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Year: 2019

Housing

Kensington: One Neighborhood, Two Worlds

January 21, 2019 Zuri Hoffman

The dynamic neighborhood of Kensington is evolving in several ways. On one hand, the community is facing one of the worst drug crisis in the country. Meanwhile, housing developers are beginning to change the neighborhood,

Kensington

Kensington: As Two Friends Grow Up, One Does So In Front Of The Camera And One Behind It

January 21, 2019 Zuri Hoffman

Chris Riebow is an 18-year-old recent high school graduate, born and raised in Kensington. He has been a freelance photographer since the age of 14. Now, four years later, he has turned his hobby into

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Neighborhoods

Nicetown: Activists Continue To Fight Against SEPTA’s Gas Plant

January 21, 2019 Kira Runk

For the past three years, environmental groups from across the city have actively opposed the construction of a new SEPTA gas plant (pictured above) planned for North Philadelphia. They have protested outside the Mayor Jim

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