Harold Golden came to his calling as violin maker and repairer by first building a kit guitar as a teenager. He then discovered he had a talent for fixing friends’…
Faced with condo developments rising high and very close the senior pastor of the 200 year-old Chestnut Hill Baptist Church turns to inviting in the new neighbors and welcoming contributions from the developers for very necessary repairs.
Developer Ken Weinstein hosted open houses of five dilapidated train stations along the SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority) regional Chestnut Hill rail lines in Philadelphia. Through his company, Philly Office Retail, he has undertaken to renovate them. “Bring your ideas. All are welcome!” a flyer announces. The buildings once housed ticket offices but are now vacant and have fallen into substantial disrepair.
Harold Golden came to his calling as violin maker and repairer by first building a kit guitar as a teenager. He then discovered he had a talent for fixing friends’…
Faced with condo developments rising high and very close the senior pastor of the 200 year-old Chestnut Hill Baptist Church turns to inviting in the new neighbors and welcoming contributions from the developers for very necessary repairs.
Developer Ken Weinstein hosted open houses of five dilapidated train stations along the SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority) regional Chestnut Hill rail lines in Philadelphia. Through his company, Philly Office Retail, he has undertaken to renovate them. “Bring your ideas. All are welcome!” a flyer announces. The buildings once housed ticket offices but are now vacant and have fallen into substantial disrepair.
Manayunk artist Tom Sonnenberg makes beautiful eggshell mosaics. He believes he's among a small number of people in the United States who practice the art. The technique, he says, originated…
Sam Rhoads tastes a special cookie-like “Cake”, again, after a fifty year hiatus. Here he is at the Historic Wyck House and Garden annual new year tea. Rhoads, treasurer of…
A large electric transformer crashed down on the unit block of West Walnut Lane June 29th, 2025 during a thunderstorm. The storm was marked by the sudden onset of very…
The Lantern Theater Company gets ready to renovate its new location in Mt. Airy. The Lantern, a well-known professional theater troupe based at St Stephen’s Church in downtown Philadelphia, is…