The Philadelphia Waterfront: Five Historic Places You Need To Know
Philadelphia is filled with history and plenty of that can be found on its waterfronts. Both the Delaware and the Schuylkill rivers are lined with firsts in the United States including the first...
View ArticleSouthwest Philly: Five Places to Know
Southwest Philadelphia claims the city area from Baltimore Avenue south to the airport, and from the Schuylkill River west to Cobbs Creek. Its three primary neighborhoods from north to south are...
View ArticleSouthwest Philadelphia: Five People You Should Know
Southwest Philadelphia’s ethnic, racial, and cultural landscape has transformed in the past 25 years. From 1990-2010, the white population in the Elmwood neighborhood decreased from about 21,000 to...
View ArticleSouthwest Philadelphia: UC Green Plants Trees and Hope
Southwest Philadelphia either contains or is directly surrounded by almost 1,200 acres of preserved natural land. The John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum, west of the Eastwick neighborhood,...
View ArticleSouthwest Philly: 5 People Making a Difference
Though residents of Southwest Philadelphia deal with tough issues like urban blight, gun violence and food deserts, individuals and organizations are working to improve the neighborhoods. Dozens of...
View ArticleOld City: Coffee and Cleanups at United By Blue
144 N. 2nd Street United By Blue is a clothing store and café that focuses on keeping oceans and waterways clean and beautiful through community cleanups and sustainable business practices. While the...
View ArticleThe Waterfront: Five People Making a Difference
People from across the city are constantly working towards making the Schuylkill and Delaware waterfronts better for Philadelphia. From revitalizing the rivers themselves to improving the green spaces...
View ArticleSouthwest Philadelphia: Revitalizing the Schuylkill by Bartram’s Garden
Over the summer, Bartram’s Garden hosted a meeting to get community feedback on the Bartram’s Mile, a stretch of trail that would connect Bartram’s to the Schuylkill River Trail that currently ends...
View ArticleSouthwest Philadelphia: Urban Farms Work to Take Back the Land
Urban farms all over Philadelphia indicate that many people in the city seek control over the produce and livestock they eat. The concept behind this control is food sovereignty, which asserts that...
View ArticleThe Philadelphia Waterfront: Five Historic Places You Need To Know
Philadelphia is filled with history and plenty of that can be found on its waterfronts. Both the Delaware and the Schuylkill rivers are lined with firsts in the United States including the first...
View ArticleSouthwest Philly: Five Places to Know
Southwest Philadelphia claims the city area from Baltimore Avenue south to the airport, and from the Schuylkill River west to Cobbs Creek. Its three primary neighborhoods from north to south are...
View ArticleSouthwest Philadelphia: Five People You Should Know
Southwest Philadelphia’s ethnic, racial, and cultural landscape has transformed in the past 25 years. From 1990-2010, the white population in the Elmwood neighborhood decreased from about 21,000 to...
View ArticleSouthwest Philadelphia: UC Green Plants Trees and Hope
Southwest Philadelphia either contains or is directly surrounded by almost 1,200 acres of preserved natural land. The John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum, west of the Eastwick neighborhood,...
View ArticleSouthwest Philly: 5 People Making a Difference
Though residents of Southwest Philadelphia deal with tough issues like urban blight, gun violence and food deserts, individuals and organizations are working to improve the neighborhoods. Dozens of...
View ArticleOld City: Coffee and Cleanups at United By Blue
144 N. 2nd Street United By Blue is a clothing store and café that focuses on keeping oceans and waterways clean and beautiful through community cleanups and sustainable business practices. While the...
View ArticleThe Waterfront: Five People Making a Difference
People from across the city are constantly working towards making the Schuylkill and Delaware waterfronts better for Philadelphia. From revitalizing the rivers themselves to improving the green spaces...
View ArticleSouthwest Philadelphia: Revitalizing the Schuylkill by Bartram’s Garden
Over the summer, Bartram’s Garden hosted a meeting to get community feedback on the Bartram’s Mile, a stretch of trail that would connect Bartram’s to the Schuylkill River Trail that currently ends...
View ArticleSouthwest Philadelphia: Urban Farms Work to Take Back the Land
Urban farms all over Philadelphia indicate that many people in the city seek control over the produce and livestock they eat. The concept behind this control is food sovereignty, which asserts that...
View ArticlePoint Breeze: Urban Farmer Shares His Craft With Community
Twenty-seven-year-old Atiba Ellerby is a part-time barista and full-time urban farmer. When he’s not making coffee at The Pharmacy, a coffee shop in Point Breeze, he is tending to gardens throughout...
View ArticleBartram’s Garden: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Plants Opportunities For...
Darnell Drayton didn’t know anything about landscaping or gardening before joining the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s (PHS) Roots to Re-entry program. Drayton (pictured above) just wanted...
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