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Community in KensingtonMuch Needed Walk for Peace This Saturday in Kensington
Operation Save Our City, a community group dedicated to combating street violence in some of the tougher parts of the city, is holding its 4th annual walk for peace this…
Joshua Albert | 07/21/2015 -
Community in FishtownA Fish Out of Water: Spirit Reporter Discovers Another Fishtown Across the Pond (Part 3)
SOLUTIONS, DISSENTING VOICES AND CULTURAL OWNERSHIP Despite the varying levels of affordability and overall differences in the sustainable economic climate of both Fishtown and Shoreditch noted in last weeks (Fish…
Andrew Mark Corkery | 07/20/2015 -
CommunityBicycle Coalition Report Shows Neighborhood Road Vulnerability
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia spent the better part of 2014 and 2015 compiling, and recently releasing, its neighborhood-centric Vision Zero report, detailing the most dangerous intersections and corridors…
Randy LoBasso | 07/15/2015 -
Community in FishtownZoning 101
Zoning confuses the heck out of many of us. Luckily, we have resources in the neighborhood to help put everything having to do with zoning into simpler terms. This primer…
Spirit Staff | 07/14/2015 -
Community in Northern LibertiesMore Neighborhood Construction? 88 New Residential Units to Face Zoning Board
[caption id="attachment_3544" align="alignright" width="300"] Conceptualized housing along the 600-block of N. 5th Street[/caption] This year has given rise to construction in the area, with commuters seeing a change—for the worse—in…
K. Andrew Deffley | 07/10/2015 -
Community in FishtownSchool May Be Out For Kids, But It’s Just Starting For Puppies (Plus 54 Photos of Puppies)
The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PSPCA), a non-profit organization that, you know, helps keep animals safe, is providing low-cost classes for your favorite four-legged little friends.…
Joshua Albert | 07/09/2015 -
Community in KensingtonFloor Plans Released for Future KCFC Food Market
The Kensington Community Food Co-op (KCFC) is a step closer to its goals of being a full-service, neighborhood grocery store, as its collaborator in CDS Consulting released a prospective floor…
K. Andrew Deffley | 07/09/2015 -
CommunityWhy is an Old Dude Running Around with a Taser? And Other First Impressions of the Riverwards
After dallying in other neighborhoods around Philadelphia, I moved to the Riverwards last month. I’ll be honest — for a while, the only thing I knew it was that it…
Teagan Kuruna | 07/08/2015 -
Community(Watch) Blurred Lines: A Discussion on Disputed Boundaries and That Awful “Port Fishington” Nonsense
Back in May WE RELEASED THIS MAP and the debate began. Here's our follow up. Our NEW MAP is featured at the bottom of this post. I’ll confess this right now:…
K. Andrew Deffley | 07/07/2015 -
Community in KensingtonPHOTOS: Neighbors Join to Clean Up & Rock Out In East Kensington and Olde Richmond
The warm and sunny evening of Monday, July 29th found a group of about 40 locals getting together for a good cause — beautifying the neighborhood, with the perks of…
Lindsey Miller | 07/03/2015 -
Community in Port RichmondWawa Scores Big in the Riverwards
The recent barrage of downpours might have discouraged some from volunteering to refurbish a park in the Port Richmond section of the Riverwards on a recent Sunday; but, for…
Denise M. Krenski | 07/03/2015 -
CommunityThe Local Lens: The Confederate Flag
As a kid I was a Civil War buff and I loved visiting an old burned out Civil War era chapel near my parents’ house. This old stone chapel was…
Thom Nickels | 07/02/2015