On Saturday the 9 th WCGN held its Fall Potluck in the beautiful shady yard of Wyck House again this year. There were about 35 persons there enjoying good food and talk. Attendees included many young children, who enjoyed the bubble making machine, the hula hoops, and the cornhole game. On behalf of the Board, […]
Thanks to an awesome work crew, the Tulpehocken Station Garden is officially ready for winter. The weather was perfect on Saturday, November 5 for unloading about a ton of wood chips from Luke’s and Bob’s pickups and spreading it underneath the trees. Big thanks to everyone who contributed, especially 5-year-old Desi Morris!
The WCGN Fall Potluck that was held September 24 in the backyard of Wyck House was a great success. The weather was gorgeous and about 50 people — including many first timers — showed up with food to share. A docent gave tours of the house for anyone who so desired, and the kids were […]
More than 130 neighbors of all ages and from all over the WCGN area from Washington Lane to Chelten and from Germantown to Pulaski came together for a beautiful afternoon of good food and drink (did you have a mint julep?), fun activities for the kids (did yours come home with a fan he/she made?), […]
WCGN is pleased to partner with Christ Church & St. Michaels and Circle of Hope Church to co-sponsor the yard sale this year! That means more goods and more people coming together in community! When: Saturday, October 2, 2021, 7:30am-1pm (Rain date: Saturday, October 16) Where: 29 W Tulpehocken St, Phila PA 19144 Clean out […]
In anticipation of relaxation of COVID guidelines, we have set Saturday, September 18, 2021 as a tentative date for a reprise of our very successful Yard Sale in the spring of 2019! So start gathering up the things you’d like to pass along and set them aside for September. If you have treasure too bulky […]
REZONING As many of you know, Philadelphia is reaching the conclusion of its project to make changes in the city’s zoning, and WCGN learned during the winter that part of the proposal for our neighborhood included rezoning Germantown Avenue to allow for larger buildings on certain properties. At the end of June the WCGN the […]
Sue and Bob Finch, Walnut Lane residents who have been at the heart of West Central Germantown for over 50 years, have sold their home and moved to Upper Black Eddy to live with their son and his wife. As a way to honor this as a moment in the history of the neighborhood, many […]
WCGN’s January 26th Winter Potluck started off with an adorable surprise. Jenny Anne Horst-Martz arrived with a unique contribution to the dessert table–cupcakes dressed up as traffic lights, with dabs of red, yellow, and green frosting! She made these to celebrate the fact that the efforts of the Tulpehocken Coop residents and Jenny Anne have […]
On Monday, October 7, a group of neighbors met at 131 W Walnut Lane to pay tribute to one of the biggest and oldest trees in the neighborhood, a beautiful ash with a 7-foot girth in the back yard of Luke and Rama Smith, and formerly of the Jonathan Rhoads family. For many decades it […]
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