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Cement Roots: Activists take to the airwaves

Posted on 29 September 2008 by Anna Hyclak

Members of the Prometheus Radio Project help underserved communities set up their own low-power FM radio stations. Now that celebrity reporting is the norm, it’s about time someone else’s voice is heard.

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Cement Roots: Moving beyond eco-chic

Posted on 16 September 2008 by Anna Hyclak

Being eco-friendly is as easy as buying organic, right? Not exactly. The Urban Green Parternship helps people make a real green difference.

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Local liberals meet weekly in South Philly to discuss politics, clink glasses

Posted on 01 September 2008 by Anna Hyclak

Cement Roots is a new column about politics in Philadelphia. For her debut column, Anna Hyclak talks about beer — and the liberals who drink it.

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Neighborhood Watch

Posted on 26 August 2008 by Anna Hyclak

This extensive guide to the individual neighborhoods of Philadelphia tells you anywhere and everywhere you want to visit.

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Older, less wise and still sexy

Posted on 12 May 2008 by Anna Hyclak

Sarah Jessica Parker can’t take her eyes away from the view. Central Park, in all of its green, springtime glory, looks like a mere patch of grass from the 36th floor of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, where journalists from around the country have gathered in large, high-ceilinged rooms to talk sex with the women who [...]

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With Northern Liberties, corsets and coffee for all

Posted on 28 April 2008 by Anna Hyclak

First things first: yes, the Market-Frankford Line does go past Second Street. It stops at Spring Garden and Girard.

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Senkina, Frazier provide leadership for A-10 victory

Posted on 21 April 2008 by Anna Hyclak

This past Sunday, the women’s tennis team served, hit and volleyed their way to a 4-0 win over Xavier in the finals of the Atlantic Ten Conference Women’s Championship to capture their fourth A-10 crown in program history.
As Temple wrapped up its first conference tournament title since 2003, juniors Dina Senkina and Felicia Frazier were [...]

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The power of Black Lily

Posted on 21 April 2008 by Anna Hyclak

Black Lily, Inc. is like that girl who always exudes cool, even in summer humidity and under the most David Bowie-and-Queen-duet kind of pressure.
She’s an artist, a musician, a filmmaker and a trendsetter. She’s politically aware and in-your-face about it, too. Her progressive ways of thinking and dressing are often points of envy, even dislike [...]

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Bobo’s on 9th leaves mark in paint, pigeon droppings

Posted on 14 April 2008 by Anna Hyclak

On a sunny Saturday afternoon in South Philly’s Italian Market, Phil Coty, 24, sits outside of his art gallery, Bobo’s on 9th, listening to the radio and writing “Aw, shucks!” on a piece of graphed notebook paper. Whenever anyone passes by, he looks up and hopefully asks, “Hey, you wanna see some art?”
Coty, a [...]

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From Brooklyn to Broad St.

Posted on 17 March 2008 by Anna Hyclak

Standing on certain corners in Brooklyn, N.Y., where boarded-up liquor stores and small, bare-bone ethnic restaurants smile across the street at each other, it’s easy to conjure up images of Philadelphia.
Brooklyn’s brownstone buildings are reminiscent of West Philly’s – its abandoned, junk-filled lots and acres of graffiti could be found anywhere north of City Hall. [...]

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