Tag: street cleaning

City Hall: Council Highlights for Sept. 12, 2019

September 16, 2019Lawrence McGlynn

Philadelphia City Council convened for its first meeting of the fall session Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. All 17 members were in attendance, except Councilmember Mark Squilla who was granted leave. Three pieces of legislation proposed

Tacony: Community Development Starts With Cleaning Up

November 27, 2017Eric Michaels

Merchants along Torresdale Avenue in Tacony have started an effort to keep the entire community clean. The idea and movement began with help from the Tacony Community Development Corporation (CDC). “When a neighborhood isn’t clean,

West Oak Lane: Volunteers Want to Keep Up with the Sweep Up for Philly Spring Cleanup

May 10, 2016Chelsea Ann Rovnan and

Each spring, brooms, rakes and buckets of paint come alive as the neighborhoods across the city participate in citywide cleanup days. But what about the rest of the year? Vernon Smith and Carlton Williams, legislative

Kensington: Buddy Osborn Fights … With Faith

October 27, 2015pnadmin and

The corner of Kensington Avenue and Somerset Street in Kensington is amongst the most notorious drug corners in the city. Heroin draws addicts and dealers, making it an open playing field for crime and violence, and

Kensington: Community Organization Continues to Give Kensington a Makeover

June 18, 2011

Since the founding of the New Kensington Community Development Center in 1985, the Kensington community has seen many changes as a result of projects the organization was involved with. In recent years NKCDC has taken