• New Industrial Warehouse Coming to Northeast Philadelphia After Dallas Real Estate Firm Purchase

    New Industrial Warehouse Coming to Northeast Philadelphia After Dallas Real Estate Firm Purchase

    Crow Holdings Development is planning to build a 150,000-square-foot industrial building on a 14.4-acre Northeast Philadelphia site it recently acquired for $8 million, writes Paul Schwedelson for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Dallas real estate investment firm purchased the site from the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, which is a subsidiary of Philadelphia Industrial Development…

  • This Northeast Philadelphia TikToker Creates New Form of ‘Math’ That’s All About Philly

    This Northeast Philadelphia TikToker Creates New Form of ‘Math’ That’s All About Philly

    A local TikToker has been getting quite the praise with her new trend in honor of fellow Philadelphians, writes 6abc.   Stephanie Powley, whose TikTok name is @stephunnyjane, has started a new trend called “Philly math.”  The trend is a play on the kinds of “math” that explains and rationalizes certain situations. Others may be…

  • Daly’s: The Northeast Philadelphia Pub Engaging Customers in a Myriad of Ways

    Daly’s: The Northeast Philadelphia Pub Engaging Customers in a Myriad of Ways

    The way in which wife and husband duo Mairead Daly-Nekkab and Johnnie Nekkab met was key in their journey to becoming business owners, writes Fionnuala Boyle for The Irish Star. Originally from Ireland, Daly-Nekkab first came to the United States in 2002 after obtaining a work visa to work as a bartender in Wildwood.  Upon…

  • From The Vet to the Verse: This Northeast Philly Sports Fan Writes Poetry for his Favorite Teams

    From The Vet to the Verse: This Northeast Philly Sports Fan Writes Poetry for his Favorite Teams

    Sixty-two-year-old Glenn Laveson, a lifelong sports fan from Northeast Philadelphia, channels his fervor for Philadelphia sports into poetic expressions, writes Dave Uram for KYW Newsradio. Laveson reminisces about the days when his father introduced him to the world of Philadelphia sports, taking him to The Vet to witness Steve Carlton’s pitching prowess. This early exposure,…

  • Bonds Among North Catholic Alumni Remain Strong More Than Decade After School Closed Its Doors

    Bonds Among North Catholic Alumni Remain Strong More Than Decade After School Closed Its Doors

    North Catholic High School closed nearly fifteen years ago, but the bonds that formed among its alumni, especially among the boys’ soccer team members, remain strong to this day, writes Matt Breen for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Graduates of the all-boys school on Torresdale Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia still wear North shirts and have Falcons license…