October 2, 2019
Photo by Hanbit Kwon
The future of the building housing an auto body shop and second-floor martial arts gym damaged by fire late last month is still unclear. The City’s Department of Licenses and Inspections deemed the building “unsafe” soon after the Sept. 24 fire.
Damage from the fire caused the closing of Ren’s Auto Repair and Collision and 8 Limbs Academy, a popular kickboxing school and fitness facility.
The building’s owners have indicated that they are interested in repairing the building. Continue Reading
September 19, 2019
UPDATE (9/19/2019): Before saying goodbye to summer 2019, enjoy this Friday, Sept. 20 a free movie in Clark Park – a rescheduled screening of Creed II. Please bring your blankets and chairs. Also enjoy food from Philly Goodfellas, Foolish Waffles, and ICE CAVE. The film will begin at 7:30 p.m. to accommodate the earlier sunset time. Please note: This film is rated PG-13 and features swearing, intense scenes of boxing violence, and mild sensuality, and might not be appropriate for young children.
August 7, 2019: Free outdoor movies are returning to Clark Park at 43rd and Chester this week: University City District, in partnership with Philadelphia Parks and Recreation and Friends of Clark Park, are set to present four great films every Friday night through August 30th.
Films will be shown at sundown in fair weather. A rain date of September 20th has been reserved for up to one film postponed due to inclement weather.
Please bring your chair or blanket for the films. Food and dessert will be offered starting at 6 p.m. from a rotating list of vendors. Here’s this year’s schedule:
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September 6, 2019
If you have a car parked along Baltimore Avenue between 49th and 51st Streets, you should move. Same goes for 50th and 51st from Pentridge to Catharine. Cars should be moved by 11 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 6. or they will be towed, according to police.
All of this is for the N2N Festival in Cedar Park this Saturday, Sept. 7, featuring Salt-N-Pepa.
Cars can be parked again on those streets starting 12 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 8.
August 30, 2019
Film crews will be shooting in the Spruce Hill neighborhood for the next several days, prompting temporary “no parking” zones on several streets.
The crews are filming scenes for Dispatches From Elsewhere, a 10-episode anthology series that is set to be released on AMC in 2020. Jason Segel created and will star in the series. Other cast members include Sally Field, André Benjamin (André 3000 from Outkast) and the English actor Richard E. Grant.
Several actors were spotted filming the series in Rittenhouse Square late last month. Continue Reading
August 29, 2019
Neighbors turned out at the First Corinthian Baptist Church on Monday to hear about plans for the property at 303 S. 51st St. (Photo by West Philly Local)
Neighborhood organizers have put together a list of requests for a developer who plans to build a 30-unit apartment complex on a lot tucked away at the end of a small alley near 51st and Spruce. They plan to present the requests during a meeting with the developer, Callahan Ward, next month.
About 70 people attended Monday’s meeting, which was hosted by Neighbors for Healthy Community Development (NHCD) at the First Corinthian Baptist Church at 51st and Pine, intended to gauge community support for requests related to safety, overbuilding on the lot and the inclusion of affordable units. Continue Reading
August 21, 2019
The inside of an Ilera Healthcare dispensary, which company officials told the Spruce Hill Community Association zoning committee will be very similar to one proposed for 4237 Walnut Street (from Ilera’s website).
The Spruce Hill Community Association zoning committee encouraged officials from a medical marijuana dispensary to formally apply for zoning for a location near 43rd and Walnut after an informational meeting this week.
Ilera Healthcare wants to open the dispensary at 4237 Walnut St., a property that has housed health-related businesses for several years. It would be the first medical marijuana dispensary in West Philly and the company’s second in the region. Continue Reading
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