Tag: germantown

Neighbors have long bemoaned the building as an eyesore and have repeatedly called on the city to restore the historic property before it’s too late.

Healing Verse Germantown will use poetry workshops and public art installations to help residents address gun violence and its trauma.

The Formerly Incarcerated Renaissance Museum documents the resilience and creativity of people during and after their prison sentences.

The project from Iron Stone Real Estate Partners does not need zoning approvals to move forward.

Since launching in 2015, Jumpstart Germantown has issued more than $50 million in loans to help new developers renovate vacant single-family homes.

Meg Foley’s multisite, multidisciplinary festival puts queer parenting on par with shifting tectonic plates.

The historic property has sat vacant for nearly 20 years. A real estate developer hopes a judge gives him the opportunity to change that.

The city repossessed the properties from a group of entities controlled by one of the neighborhood’s most notorious landlords.

The officers involved in this shooting are being placed on administrative duty pending the outcome of the investigation.

For decades, Germantown was not the kind of place developers held ribbon-cutting ceremonies. But that’s changing.

Jumpstart Germantown has grown from a neighborhood-based program to a citywide effort to create more affordable housing.

The Germantown Urban Village Historic District is now part of the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places.

Need in Deed tackled funding challenges in Philadelphia public schools with a community-led discussion and call to action.

The decision means the museum can remain at its current location in Germantown.

The neighborhood high school closed in 2013 along with nearly two dozen others.