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Disability Community Shut Out of Plans for Carousel House Recreation Center
City Life

Disability Community Shut Out of Plans for Carousel House Recreation Center

The decision by the City to close and demolish Carousel House in West Fairmount Park came as a surprise to many this summer. The shuttering of the beloved recreation center, which provided facilities and programing for people with disabilities, has displaced a tight-knit community indefinitely

Centennial Commons Puts Community Back Into The Park
Urbanism

Centennial Commons Puts Community Back Into The Park

The gateway to West Fairmount Park is about to get a serious makeover with people and progressive public space practices as a priority. John Henry Scott reports

In Parkside, Habitat For Humanity Takes On New Challenge: Preservation
Preservation

In Parkside, Habitat For Humanity Takes On New Challenge: Preservation

Neighbors and volunteers confront challenges as they attempt to restore their Philadelphia historic register houses. Some preservationists argue that this kind of project, in a low income neighborhood, requires a new approach. Michael Buozis files this report from West Philadelphia

A New Life For Old Fairmount Park
Urbanism

A New Life For Old Fairmount Park

With the release of The New Fairmount Park this week, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, the Fairmount Park Conservancy, and PennPraxis aim to patch disparate parts of the beloved but aging park. With connection at its core, the plan ranges from cheap and easy short-term goals to expensive and grandiose visions. Brad Maule argues the short-term items are enough to keep us busy for a while

Honoring The Stars
History

Honoring The Stars

This Sunday, on the 65th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball, the two surviving members of the Negro League’s Philadelphia Stars will be honored at the site of the old stadium at 44th and Parkside. Quizzo Master Johnny Goodtimes brings us their story

History

Over The Wire

Philadelphia’s sneaker connection, from beginning to end

Behind Victorians
Architecture

Behind Victorians

Take an exhaustive grand tour of Parkside with the careful–and hopeful–eye of Stephen Stofka


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