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#169 June 2023/Current Issue

How a pro gets critters out of human homes — and keeps them out

Philadelphia is a city of old houses that offer, as anyone who lives in anything from a two-story row house to a grand Victorian knows, plenty of gaps where wildlife can slip in. Bats, flying squirrels and especially gray squirrels and raccoons can end up making a home in old crawl spaces, chimneys and in

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May 29, 2023
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#169 June 2023/Current Issue

The peaceful landscape of The Woodlands Cemetery invites nature and people in

On an April morning the heat soars into the realm of summer as a runner cruises back and forth along a paved path. A pair of chatting college students overtakes a man walking a spotted dog. And beyond the green borders, urban sounds from sirens and passing trolleys fade as birdsong rises through the trees.

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May 29, 2023
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#169 June 2023/Current Issue/Food/Shop Local

Entrepreneur finds that second time’s the charm for launching her bakery

The year was 1970. The Jackson 5’s “I’ll Be There” was a number-one hit. The New York Knicks were the NBA champs. And Amira Abdul-Wakeel had made her first pound cake. Although she was extremely proud of her creation, her pride was quickly tempered when her mother tried it and proclaimed, “Sweetie, this is the

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May 29, 2023
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#169 June 2023/Art/Current Issue/Urban Nature

Artist Honors Victims of Bird-Window Collisions

In the fall of 2020 Maria DiMauro, an artist who lives in Old City, opened her Facebook account and clicked through pictures of warblers, vireos and catbirds that had died by crashing into Center City windows. She saw more than just dead birds. The pictures had been taken on October 2, 2020 by Stephen Maciejewski,

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May 29, 2023
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