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Community in Fishtown
Some Facts About FACT
Fishtown Action, or FACT, recently hosted several guest speakers from local community organizations to highlight recent accomplishments and to discuss future plans to beautify residential and commercial districts in Fishtown…
Spirit Staff | 09/21/2011 -
Community in FishtownSecond Annual Girard Fest Promises Fun for the Entire Family
The end of summer is festival season. Last weekend saw the Lehigh Avenue Arts Festival, and this coming Saturday, thousands of residents and visitors will flock to Girard Avenue for…
Rebecca Rhoades | 09/21/2011 -
CommunityEighteen Years Later the Memory of Freddie Adams Lives On
Eighteen years have now gone by since that fateful Friday night in March of 1993 when the Adams family received word that sixteen year old Freddie was at Hahnemann Hospital…
Greg Pacana | 08/17/2011 -
Community in Port RichmondThat’s the Spirit: Denise Edeline and the Art of Volunteerism
To enter the Portside Arts Center during its annual summer camp is to experience something much like family. The soft pitter-patter of children's feet rushing up the stairs subsumed by…
Stephen Sudia | 08/17/2011 -
Community in FishtownFishtown Friends and Father Bradley
Parishioners of St. Peter the Apostle Church at 5th and Girard Avenue in Northern Liberties may recognize a familiar, friendly face these days. That’s because Father Alfred Bradley, a Fishtown…
Spirit Staff | 08/17/2011 -
Community in FishtownCommunity Feels the Impact of Budget Cuts
The atmosphere was tense inside the Lutheran Settlement House last Thursday, as students and teachers involved with the Community Education and Employment Department said goodbye to each other. The CEED…
Ptah Gabrie | 07/20/2011 -
Community in Fishtown
Residents Vote on Sound Barriers
The sound of static meant to mimic the current noise level from Interstate 95 filled the basement of Holy Name Church last Wednesday night. Then, Ahmed El-Aassar of Environmental Acoustics…
Jennifer Lawson | 07/06/2011 -
Community in Northern LibertiesAfter 142 Years the Immaculate Conception Loses its Parish Status
After more than 140 years, the Immaculate Conception Church located in Northern Liberties at Front and Allen Streets will no longer exist as a Philadelphia Archdiocesan Parish. Beginning on July…
Greg Pacana | 07/06/2011 -
Community in Port RichmondThere Flows the River
Interstate 95 has cut river ward residents off from the Delaware River, but now the community is ready to take the river back. About 100 community members gathered in Port…
Jennifer Lawson | 06/01/2011 -
Community in Northern LibertiesNLNA Discusses Installation of Surveillance Cameras
On Thursday, May 26th, the Northern Liberties Neighborhood Association, held a meeting for NLNA board elections and to discuss the installation of surveillance cameras in the area. A group of…
Emily Curier | 06/01/2011 -
Community in FishtownThe Fishtown Parking Debate
Fishtown and surrounding neighborhood residents came together for better or for worse Tuesday, May 24th at the Fishtown Rec Center to discuss an issue plaguing the minds of many: parking. It’s no…
Jill Kozak | 06/01/2011 -
Community in BridesburgBridesburg Memorial Day Parade
This year’s Grand Marshal is Adolph “Hank” Slaveski. Slaveski enlisted in the U.S. Army and after serving in the Philippines and Japan, he was honorably discharged in 1949. During the…
Spirit Staff | 05/25/2011