An open meeting was held on Thursday, April 11, 2024, in order to call for a vote on whether or not the association should become a corporation, and to summarize key elements that would be changed in the newly revised Bylaws. The vote in favor of incorporating was unanimous. Mike Ramos reported on the changes […]

Long-time Walnut Lane resident Bob Finch has died at the age of 92 at his home in Upper Black Eddy, where he and his wife Sue moved in 2020 to be with their son Richard and his family. He is predeceased by his wife Sue, and survived by Richard, his daughters Susan and Amy, and […]

Thanks to Andrew Kirkpatrick, Mary South, Karyn Oliver, Johan DeJong, Suzanne Ponsen, and our brand-new neighbors on McCallum Street, Fairleigh Barnes & Zack Feinberg, we covered W Washington Lane, Germantown Avenue, the unit blocks of W Tulpehocken and W. Walnut Lane, as well as Wayne Avenue. With our bright smiles, under sunny skies, we picked […]

In March of 2014, the historian Mark Frazier Lloyd delivered a fascinating and information-packed lecture and slide show called “Enterprise Unleashed: Tulpehocken Street 1808-1852,” and it happens that the lecture was recorded by Jeff Smith. The original file is not to be found, but the video may be viewed on YouTube, and it is definitely […]

Joanna Vaughan, daughter of Deborah Vaughan, recently wrote to the Board informing us of the death of her mother, a long-time neighbor. Joanna writes: …Deborah Vaughan passed away at dawn on Labor Day. My sister and I were with her as she went peacefully at the age of 103 years and 7 months. She loved […]

You did it! Thank you many times over to the many generous donors who have helped WCGN raise the funds required to get Germantown Avenue (from Chelten Avenue to Washington Lane) nominated as a Historic District on the Philadelphia Register.

75% of Goal Reached! Thanks to the generosity of so many of you, we are getting closer to meeting the $5,000 contractual obligation that we have made with Oscar Beisert and The Keeping Society for researching and writing the nomination of our stretch of Germantown Avenue to be on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places. […]

We have heard the very sad news that our neighbor Sherri Tatro died suddenly while she and her husband Jim were visiting their daughter in Maine last week. Sherri and Jim for many years have been loyal regulars at WCGN gatherings, bringing delicious food and friendly smiles. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to Jim and […]

On Monday November 28th our Councilwoman, Cindy Bass, hosted a 7PM Community Meeting to introduce Anthony Fullard of West Powelton Development so that he could explain his development plans for Town Hall at 5928 Germantown Avenue.* The announcement for this meeting was sent via Twitter and then posted on the Council Person’s Facebook Page around […]