Finally! Full-on democratic voting on important development issues in East Falls. Members weigh in on St. Bridget’s, PhillyU, Pennrose and more. PLUS: Tour Midvale’s new community coffeeshop in the making. An exciting message echoed at the last East [more…]
The “flower fanatic” of our staff gets a jump on spring at the Flower Show. [more…]
Franco Faggi’s cooking classes are a rare, coveted, super-local experience for food junkies city-wide [more…]
East Falls loves to get our Irish on! This year, our trip to the corner of Conrad & Indian Queen leads to a legendary evening at Cranky Joe’s. With special cameo by local boy doing [more…]
Community Council announces a new commitment to tolerance and respect, without quite embracing it: members on the attack against bus noise, new train station plans, the Rivage project, and the need for rules of conduct in the [more…]
Historic local landmark gets $60 million overhaul, including a new pool, dog park, and a gourmet outdoor kitchen (?!) plus rumors of first-floor retail. What else is going on in this far corner of East Falls? [more…]
Further afield with a long-distance runner who shares eerie, fascinating images of a mysterious giant pyramid at abandoned Mt. Vernon Cemetery. [more…]
What’s going on with the staff at Wister? For Robin Lowry, it’s like Sitting in Limbo… Welp. We don’t know where we’ll be next year. Wister? A new school? Quit? Go into Forestry? (That’s what I [more…]
A new community coffee shop is brewing in a little red house in East Falls. UPDATE 2017: This space has been purchased by a local artist for residential (with possible plans for a ground-floor art gallery). First [more…]
Ouch! A reader asks why we’d cover a “dubious and dangerous” enterprise as Frequency Tattoo Company on Ridge. We rush to the defense of John Howie & his talented crew — and tattooed people everywhere (many we [more…]
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