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Food

How To: Start A Play Street

September 1, 2017 Brianna Spause 1

On more than 500 streets in Philadelphia, neighbors roped off their street to traffic this past summer as a part of the Play Streets program. Then, the children came out to play. While this year’s [continue reading…]

Klein Fellowship- Income Inequality

Olney: This Week In The News – Alumni Soccer Reunion, Skydiving Seniors and more

July 14, 2017 Brianna Spause 0

In case you missed it, we found a few places where people are talking about things happening in Olney: Cardinal Dougherty and an Alumni Soccer Match Worth Watching – Steve Schmidt, 1985 graduate of Cardinal [continue reading…]

Arts and Entertainment

Roxborough: Advent’s Effect On People and Businesses

June 18, 2015 0

The Roxborough/Manayunk community contains a variety of different people and businesses, so Advent was the perfect advertising agency to come in and provide this neighborhood with what it needed. In 2012, Joseph Decandido and his [continue reading…]

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Waterfront: Morgan’s Pier Reboots For The Summer

July 11, 2014 0

Morgan’s Pier is entering its third summertime season since its grand opening in April 2012. The popular waterfront bar, restaurant and music venue has experienced significant success in its first two summers and has even [continue reading…]

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Amateur Sports

Hunting Park: Baseball Teams Bring Sport Back to the Neighborhood

June 23, 2012 0

On the first day of summer, not even the oppressive, 100-degree heat was strong enough to keep the Hunting Park Indians from taking on their crosstown rivals, the Francisville A’s. In the second game of their three-game, Little League [continue reading…]

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