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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting, a project of The Initiative for Better Gun Violence Reporting, is a unique type of anti-gun violence program. Their main objective is to prove their ...

Factories and textile mills line the neighborhood’s streets. The owner of a local restaurant runs down the street to fill up on supplies. The number of those employed outweighs the number of those ...

For survivors of sexual assault, recovering from their trauma can be financially costly. From counseling costs, to medical bills, to subsequent trauma, the money that survivors have to spend can all ...

Glen Fern is the former property of wealthy and influential miller Thomas Livezey that dates back to 1747. In its day, the sprawling farmstead at the edge of the Wissahickon Creek featured one of the ...

Homelessness and addiction often go hand in hand. One Day at a Time (ODAAT) is a Philadelphia organization that aims to combat both through support and outreach. ODAAT operates several facilities and ...