Local Business
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Local Business
Four Friends Bring Screen Printing Business to North Philly
Tariq Buckner, one of the four owners of Busy Stage Screen Printing at Germantown Avenue and Diamond Street, maneuvered between a sea of screen printing presses on his paint-splattered hover-board.…
Kaitlyn Moore | 06/30/2017 -
Food in Kensington
Welcome to the Home of the One Pound Cheesesteak
The intersection of Kensington and Lehigh Avenues is a massive confluence of surface streets, train tracks and the El train rising high above everything as it bangs and creaks overhead.…
Ptah Gabrie | 06/23/2017 -
Local Business in Fishtown
Printing Business Celebrates Two Decades In Fishtown
Devilfish Ink, a graphic arts and printing business so named after the octopus, with which it shares the ability to spray dye, is celebrating its 20-year anniversary in the Fishtown…
Max Weinstein | 06/23/2017 -
Local Business in Kensington
Danny Garcia Opens Up New Store in Kensington
Add “entrepreneur” to boxer Danny Garcia’s résumé. Hundreds of people braved the humidity and eventual downpour to attend the DSG store’s grand opening on Saturday. The line to get in…
Tim McCloskey | 06/21/2017 -
Features
Credit Deserts Plague Low Income Neighborhoods, But Options Are Available
On Thursday, June 8th, leaders from the City and The Philadelphia Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC), a workforce enhancement non-profit, came together to unveil BankWork$’s arrival to Philadelphia. BankWork$ is a…
Max Weinstein | 06/15/2017 -
Community in Kensington
Witchcraft as Diverse as the Community It Serves
In earlier social structures, priests would do most of their work outdoors and among their community, acting as therapist, doctor and agony aunt. Now, after so much of the…
Sean Barrett | 06/01/2017 -
A&E in Kensington
Local Graphic Design and Printing Business Hosts Anniversary Celebration This Friday
This Friday, June 2, Devilfish Ink Graphic Arts & Printing will celebrate 20 years in the Fishtown and Kensington neighborhood with an art show at Atlantis, The Lost Bar,…
Max Weinstein | 06/01/2017 -
Features in Port Richmond
The Thrifty Irishman Moves To A Newer, Bluer Home Across the Riverwards
There’s a new pot of gold in Port Richmond, but it’s not a cauldron with coins. Run by a thrifty Irishman, this prize at the end of the rainbow…
Shealyn Kilroy | 06/01/2017 -
Community
St. Anne’s Senior Center to Cut Staff and Hours
A senior center that has served the Olde Richmond and surrounding communities since the late 1970s will be laying off four employees and reducing both its hours of operation…
Steve Bohnel | 05/25/2017 -
Community in North Central
North Philadelphia Black Biz Directory unveiled at Beech Interplex
On May 8th, the first iteration of the “North Philadelphia Black Biz Directory” was unveiled at the Beech Interplex at 15th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue. The release was…
Patrick Clark | 05/15/2017 -
Features in Fishtown
Finding the Middle Path: Conscious Convenience Store Stocks Organic Snacks and Mystic Minerals
Less than a mile from Wawa and 7-Eleven, there’s another kind of convenience store tucked away on Frankford Avenue. Since February 2016, Middle Path (2415 Frankford Ave.) has been serving…
Shealyn Kilroy | 05/02/2017 -
Food
Sippin’ in the Sun: What are Best Places to Enjoy a Drink Outside in the Neighborhood?
With the weather heating up, bars, taverns and pubs have been cleaning out their outdoor spaces and preparing them for customers who want to enjoy warm weather while enjoying a…
Steve Bohnel | 04/28/2017