawberry Mansion Neighborhood Action Center, Tyrone Williams has worked his whole life trying to better his community. From a young age, Williams took an active interest in reaching

Featured Stories

Strawberry Mansion: A Veteran Community Leader Hopes for Community Enrichment

February 5, 2016 Mariama S. Taifa-Seitu

Denise Clark, a Strawberry Mansion resident for more than 50 years, serves as the vice president of the Strawberry Mansion Community Development Corporation. Clark helps guide the CDC to new heights while keeping the past

Allegheny

Strawberry Mansion/Allegheny West: Loaded with History Worth Visiting

February 1, 2016 Carine Lavache

Strawberry Mansion and Allegheny West have been marred by news reports of violence and drug problems for many years. What people may think are dangerous areas in North Philadelphia are unique subdivisions with their own

Featured Stories

Strawberry Mansion: Therapist Offers Alternative Form Of Therapy

January 11, 2016 Noe Carlos Garcia

[acf field=”embed_code_3″] Ronald Crawford sat at his desk in his office at Stop and Surrender, an alcohol and drug treatment facility, as he gathered his curriculum for his latest group therapy session. The difference with

Featured Stories

Strawberry Mansion: Recreation Center Helps Children Learn and Grow

November 30, 2015 pnadmin

Children gathered their backpacks and lunches as they got ready to leave the Cecil B. Moore Recreation Center. The recreation center, located near the corner of 22nd Street and Sedgley Avenue, provides children with a

North Philadelphia

Strawberry Mansion: Widener Library Block Party Teaches Vocabulary

November 9, 2015 pnadmin

It was a sunny and cool afternoon for the Widener Branch Library’s first Words at Play Vocabulary Initiative block party. Words at Play, hosted by PNC, is a community-wide initiative to show the importance of learning

Featured Stories

Strawberry Mansion: Resident Teaches Responsibility Through Horses

October 20, 2015 pnadmin

Al Lynch was born to be a horseman. Almost literally. He was born at a horse stable at 27th and Dauphin streets while his father was feeding horses. Lynch developed his love of horses while

North Philadelphia

Strawberry Mansion: Five Public Resources

September 16, 2015 pnadmin

Since the late 1880s, Strawberry Mansion has been a residential neighborhood. There are many row homes and people sitting and talking to one another on their front steps. In addition to residential spaces, Strawberry Mansion

Environment

North Philadelphia: Keeping the Strawberries in Strawberry Mansion

May 11, 2015

On April 25, residents, volunteers and workers came outside during National Garden Month to weed, mulch and plant a new strawberry patch at the Fairmount Park orchard shared by Woodford Mansion and Strawberry Mansion. Leaders and organizers

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