Community
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Community in Northern LibertiesThe Voices of Broken Windows: The Characters Speak Directly
The “Broken Windows” series started with one complaint—one complaint by one individual about a group of people he saw as junkies and drug dealers. It was a matter of one…
Bob Stewart | 04/15/2015 -
Community in Port RichmondPennDOT’s I-95 Plans Deflate Recent ORCA Meeting
In 1947, the Philadelphia Planning Commission expressed that, “The critical need of the area is a north-south express highway, running close to the Delaware River…with quick access into downtown Philadelphia.”…
John Piotrowski | 04/08/2015 -
A&E in Port RichmondSt. Adalbert Stained Glass: Art at its Best
Did you ever walk into a gorgeous environment and fail to notice the beauty, history, and culture that experience might bring you? It happened to me a couple of weeks…
Fred Cimino | 04/01/2015 -
Community in Fishtown
OPINION: We ALL Lose if St. Laurentius Goes
How can something so incredibly beautiful, so replete with history, something that housed the joys, pains, sorrows, hopes, beliefs and fellowship of so many Fishtown Catholics for OVER 100 years…
Susan Feenan | 04/01/2015 -
Community in FishtownPort Richmond Thriftway Donates to St Laurentius Through a BLOCS Initiative: Contribution to support the community’s K-12 education
A check presentation of $20,000 was granted to Saint Laurentius Catholic School in Fishtown on Wednesday, March 25. The donation by Thriftway followed news that the Archdiocese of Philadelphia plans…
K. Andrew Deffley | 04/01/2015 -
Community in KensingtonPhilly Dec Local Election Updates – The 1427 Susquehanna Affair
Monday afternoon a man walked into The Spirit’s office in Fishtown with a manila envelope. Our editor, Max Pulcini, was in the office, and got up to greet the visitor…
Dustin Slaughter & Kenneth Lipp | 04/01/2015 -
Community in Kensington
Philadelphia Declaration: Local Election Updates – March 25, 2015
This story starts long before Manny Morales was endorsed by the Democratic Party, in fact before Maria Quinones-Sanchez was elected to City Council. We could probably continue another decade or…
Dustin Slaughter & Kenneth Lipp | 03/25/2015 -
Community in Northern LibertiesCops and Council Take Complicated Approaches to Addiction Woes
This story is part of an ongoing series about the effect of methadone treatment on individuals and the neighborhood. PART I gave an overview of methadone treatment and the Goldman Clinic;…
Bob Stewart | 03/25/2015 -
Community in KensingtonReclaiming the Riverwards
Unused land within a neighborhood is a hazard to safety, repels businesses, and poisons home value — one abandoned property within a few hundred feet on a home can bring…
Kenneth Lipp | 03/18/2015 -
Community in KensingtonPhiladelphia Declaration: Local Election Updates – March 18, 2015
In our election coverage this week we're bringing you some special heat in the form of the incendiary 7th District City Council race, where Maria Quiñones-Sanchez will be defending her…
Dustin Slaughter & Kenneth Lipp | 03/18/2015 -
Community in Northern LibertiesNew Treatment With No Street Value Shows Promise; Can It Reduce Daily Area Methadone Traffic?
This story is part of an ongoing series about the effect of methadone treatment on individuals and the neighborhood. Part I gave an overview of methadon treatment and the Goldman Clinic; Part II examined the Ramonita De Rodriguez Library; Part III took a…
Bob Stewart | 03/11/2015 -
Community in Northern LibertiesFront and Girard-Grand Central Station for Resident Woes
THIS STORY IS PART OF AN ONGOING SERIES ABOUT THE EFFECT OF METHADONE TREATMENT ON INDIVIDUALS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. PART I GAVE AN OVERVIEW OF METHADONE TREATMENT AND THE GOLDMAN CLINIC;…
Bob Stewart | 02/11/2015