With its repeated construction problems, the fountain standing at the junction of Passyunk Avenue and 11th and Tasker streets has become symbolic of the efforts of the East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District.
On Nov. 9, 1972, a soon-to-be-24-year-old man arrived in Philadelphia from his native Hong Kong with $8 in his pocket and little knowledge of the English language.
Joseph Poon, one of nine children from a poor, religious Roman Catholic family, knew his childhood friend…
Standing at the front of the room, Cindy Mallace leads an exercise session. She gives it an added twist: Not only does she swing her arms and tap her feet, but she also sings a lusty rendition of Beer Barrel Polka. As she segues into other songs, she keeps putting her group through the paces.
Whoever determined that Father’s Day ought to be the third Sunday in June did not figure on the cookout factor.
Fathers stereotypically do not cook nine months of the year, but in the summertime — with apologies to the Kinks — they’ve got cookin,’ they’ve got cookin’ on…