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NewsJenks students meld education
with art
A rainforest is sprouting from the wall of John S. Jenks elementary school in the form of ceramic tiles, mirrored glass and the efforts of parents, students, teachers and non-profit educational art organization NetworkArts.
Hilltop lot to be office, apartment
space
A two-story building is scheduled to fill the empty lot at 18 Hilltop Road, property owner Mark Haber said. The lot has been vacant for as long as near neighbors can remember, but Haber has received the permits and plans to begin construction on an office and apartment space, to be completed in about six months. Approximately three years ago, Haber approached the Chestnut Hill Community Association’s Development and Review Committee with plans to build a row of townhouses on the 9,300-square-foot property. The project would not have fallen within the property’s zoning code. The committee dictated that he speak with the near neighbors, but after two meetings, neighbors couldn’t decide whether to support the project, said Haber’s attorney, Carl Primavera of Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg & Ellers in Philadelphia.
Holdup marks series of crimes The man walking towards her lifted his shirt to reveal a large black gun and demanded that she turn over her ring, her watch and her purse, yelling at her to hurry up.
Bottom of Chestnut Hill is SO
Happy
The boutiques, restaurants and other retailers to the south of Southampton Avenue are making a name for themselves – literally. SOHA, or South of Hartwell Lane, developed because business owners on Germantown Avenue south of Hartwell wanted their strip of stores to be known as something less derogatory than “Bottom of the Hill,” which it is often called. The name SOHA is a spin-off of New York City’s SOHO district. It is an acronym for “South of Hartwell Lane” because, originally, that’s where the shops involved were located. But when the businesses north of Hartwell caught wind of the idea, they asked to join (and “Southampton Avenue” does work with SOHA).
Borders’ benches now in
SOHA The benches previously located outside of Borders Book Shop and Café, at Germantown Avenue and Bethlehem Pike, have hitchhiked down to the 8100 block of the Avenue, the new SOHA section.
Historic RittenhouseTown plans day to show off “best kept secret”
The people who run Historic RittenhouseTown along the Wissahickon Creek in Germantown decided they needed some exposure. After all, did you know that it is the site of America’s first paper mill, founded in 1690? So, they drew up plans for a day of family fun, set for 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 24, with the notion of introducing the public to what they say is one of the city’s best kept secrets. This is your chance to check out those buildings on Lincoln Drive you’ve wondered about as you motor past on your way home from work. (In fact, those buildings make up a National Historic Landmark District.)
Residents: Watch out for scam Young men claiming to be college students have been hitting the streets of Chestnut Hill and Wyndmoor, going house-to-house to raise money for an educational program in London in what residents suspect is an organized scam.
A night of blues under the moon
with the Pastorius Park concert The Dukes of Destiny is a seven-piece blues band from Philadelphia that has been together 22 years. Three of the original members – John Colgan-Davis, Bob Holden and Richard Ray Adler – are still with the band. Colgan-Davis and Adler live in Mount Airy, and the other members live nearby. |
