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By The Fallser
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February 2010 |
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We are!  Philadelphia University's Men's Basketball Coach Herb Magee is approaching 900 wins this season. Be part of the action. Join students, faculty and the University's administrative supporters for heart-pounding basketball action as Coach Herb Magee approaches 900 wins. Don't miss these exciting home games at The Gallagher Athletics, Recreation and Convocation Center on Philadelphia University's Henry
Avenue campus.
Tues, Feb. 9 vs Chestnut Hill College, 8:00pm
Sat, Feb. 13 vs Bloomfield College, 3:00pm
Tues, Feb. 23 vs Goldey-Beacom College, 8:00pm
Sat, Feb. 27 vs Nyack College, 4:00pm
Ticket prices at the door are $5 per adult and $3 per non-PhilaU
student.
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By The Fallser
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February 2010 |
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 Dr. Neil Donohue, a Podiatrist on the medical staff at Roxborough Memorial Hospital, left for Haiti on January 21st to offer his wound care expertise to victims of the earthquake that struck the beleaguered country on January 12th.
“There is obviously a great need in the country for specialists who can help with wounds, infection and trauma, which Haitians are suffering on a massive scale,” Donohue noted. “Our plan is to augment the makeshift medical infrastructure being established and support what remains of Haiti’s health care system.” |
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By The Fallser
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February 2010 |
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 Visitors to this year's worldly presentation of the 2010 Philadelphia International Flower Show will experience Amazonian splendor and some colorful surprises. To be held February 28 to March 7 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center the 2010 Flower Show will take visitors on a globe-trotting, exotic plant-filled adventure.
Produced by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and presented by PNC, this year's presentation, "Passport to the World," will greet guests with a 28-foot-high hot-air balloon, covered in more than 79,000 dried flowers, that towers over the Explorer's Garden. The Victorian-era display, filled with varieties of plants like those collected through the remarkable Wilkes Expedition (1838-42) and more recent finds from Longwood Gardens Inc., Morris Arboretum, the University of Pennsylvania, and the U.S. Botanic Gardens, harkens back to the Flower Show's roots as a showcase for new plant discoveries. |
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By Gina Snyder, Exc. Dir., EFDC, and Julie Camburn, Pres., EFBA
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January 2010 |
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The Philadelphia Planning Commission is leading a study to determine what future land use might be ideal for the acres of land bordered by Henry, Hunting Park, Wissachickon and Roberts Avenues in East Falls and Hunting Park West. This land includes the former Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute (EPPI) which, temporarily, houses the Youth Study Center, the TastyKake site, the former Budd Plant, and SEPTA land. It also includes other smaller parcels and local streets. This planning study came about because numerous land use changes in the area raised concerns with local residents and organizations regarding future uses. With the closing of MCP Hospital and EPPI, the possible sale of some Budd land for the TrumpStreet Casino proposal, and the possible move of the Randolph Career Academy from Henry Avenue, it seemed that each piece of land could be developed separately and independently, not “in sinc” with each other and deluge the area with a mishmash of traffic and development challenges. |
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By Rich Lampert
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January 2010 |
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Spurred by an open invitation from East Falls Community Council (EFCC) and facilitated by former city planner and longtime Fallser Ted Swenson, 19 people convened in early December to discuss how they view East Falls and how they hope the community will continue to develop. It was the first of a series of meetings the EFCC plans to conduct in different locations around the Falls.
Attendees ranged from long-time Fallsers and active community volunteers to newcomers (one to three years in East Falls) and even two interested urban studies students from Masterman High School. |
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