By Austin Nolen
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News
Philadelphia Creating New Hazard Plan
Philadelphia’s Office of Emergency Management, which is tasked with managing disaster response, has been holding public meetings throughout the City about the new Hazard Mitigation Plan it is in the…
Austin Nolen | 10/13/2016 -
DNC 2016 in Kensington
Philadelphia Denies Kensington-Based Activists Permit for Economic Justice Rally at 2016 DNC
The City of Philadelphia has denied a permit application for an economic justice rally scheduled during this summer’s Democratic National Convention. Regardless, Kensington-based Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign…
Jack Grauer and Austin Nolen | 05/19/2016 -
Features in Harrowgate
What is That?! The Sterling Paper Building on 2155 Castor Avenue
Our featured building today is another reader request: the old industrial building located at 2155 Castor Avenue in Harrowgate. Like the building at 4080 Frankford I profiled in September, the…
Austin Nolen | 03/02/2016 -
Crime in Kensington
Report: Overdose Cause of Death in SEPTA Taser Incident
The Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office has found that a drug overdose was the cause of death of a man who died after being stunned with a Taser by SEPTA Police…
Austin Nolen | 01/29/2016 -
Crime in Kensington
OPINION: What’s Holding Up the Investigation of Last Year’s SEPTA Cop Taser Incident
At around 2 AM on the morning of October 26th of last year, an unknown SEPTA police officer escorted Omar Lopez out of the closed elevated station at Huntingdon and…
Austin Nolen | 01/13/2016 -
Features in Fishtown
WTF is That? Green Tree Tavern
For this month's edition of our column, we're looking at a building that has been around for more Riverwards history than any other structure profiled so far. Located at 260…
Austin Nolen | 12/10/2015 -
Features in Fishtown
“WTF is That?” 26th District Police Station
For this month's edition of “WTF is That?,” we're looking at a building that has happily found new owners and a new use in this decade, unlike some of the…
Austin Nolen | 11/02/2015 -
Community
WTF Is That? Frankford & Torresdale Industrial Site
This month's “WTF is That?” features buildings slightly out of our normal beat here at The Spirit, but they represent a history that could just as easily fit into the…
Austin Nolen | 09/25/2015 -
Community in Kensington
WTF Is That?! 1625 North Howard Street
Welcome to a new column in The Spirit, “WTF Is That!?” [caption id="attachment_3814" align="aligncenter" width="900"] 1625 North Howard, Photo: Joshua Albert[/caption] This space will explore the origins of…
Austin Nolen | 07/22/2015 -
Crime in Kensington
Former Philadelphia Police Officers Arraigned For Brutal Traffic Stop Beating in Kensington
Former Philadelphia Police officers Kevin Robinson and Sean McKnight were arraigned on Tuesday in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on eight criminal charges each, stemming from a traffic stop…
Austin Nolen | 07/15/2015 -
Features in Port Richmond
Amtrak Derailment Could Have Lead to Evacuation of Around 15,000
The recent Amtrak derailment, which has already led to eight deaths, could have been far worse. As many already know, Amtrak 188 derailed near another train, which could have been…
Austin Nolen | 05/20/2015 -
Community in Fishtown
Zoning for Dummies
Philadelphians have a number of pressing issues occupying our daily lives as city dwellers — crime, police brutality, racial discrimination, rising rents, zoning — wait, zoning? The City of Philadelphia…
Austin Nolen | 05/06/2015