Rittenhouse Square - The Temple News

Fresh Food, Old Faces

25 January 2022 Noel Chacko

New and old customers strolled through Rittenhouse Square on Saturday to buy fresh produce at the long-standing Rittenhouse Farmers’ Market in Center City Philadelphia.

Society can’t pin down my pajón

30 October 2018 Rhiannon Rivas

A student reflects on how she learned to care for and accept her natural Dominican hair.

Save money, experience more with bike riding

02 October 2018 Rae Burach

Students who bike on and around Main Campus can save money and get more out of living in Philadelphia.

Starbucks: One day of training is not enough

24 April 2018 Tyler Perez

A student criticizes his employer for its response to recent accusations of racism.

NAACP wants Temple stadium built in Rittenhouse Square

18 March 2018 Kelly Brennan

The Philadelphia NAACP wants to meet with President Richard Englert to discuss their stadium proposal.

Sendak illustrations to leave the city

30 September 2014 Kate Reilly

More than 10,000 illustrations from Maurice Sendak will be retracted from a local museum.

First lady aspires to be familiar face

05 February 2013 Lauren Hertzler

Sheona Mackenzie, wife of President Neil Theobald, is embracing her new home.

Taking it to the streets

29 November 2010 Alexandra Olivier

Rittenhouse Square musicians tell stories and successes of their lives as street performers. In a city where nature acts as the backdrop to a concrete stage, all one needs is a hat and some talent

After firings, union members take to Hart’s front yard for protest

05 June 2009

In response to 19 firings at the end of May, members of AFSCME and TAUP unions orchestrated a protest in Center City’s Rittenhouse Square, where Temple President Ann Weaver Hart lives.

Move over, gin and vodka, it’s time for rum’s big day

24 March 2008

A snug fit within the cozy community of Rittenhouse Square, Rum Bar carries rum in countless distinctions that hail from across the Western hemisphere.