Philadelphia Phillies

You don't have to be born in Philadelphia to be considered a Philadelphian. To be a Philadelphian means that you are a part of the wonderful artsy streets, or you are in love with the soft pretzels that you can find on almost every block. To be a Philadelphian means that you enjoy walking through all the green parks and maybe go to the nearest free library and snuggle up with a book. Living as a Philadelphian means that you are free to be you and be a part of millions of different cultures. Growing

Meet PPR’s New Director of Urban Forestry Lori Hayes Lori Hayes began her career with Philadelphia Parks & Recreation (PPR) as a Penn State summer student intern, June of 1981. Due to family circumstances, Lori had to get a job immediately. As a result of her internship experience, Lori decided to take the Grounds Maintenance Worker 1 test and passed. One of Lori’s proudest moments was that she began working with PPR when she was 21 years-old. After permanent appointment, she was able to advance

The stress of reaching expectations raised by others often withers the most promising players, and being the younger brother to one of the most successful Philadelphia Catholic Baseball players definitely sets those lofty anticipations. But William Penn Charter School’s Matt Gorman not only showed the potential reminiscent of his brother Joey Gorman, he is creating his own legacy. Matt’s freshman campaign yielded multiple accolades highlighted by an All-Inter-Ac Second-Team selection and a spot

What makes Northeast Philadelphia special? Sure, we have well-known schools for high school and college, but that’s not what we are know for. We are part of the city of “Brotherly Love.” We obviously have honor and pride about having that title, but that’s not what is special about us. Sometimes I think, it’s not just the city that’s special, it’s the people who make it special. You may be thinking I’m off my rocker, but I’m serious. A city is a city, nothing too special. People living in the city

political debates, academic studies and research to figure out its positive and negative impacts on the socioeconomic nature of the cities it takes place in. Here on the eastern seaboard of the US we see gentrification in every city from Center City Philadelphia, to Chelsea, to Columbia Heights in DC. However this movement to gentrify is not reserved for the

someone who isn’t from Philadelphia is asked to picture Philadelphia, they probably picture historic things like the Liberty Bell and the place where our nation's constitution was drafted. Then they’ll probably mention places like South Street and Old City, the more historic and nicer places that Philly is known for. What these people don’t know is that there are many internal problems that encompass the city that are constantly overlooked. These places like West Philadelphia and Northern Liberties

Research Paper The Philadelphia Eagles are an American football team. Everyone knows that if you are a Philly fan or you live in Philly because Philly is a town full of passionate people who never get many championship titles and they deserve at least more than they have right now. The history of the eagles has gone a long way and just a couple of months ago they won their first Super Bowl Ring and their history has gone a long way to get there. Eagles where founded back in 1933 to 1939 created

Back then you would consider moving to Philadelphia for a better positive environment. Philly was known to be a place of power and glamour. Many different ethnic groups lived here, but the biggest most successful group were the Jews. Jews settled there and made money, went to high end clubs that played this new genre of music that people back then in the 60’s loved which was jazz. But it wasn 't for long until Philadelphia turned upside down due to the raging silence. In August 1964 things changed

If you have ever been to Philly, you have probably passed it at one time—an old abandoned building, which at one time was the center of Philadelphia attention. I have travelled through Philadelphia many times and have passed this impressive Victorian style building. Despite its abandoned and rundown appearance, I have always said that this building had so much beauty and potential. The outside of the building has intricate arching and architecture, and has eye-catching brick and stone detailing

New and Improved Philadelphia Philadelphia is a place that is making enormous number of changes to make it a more diverse, innovative and safer place for people to live. Many people have helped this innovation and modernization happen with new restaurants, new buildings and safer living communities. People tend to think that Philadelphia is not as good as other cities like Boston or New York. Many people that have influenced Philadelphia are people that demonstrate a strong passion and have a personal