May 22, 2013
University City District’s highly anticipated Baltimore Avenue Dollar Stroll makes a grand return this summer with more vendors than ever before. This year, a whopping 35 businesses are set to offer dollar food, drinks and other goodies. West Philadelphia favorites like Dock Street Brewery, Milk and Honey Market, Mariposa Food Co-op, The Gold Standard Cafe [...]
Read more»May 20, 2013
This summer, University City’s verdant Drexel Park is set to be the site of Eighties-themed awesomeness every Thursday. Beginning Thursday, June 20, University City District and The Awesome Fest, in collaboration with Drexel University, kick off a free eight-week summer film series at Drexel Park, one of the city’s most scenic new green spaces. Films [...]
Read more»May 20, 2013
For the second year in a row, University City District brings its popular interactive public art installation, Heart & Soul: The University City Public Piano Project, to West Philadelphia. The exhibit, which will be on display June 6-16, features four artist-decorated pianos. This year, all four pianos will be placed throughout Clark Park, and musicians [...]
Read more»April 9, 2013
Cue the trumpets, the beer garden at the Porch at 30th Street Station is set to open for the season on Thursday, April 18 at 3 p.m. 30th Street Station’s Bridgewater’s Pub takes it al fresco and sets up shop outside the bustling station from 3 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 18 and Friday, [...]
Read more»March 18, 2013
Exciting news, folks, The Porch at 30th Street Station is opening for its 2013 season in just two weeks on Monday, April 1. With its spring kickoff, the University City District public space reveals an event calendar jam-packed with fun (and free!) events all month long, with more programming to come throughout the spring and [...]
Read more»January 30, 2013
UPDATE: The Craft Fair has been rescheduled for Saturday, February 23. On Saturday, February 9, 30th Street Station will transform into a full-fledged craft fair! From 11 a.m.-5 p.m. shop the selections of 30 local artisans and crafters. Some of Philadelphia’s finest are coming together to provide you with the perfect gifts for yourself, a [...]
Read more»November 2, 2012
University City District’s Porch at 30th Street Station celebrates its one year anniversary today! A year ago today, UCD converted a congested parking lane and bland sidewalk into one of the city’s most animated public places. Programming has included a live cooking demo from Chef Jose Garces, a weekly farmer’s market, yoga classes, live music, [...]
Read more»September 18, 2012
This Thursday, September 20, grab lunch with Iron Chef Jose Garces at The Porch At 30th Street Station. He’ll be conducting a cooking demo from noon-1 p.m. Plus, when you donate $10 to Philabundance, nab tasty samples from five Garces restaurants: JG Domestic, Chifa, Distrito, Garces Trading Company and Amada, plus Guapos Tacos food truck. Samples are available from 11 a.m.-2 p.m, but make sure you arrive early so you can secure a seat at one of The Porch’s colorful tables. Enjoy Iron Chef-caliber lunch and help feed families at the same time. Now that’s what we call a working lunch. [UCD]
September 18, 2012
University City District just doesn’t slow down. The organization behind The Porch at 30th Street Station, the incredibly popular Baltimore Avenue Dollar Strolls (last one of the season is Thursday night, September 20) and the city’s first pop-up parklets , is ready to unveil the latest feather in its cap. On Wednesday, September 19, UCD [...]
Read more»September 14, 2012
This is the third in a series of posts that rounds up our top picks for “Bring Your Own Bottle” restaurants, or BYOBs, in Philadelphia, categorized by neighborhood. Our BYOB guide gets even better with our next installment of BYOB restaurants in University City. With Center City dominating the Italian BYOB scene, University City’s BYOBs [...]
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