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Riverwards Development News (September 14, 2016)

Kensington    Several years ago, an unnamed developer purchased the vacant lot at the intersection of Randolph and Oxford Streets for $850,000. Six homes will be built on the southernmost…

Residents Fill North American Street For Neighborhood Feast

  A family-style meal is an easy way to break down barriers and bring people together. Discussions of life always happen while food is passed around and drinks are filled.  …

Update on New Yards Brewing Company Brewery and Tasting Room

  Yards Brewing Co. plans to build a brewery and tasting room in a portion of the former Destination Maternity building on Spring Garden Street. The Spring Garden location will…

Accu-Reggie 7 Day Forecast (September 14-September 20)

  We have had enough! We are absolutely, positively done with it! The monster summer heat that has relentlessly tormented us this season has just paid what should be its…

Kensington Soccer Club Looking For Players and Volunteers

Kensington Soccer Club (KSC) has been around for 6 years and built their volunteer based organization around helping low-income families in Philadelphia communities. They are about to start their fall…

BALDSPOT COMICS! (August 31, 2016)

Movies Reviews (August 31, 2016)

The Pearl Closing    Over the weekend, The Pearl Theatre at Avenue North closed after 10 years of business at the intersection of Broad and Oxford. Philly.com reports that Avenue…

PHOTOS: 10th Annual FBI-Strawberry Mansion Softball Game

Strawberry Mansion community members and the Philadelphia division of the FBI sat side by side on Tuesday, August 30, tying their cleats for the 10th annual “Step Up to the…

Boxers’ Trail 5K Coming September 10

For the fifth year in a row, Strawberry Mansion Day is beginning with the Boxers’ Trail 5K run/walk on Saturday, September 10th. The trail has been around for decades and…

Them That Do: Profiles and Portraits of Local Block Captains

Ask Alberto Serrano about being a block captain and he immediately begins to praise his newest neighbor, Sarita Broadnax. Sarita moved to the block four months ago after a fire…

BALDSPOT COMICS! (August 24, 2016)

MUSIC ROW: Birthday Ponies, Kensington Indie Rockers

Birthday Ponies: Kensington’s Indie Rockers   According to vocalist/bassist Alex Tilson, Birthday Ponies’ sound rests somewhere “between Fugazi and indie rock.” This Kensington-based post-indie band also calls their neighborhood “musician…