By Jacquie Mahon
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Profiles in KensingtonMeet the Community Liaison of Philadelphia’s Al-Aqsa Islamic Society
Adab Ibrahim, Community Liaison for Philadelphia’s Al-Aqsa Islamic Society, was already seated at ReAnimator Coffee in Kensington when I arrived. With three children (all at Temple University), a busy…
Jacquie Mahon | 06/01/2017 -
Profiles in KensingtonMeet Ryan Kuck, the Executive Director of Greensgrow Farms
Is it any surprise that Kensington bees are tough as nails? Amid warehouses abandoned during 1950s deindustrialization, addict populations, and poverty — but also surrounded by revitalized development, strong community…
Jacquie Mahon | 04/05/2017 -
History in Northern LibertiesPhiladelphia’s Historian Leaves Philadelphia
Harry Kyriakodis is a man who knows the value of the past. The history of a building, an industry, a town enriches its present-day metamorphosis, just as the warm and…
Jacquie Mahon | 03/15/2017 -
Community in KensingtonLOCAL PROFILES: Valerie Martinez, Operations Manager at the Norris Square Neighborhood Project
I’m making my way across Norris Square in West Kensington, past the United Presbyterian Church banner proclaiming “Immigrants and Refugees Welcome,” around the towering oak tree on which is…
Jacquie Mahon | 01/26/2017 -
A&E in KensingtonARTIST PROFILE: Emily R. White, Painter, Sculptor, Watercolorist, Muralist, and More
The ceilings soar above old lamps and tables, a crackled mirror, a 1950s fan. Work gloves, a tortoiseshell and a jumble of glass doorknobs line the mantelpiece. Carved wood…
Jacquie Mahon | 01/06/2017 -
Features in KensingtonSaluting Sandy: A Look Back at the NKCDC Executive Director’s Illustrious Career
The flying pig and the fish mobile no longer hang over Sandy Salzman’s desk, to the dismay of her colleagues. It had seemed sensible, as her 21 years at…
Jacquie Mahon | 11/09/2016 -
A&E in KensingtonGetting To Know S. Douglas Matlaga, Founder of Green Hill Art Services
It is an unassuming Kensington entryway with the building number spray-painted across a blue metal door. But it opens to the sweet smell of lumber and a vast expanse…
Jacquie Mahon | 10/26/2016