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Mount Airy: Redevelopment Projects Look to Eliminate Blight, Improve Livelihood of Historic Neighborhood

May 30, 2017 Ryan Wallen and Howard Knapp 1

Dating back to the 1680s, when it was a just small part of Germantown, the neighborhood of Mount Airy has a rich history that has shaped the diverse and tight-knit community that it is today. […]

Abandoned Property

Northwest Philadelphia: Jumpstart Germantown Looks to Revitalize the Community One Property at a Time

May 30, 2017 Ryan Wallen and Howard Knapp 1

Jumpstart Germantown is a redevelopment program that was established in April, 2014 by Mount Airy real estate developer Ken Weinstein. The organization tackles the problems of blighted properties in the Northwest by training a new generation […]

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Education: Five Schools Impacted By Budget Cuts

May 18, 2016 Ryan C Snowden and Andreas M Dienner 0

As education budget cuts have spread throughout the state of Pennsylvania, building closures present a way for school districts to quickly lower their costs. In Philadelphia, a large wave of closings occurred in 2013. During […]

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Amateur Sports: Nonprofits Help Homeless Beyond Athletics

December 18, 2015 Stephen T Godwin 0

Street Soccer USA On any given night in the United States, there are approximately 564,708 people who are counted as homeless. On any given night in this country, there are also 39,907 unaccompanied youth between […]

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Plan Philly: Vacant School Buildings Affect Surrounding Communities

December 6, 2012  4

A group of young boys shoot a basketball into an aging hoop at the end of a large asphalt school yard. Behind them is the shell of the School District of Philadelphia’s second oldest educational […]

Abandoned Property

Hunting Park: Abandoned Buildings Plague the Neighborhood While City Organizations Work Toward Improvement

April 30, 2012  2

https://vimeo.com/41317453] Residents of the 4000 block of North Darien Street are like a family. Whether it’s giving the kids a safe place to play after school or forcing thugs and drug dealers off the block, […]

Abandoned Property

Kensington: Renewal Rehabs Abandoned Properties to Help the Community to Lower Crime

April 25, 2012  3

https://vimeo.com/41123683] Finding a really helpful neighbor can at times be difficult in some urban areas, particularly on blocks where one-third of the properties are abandoned and vacant. However, if you live on the 900 block […]

Abandoned Property

Kensington: The Neighborhood Tries to Cope With the Fire’s Aftermath

April 10, 2012  0

The blocks that surround the abandoned warehouse, located at 1871 E. York St., which caught fire early Monday morning, continue to be off-limits as construction workers and firefighters spent countless hours trying to clear the […]

Abandoned Property

Kensington: The Fire and The Aftermath

April 10, 2012 tua97476 0

https://vimeo.com/40147019] Imagine waking up at 3 a.m. to sirens, bright lights and smoke-filled air. Your block is almost completely engulfed in flames. For the next two days the place that you call home would be […]

Abandoned Property

Kensington: Investigation Ongoing Into Fire That Left Two Fire Fighters Dead

April 9, 2012  0

Demolition crews worked into the afternoon, knocking down brick after brick of what once was an abandoned warehouse, located at 1871 York St., in a blaze that left two fire fighters dead. A warehouse went […]

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