Local faces
Bowman to Broadway
A citizen artist from the neighborhood aims for Broadway but never forgets where she’s from. [more…]
Month: November 2017
Development
Ken-Crest Plans November 2017
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Development
There’s No Place Like Home
Is East Falls the kind of community that would welcome a home for sick kids by our favorite residential park? UPDATE 6/18: KenCrest’s plans for a transitional care home move forward despite Community Council opposition, [more…]
Businesses and organizations
Fish Story, Wish Story
An East Falls fairy tale for our friends at Frequency Tattoo, and all our neighborhood’s cyclists & art lovers. Gather ‘round, kids, here’s a story about a wizard, a woodsman, and a fish who all [more…]
Schools and kids
5 Reasons We Chose Mifflin
In a neighborhood where over 90% of parents send their kids to private/charter schools, Lynsey and her husband Dan Larson are thrilled to recommend Mifflin. We recently left behind two sets of grandparents and a [more…]
Local faces
Wheel Big Winner
Possibly our favorite news all year: a friend in our condo complex won almost $75k on Wheel of Fortune this October! [more…]
Development
(Take Another Little) Piece of Our Past
As new construction goes up, older buildings come down. What can Fallsers do to save our architectural legacy? [more…]
Reviews
Giving Thanks for NovemBEERS
JK talks turkey about the best beers for the season. [more…]
Businesses and organizations
Tapping Out
Falls Taproom has closed and the neighborhood is bummed. (But not, evidently, all that surprised.) [more…]
Art and entertainment
Update: The Knotted Grotto
A new life for thousands of prayers from East Falls and around the world. When Pope Francis visited Philadelphia in 2015, two East Falls artists — Dan & Stephanie Ostrov on Stanton Street — were [more…]