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.
Actor and activist Robert Weick stars in the one man show “Marx in Soho,” based on the fantastical conceit that Karl Marx bargains with the authorities in the afterlife to…
Experienced operating engineer demolishes historic but not historically registered stone building as part of controversial plan to replace it with 8 four story townhouses in Chestnut Hill neighborhood of northwest Philadelphia
At a bake sale in support of Ukraine, a woman plays an online game that attacks Russian web servers important to Russia's military in its invasion of Ukraine.
A neighbor reflects on the historic Chestnut Hill Baptist Church cemetery, an open space for the neighborhood, which is about to be overshadowed by 5 story condominium complex.
Teen librarian Kris DeLabio leads workshops for children in making colorful eye-catching paper sculptures and also recycling old books into fanned book art.