Transformation of note
For years, the residents of Barbara Street had grown accustomed to hearing religious music emanating from the old church that crowded their tiny block. Imagine their surprise when they instead heard an...
Reflecting on a solid foundation
Almost a century after it was erected, the beautiful limestone fa�ade of the enclosed Fante-Leone Pool on the 800 block of Montrose Street remains remarkably intact. The unassuming relic is a haunting...
The food of love
Saturday is Valentine's Day. Restaurants will be booked, which is why my husband Edward and I rarely dine out on the day dedicated to love. Last week, he told me he wanted to...
Love stories
Nick Palange had to do a little convincing to win over the woman of his dreams. But 60 years and one daughter later, it all paid off handsomely for the native South...
Building a future
The students at YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School know a lot about fresh starts. The North Philly school gives former high-school dropouts, ages 18 to 21, a chance to earn a diploma...
Square grassroots
One of the neighborhoods south of Washington Avenue has a new civic association -- and by association a new name. The Passyunk Square Civic Association held its first official meeting last...
Driving toward survival
A proposed municipal program that would provide college scholarships to city children is not fair to thousands of students, according to Councilman-at-Large James Kenney. The budget Mayor John Street will introduce next...
Off to a sobering start
The late Doors leader Jim Morrison sang, "Strange days have found us." The lyric certainly seems to describe the crime streak that has gripped the area in the early weeks of 2004....
Going once … and forever
Two-hundred dollars to start it. Twohundredoverhere, twohundredisbid. TwohundredIhave, nowtwofiftyin-theback. Three-hundred is your bid, sir. ThreehundredIhave, nowthreefifty? Thank you. Fourhundredbid? FourhundredIhavenowfourfifty? Four-fifty, sir? The auctioneer's words streamed from his mouth in...
Rip-off motors
Duane Overholt is a pleasant-looking fellow, but just be glad that you probably never met him. While working at auto dealers in Florida, he estimates that he ripped off consumers for about...
