South of South St. from River to River
Sometimes, gambling pays off. Developer Bart Blatstein acknowledged at a meeting in Hawthorne last week that he’d tried but ultimately failed to lure Wegman’s to his proposed 30 story, two-tower, 450,000 square foot project at Broad and Washington. That means
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Mighty Writers, the nonprofit organization that teaches kids the value of writing well, has been awarded a grant that will enable it to open a location in the Italian Market serving Latino students. A $75,000 grant from the Knight Foundation
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Editor’s Note: School Talk is an occasional feature that will look at education and parenting issues in South Philly. If you have concerns, ideas, suggested topics or other thoughts about the state of schools and ways to keep improving them, email us
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In case you forgot, we’re going to remind you. The Philadelphia More Beautiful Committee (PMBC) has designated tomorrow, April 5, to kick-off its annual Philadelphia-wide spring cleaning effort. And as you can see from this map, there are dozens of
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Thirty artists, all from South Philly, have donated a variety of works for tomorrow night’s art auction benefiting the Passyunk Square Civic Association. A range of types of artwork — including sculpture, jewelry, glass, painting, prints, drawing, photography, fiber art
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