Neighborhood news in brief for the week of Nov. 6
Bridesburg private police leave neighborhoodStar reported in September that at a Bridesburg community meeting that month, residents were handed brochures for the Pennsylvania Private...
A brighter future for the American Street corridor
American Street in Kensington (pictured) is filled with former industrial sites, some of which are being developed for new businesses and housing. SAM NEWHOUSE...
Greenway is a ‘great vision’ in Port Richmond
A student celebration: Mayor Michael Nutter (at left) greets Our Lady of Port Richmond School students, who made the first walk down Port Richmond’s...
What’s your NoLibs story?
Baker points out decades-old artifacts meant for the exhibit. MIKALA JAMISON / STAR PHOTOJennifer Baker once found artistic inspiration in the wreckage of a neighborhood.Now,...
EDITORIAL: The great, big parking problem
FROM WIKIMEDIA COMMONSPhiladelphians have a parking problem, but it may not be the one you think.Lack of parking is the grandest grievance of most city-dwelling...
A River Wards Halloween
The Girl Scouts at Frank Glavin Playground and its Advisory Council went all out for their Halloween haunted house, on Friday and Saturday, Oct....