Tag: Nicetown
Nicetown CDC offering a beacon, lighting the way to less violence in Philadelphia
The Nicetown Community Development Corporation is looking to a new administration for the help they need to wage a long-term fight on violence.
9 months ago
Listen 1:12SEPTA gas plant in Nicetown still faces opposition as city weighs permit renewal
A civil rights investigation by the EPA over the city’s initial permitting of the facility is still ongoing.
9 months ago
SEPTA gas plant in Nicetown up for permit renewal
The first permit approval sparked intense opposition from residents and activists. Now some are calling for more air monitoring.
1 year ago
Restoring the 111-year-old, stone masonry and stained-glass Annex will bring several new educational, health, arts, technology, and employment opportunities.
1 year ago
Critics say the EPA doesn’t adequately enforce civil rights complaints. Biden vowed change, and the agency is pursuing a case on the natural gas power plant.
3 years ago
Listen 7:25Philly is capping I-95 at Penn’s Landing. Could Nicetown or Chinatown be next?
Washington could help heal Philly neighborhoods torn apart by highways with a new $3 billion funding bil.
3 years ago
This coach transformed an abandoned Nicetown church into a rec center
Curtis De Veaux and his City Athletics organization bought the empty church before the pandemic and renovated it into a space that is welcoming young people from the community
3 years ago
1 dead, 5 wounded in shooting at 150-person Philadelphia party
"There were at least 150 people in there that fled and believed they had to flee for their lives, so that’s a pretty big deal,” Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said.
3 years ago
Missing cousins found safe, reunited with family in Nicetown
Police say the young children, who went missing Tuesday afternoon, were located and unharmed.
4 years ago
SEPTA gets to keep air permit, operate gas generator in Nicetown
Activists appealed to stop SEPTA’s Nicetown gas generator from operating, but L&I Review Board has given SEPTA the greenlight.
4 years ago
A Nicetown factory goes to auction
“It was the heartbeat of this neighborhood.”
6 years ago