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Posts tagged with Fairmount

Last Updated: Feb. 20, 2016 · 9:50 p.m.

A memorial across the street from Bache-Martin school to people killed in the rowhome fire on Jan. 5,

Deadly Fairmount Fire

New mutual aid fund at the school near the Fairmount fire aims to help families — and combat student inequity

Bache-Martin Elementary is located in a well-off neighborhood, but the district considers 90% of its enrollment economically disadvantaged.

Twelve people died when a fire tore through the house near 23rd and Poplar. More than twice that many are thought to have lived there.

Deadly Fairmount Fire

PHA owns thousands of other rowhomes like the one that burned in Fairmount

The housing authority has a huge portfolio of so-called “scatter sites,” which were long neglected.

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Deadly Fairmount Fire

How to help survivors of the devastating and tragic Fairmount house fire

The blaze tore through a home owned by PHA, taking 12 lives — eight of them children.

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Krupa's Tavern at 2701 Brown St.

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Krupa’s Tavern celebrates (probably) 100 years serving Fairmount

There’s no doubt the local favorite is one of Philly’s oldest woman-run bars.

The crowds at Made in America 2019

Made in America forges ahead despite Philly floods — and vax cards or negative COVID tests are a must

Tens of thousands still plan to descend on the Parkway for the festival, where they'll have to show vax proof or a negative test to get in.

Lenfest Hall, the spacious new vestibule welcoming visitors through the west entrance

Philadelphia Art Museum’s new Gehry renovations: 7 things you might not know

A ghost train station, a big sustainability boost, and a new skylight above the steps.

Patricia Davenport (L) and Marion Parks (R), poll workers at Sharon Baptist Church in West Philadelphia

Slow drip of voters on primary morning in Philly, as poll workers ‘hope and pray’ for more turnout

“As far as the judges are concerned,” said one election worker, “I don't think people give that the weight that it really does carry.”

The steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum are considered part of Fairmount Park

What happened with the arrest at the Art Museum steps, and why tourists are so important to city leaders

Photo solicitation usually merits a ticket, but this time five police officers showed up.

The in-progress storefront of the coming Aldi in early October 2020

Aldi on North Broad sets December 3 opening next to Divine Lorraine

Philly's pre-pandemic supermarket boom is slowly continuing to roll out.

A voter drops a ballot in the box at the Julia De Burgos satellite election office in late October

Kept from the polls: Some residents at Philly long-term care facilities struggle to cast a vote

Nursing homes must weigh coronavirus safety concerns with individuals’ voting rights.

Eastern State is eerie at night

Eastern State’s night tours are so popular, the museum might replace Terror Behind the Walls for good

It’s more about mission than money for the former Philadelphia prison.

This used to be Allegro Coffee Bar

Whole Foods moves coffee bar to make room for Amazon lockers

Grocery delivery business for the e-commerce giant more than doubled over the last year.

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Philly food and drink scene

Belgian Cafe returning as the Fairview, latest shakeup in Fairmount’s changing bar scene

The neighborhood has lost five stalwarts over the past two years.

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Philly’s haunted house in a real prison is extra trippy this year

Terror Behind the Walls is probably the wackiest experience you can have in Philadelphia without drugs.

After 30 years at the helm, the owners of Fairmount’s London Grill are selling the place

Early preparations are underway for the April 27 steel furnace meetup at 27th and Girard

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SEPTA’s new 49 bus route — a bridge from Grays Ferry to the Art Museum to Strawberry Mansion — officially launches tomorrow

The creepy letter and the vacant lot it references

Philly police on that creepy Fairmount letter: ‘Report it, whatever it is’

Hey M. Night Shyamalan, your next project is calling.

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Students are ‘tearing down the walls’ to get to Fairmount’s new library

In a city with more than 200 public schools, just 40 of them have libraries.

A protected bike lane is coming to 22nd Street just north of the Ben Franklin Parkway

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