Taking a step away from homelessness
On the eve before Christmas Eve, Paul Rossetti was standing in the rain at the corner of Highland and Germantown Avenues hawking “One Step Away” [Read More…]
Category: HOUSING
Empty Bowl Dinner fights hunger and homelessness
Twenty five percent of Philadelphians live below the poverty level. This somber statistic was delivered last night to hundreds of diners, along with delicious soups [Read More…]
Installing the new RF smart electric meter
PECO is replacing the existing electric meters in the neighborhood with new remote controlled smart meters using Radio Frequency (RF) transmission. Installer Peter Paige stopped [Read More…]
Travelers Aid Kiosk offers some help
Chris Levey, a saturnine looking yet pleasant 3-day a week volunteer at the barren- looking Travelers Aide kiosk at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia says [Read More…]
Living in Princeton U’s 1860s President McCosh’s House
David Meadow leads a short tour through his home, known to the Princeton NJ community as “the McCosh house” because it was the residence of [Read More…]
Why Thoreau went to the woods
On a walk around Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts we stopped at the site where Thoreau had built his cabin. I asked another tourist if [Read More…]
Three days on roof, survived Hurricane Katrina
NOTE: INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED ON 4/21/13 WHICH CALLS THE VERACITY OF THIS ACCOUNT INTO QUESTION. Watch video interview here Jo Quasney is a survivor [Read More…]
Olsens turn shells into homes
Learn how the Olsens find dilapidated homes, gut them and turn them into beautiful, rehabbed homes. Watch video here.
Homeless homeless advocate from DC comes to Philly
Eric Jonathan Sheptock was placed in foster care until the age of 5 after being battered in the head by his natural parents as an [Read More…]
Building homes – love in action
On a recent Saturday, Linley Kirkwood, community outreach coordinator for Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County and a Chestnut Hill resident, led a “Love in [Read More…]