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Folsom Powerhouse

Folsom Powerhouse, an 'ecological urbanist' dream, is underway in Francisville

Folsom Powerhouse, a new development under construction in Francisville, combines slick design with green architecture and affordability.

Mugshots

Neighborhood Guide: Fairmount (plus Spring Garden, Brewerytown and Francisville)

Flying Kite's latest neighborhood guide looks north of Center City's museum district to Fairmount and its adjacent areas.

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Exploring Philadelphia's exquisite underbelly at the Hidden City Festival

Get ready for Philadelphia's coolest event. Starting May 23, the second Hidden City Festival will activate nine historic spaces throughout the city, transforming vacant and underappreciated treasures into interactive art.

Wiffle ball at Eastern State

Good Times: How New Young Friends of Fairmount Group Engages Neighborhood Newcomers

The group grew up over the summer and is poised to increase its presence with a fall cleanup and ambassador program.

Southeast Asian Boat Race

PHILLY 3 FOR ALL: National Night Out, Boat Race, Bug Fest

Stroll with neighbors in Lower & Central North Philly, experience Southeast Asia on Penn's Landing and eat up some insects on the Ben Franklin Parkway.

Maori Karmael Holmes

Building BlackStar: Maori Karmael Holmes on City's Newest Film Fest

Her goal is to shine a light on work by and about people of African descent in a global context, and she has assembled an impressive lineup of films that will be screened at the African-American Museum, Art Sanctuary, and International House on Aug. 2-5. Just don't make her sing.

Claymobile

PHILLY 3 FOR ALL: Pop-Up Beer Garden, Show and Tell, Claymobile

Brews, brauts, mini-golf and innovative artists and designers in University City, and ceramics outside the art museum.

Art Star

PHILLY 3 FOR ALL: Free Speech, Brewerytown Spring, Art Stars

See this year's best film on free speech and get crafty with mom with hundreds of vendors and lots of music and good food across the city.

Women if Fire and Blood

PHILLY 3 FOR ALL: Flashlight Mob, Women of Fire and Blood, Low Lives

Shine your own light on sculpture at the art museum, get mythological at Walking Fish, and get low with a worldwide network at Little Berlin.

Messy Room - Daniel Gafanhoto

INLIQUID: Daniel Gafanhoto's Messy Room

Having just moved to Philadelphia from Brazil last year, this fine art photographer has made the most of his change of scenery.

Philadelphia Science Festival

PHILLY 3 FOR ALL: NextFab Party, Run for Clean Air, Science Festival

Party with innovators, 100 partners and 100,000-plus visitors for science and 5K on MLK.

Rolling Sunlight abstract

Is Philly's 5K Run for Clean Air the Greenest Race in America?

With a CO2-neutral truck providing all power via solar, medals made from recycled materials and runner bibs made of seed paper, the 31st annual race fits the bill.

Abu Kamara and Pete Groverman of Gravora

Exporting America: Groverman Blazes Global Entrepreneurial Trail

The third-generation entrepreneur's most recent venture, Grovara, aims to put 'Made in the USA' back on the map, and he's taking his friends along for the ride.

Brat Productions

PHILLY 3 FOR ALL: Middle East Meets West, Reimagining I-95, 24-Hour Theater

Get with the WPO and hear an oud in University City, take the highway on the Parkway and stay up all night for The Bald Soprano in Rittenhouse.

A lot of activity on the site of Sister Cities Park on the Ben Franklin Parkway

DESIGN NOTEBOOK: A 'Derelict and Forgotten Space' Becomes Animated at Sister Cities Park

Collaboration thrusts more natural landscape and space for kids into Center City, while multiple projects promise to define Chinatown North.
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