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How Atlantic City killed an art museum and missed a golden opportunity

The open-air sculpture museum being curated by Lance Fung in the heart of Atlantic City calls to mind a similar tale. Legendary Philadelp ...

13 years ago

 Salvage work is currently underway at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, which will soon be home to the Waldorf School after sitting vacant since 2005. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

Work underway to transform abandoned Germantown church into vibrant school and community fixture

With financing in place and zoning approval obtained, work is underway to transform a vacant Germantown church into a private school. ...

13 years ago

 Amelia Weksel (left) and Eileen Conway slice cucumbers to pickle during the Senior Day Camp at The Salvation Army’s Roxborough Corps Community Center. (Joel Frady/ for NewsWorks)

From cooking to crafting, Roxborough Salvation Army brings seniors together

Several women sat around a table, cutting cucumbers for pickling and discussing whether or not one person at the table should be allowed ...

13 years ago

 Marcia Saunders in People's Light & Theatre Company's
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Noises Off’ and on, too

By now Michael Frayn’s farce about a dumb troupe of actors called “Noises Off,” which opened in Britain in 1982 and hit ...

13 years ago

Politics & Policy

End the filibuster once and for all

Back when Republicans controlled the U.S. Senate, minority Democrats employed and defended their use of the filibuster, blocking votes on ...

13 years ago

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Urban Planning

Historical Commission reviews new Ritt-Fit new construction

13 years ago

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Urban Planning

July 15-19: Rethinking the Shore after Sandy | Vincent and Theo | Pies for POP | Jazz in Hawthorne Park

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

July 15: Site safety promises, concerns prior to collapse | blightlord loopholes | Family Court murals | Norristown HSL extension meeting | Pop-up delights

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Former Beneficial Bank HQ has new owner, reuse uncertain

13 years ago

Politics & Policy

Does impatience sometimes stall, not spur, societal change?

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Of all the wise words attributed to Dr. Martin Luther King ...

13 years ago

Penn State to open 2014 football season in Ireland

Penn State will open its 2014 football season against the University of Central Florida in Ireland, the first international game for eith ...

13 years ago

Occupy Philly joins in nationwide protest as Nutter makes statement on Zimmerman acquittal

Across the nation, demonstrators are rallying against yesterday’s Florida verdict acquitting former neighborhood watch volunteer Ge ...

13 years ago

Cash-starved Pa. city to auction off Wild West artifacts

A collection of artifacts assembled by a former Pennsylvania mayor who dreamed of a Wild West museum and stockpiled the items using city ...

13 years ago

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New Jersey Democrats asleep on education reform

This is part of a series from education blogger Laura Waters of NJ Left Behind. New Jersey’s polit ...

13 years ago

Delaware’s Brandywine Zoo closed until further notice

The Brandywine Zoo in Wilmington will be closed until further notice after a large oak tree fell on its monkey house. The tre ...

13 years ago

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