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In a neighborhood as vibrant and lively as Chinatown, a dismal overcast has been set with the announcement of an arena proposal. 76 Place was first announced in July of 2022, and if approved, is set ...
Anyone who knows Philadelphia artist Isaiah Zagar will tell you that he is a storyteller at heart. His stories are told through the jagged and shimmering pieces of tile, glass and what some would ...
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Bunrath Math, 55, was only 11 years old when he fled Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge’s brutal rule. As an orphan in the United States, he initially found refuge in Berkshire, Massachusetts, before ...
Mourners leave a synagogue in the early 1950s. It is not unusual to revisit an old neighborhood. Sometimes a sense of nostalgia drags people back to the places where it all began, and according to ...
A group of young boys shoot a basketball into an aging hoop at the end of a large asphalt school yard. Behind them is the shell of the School District of Philadelphia’s second oldest educational ...
New types of businesses have sprung up along the Mayfair business district over the last couple of decades. Change is relative. That seemed to be the message from longtime locals living and working ...
Victor Lugo-Merle, a physical therapy resident, reflects on his diverse experiences, which range from treating football players in the summer to working with Olympic athletes during the school year.
When someone says ballroom in the LGBTQ+ community, it means there is going to be a competition! The Ballroom culture, sometimes called the ballroom scene, or ballroom began as an underground ...
Nicole Westerman can’t help but feel that new real estate projects have torn Kensington’s identity in two: half a developer’s paradise, half a neighborhood struggling for survival amid intersecting ...
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Freddy Mahugu is the founder of the Wynnefield Track Club, a running group that meets every day of the week to run early in the morning on the Schuylkill River Trail. Mahugu is a certified USA track ...