Narratives about people, community history, the culture
Theme 5: Well-being & Community: The Good Life at Pennswood (concluding with Shadowlands, a short play written about our founders) Theme 4: Community – A Splendid Patchwork Quilt Theme 3: Environmental Stewardship, Community Spaces, and the Wider World Beyond Theme 2: Early Marketing & Intergenerational Community Theme 1: Celebrating our Heritage Topics: not assigned community | Environmental […]
45th Anniversary Exhibit Openings Read More »
Topics: not assigned Evelyn Keyser | Joyce’s Committees | Sculpture | Silent Friend | statue | Temple University | twins
Pennswood Village’s building names honor certain prominent Quakers who manifested important values by letting their lives speak. The PDF below tells their stories. They inspire now as they did in their own times. Topics: not assigned Alice Paul | Audland | Barclay | Benson | Caton | Daisy Newman | Dyer | Ellwood | Fell | Gervase Benson | Gurney | Holme | Ingram | J. Harold Passmore | John Audland | John Kinsey | John Woolman | Jordan | Joseph John Gurney | Kinsey | Loe | Lucretia Mott | Margaret Fell | Mary Dyer | Mildred Scott Olmsted | Mott | Newman | Olmsted | Paul | Penn | Pennswood | Pennswood Village | Quaker | Quakers | Richard Jordan | Robert Barclay | stories | Thomas
Lived Values – The Names of Pennswood’s Buildings Read More »
Written in March 2005, this play was first performed as part of Pennswood’s 25th Anniversary. It was funny then and remains funny now. Topics: not assigned Edgar Stromberg | Folklore | Fun | Pennswood | Tales
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The development of the Pennswood Meadow was a pioneering example of enlightened problem solving. Nancy Spears and Evan Stone guided the process through the development of the concept, winning the support of the Pennswood Community and its corporate directors, and finally constructing it successfully. It is a celebrated achievement that is both an engineering achievement
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A river runs through it–sometimes. Our picturesque meadow may seem very natural, but it is actually meticulously designed and engineered to serve a practical storm water management purpose. It captures runoff so that the land can reabsorb it. Unlike conventional stormwater management systems, the meadow doesn’t simply control the rate of outflow, it frequently prevents
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Resident Weezie Wentzel became blind at the age of _____, but that never diminished her art or her passion. Topics: not assigned Art | Residents Past and Present | Residents Past and Present | Sculpture | Sculpture | Weezie Wentzel | Wentzel
Blind Sculptor Creates Flowers Read More »
Interview with Ruth Bertolino and Jack Williams 10-31-22 Remembering Jack Ruth Bertolino and Jack Williams Interviewer: Marguerite Chandler OK, we’re recording. This is October 31, 2022. And you are? 00:08 Ruth: I am Ruth Bertolino. My husband, Jack, and I arrived in Pennswood on September 9, 2003, when Mott was a brand new building. 00:23 MC
Bocce, Singing, Partying – Jack Bertolino Read More »
In February 2024 the PVRA sponsored a fair to showcase all of the many service and entertainment activities that residents create for the Pennswood community. Topics: not assigned community | Customs & Culture | entertainment activities | Events | events | Fair | February 2024 | Gallery | Pennswood | Pennswood community | service activities | sponsored | unity
The Fair (Feb., 2024) Read More »
AUDLAND – A Light Within Every Person Pennswood’s “A” Building Quakers believe there is “that of Light/God/Love/Truth within each person. John Audland (d. _____) was a farmer, a textile merchant, and a preacher. He became a “seeker” after “spiritual truth” during the time of the Protestant Reformation that was happening throughout Europe. Audland heard George
