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Hunting Park: Los Brothers Is Home

October 9, 2009 0

Los Brothers Barber Shop is just like ordinary barber shops…sort of. The shop lies on the corner of Fifth and Hunting Park, rectangular in shape, like a box.  It holds seven chairs, split on two [continue reading…]

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Hunting Park: A Night on the Police Beat

June 25, 2009 7

In Hunting Park, a neighborhood known for drugs, police officers Matt Dydak and John Teetz claim the majority of the people involved in these criminal activities actually come from outside of the neighborhood. “It’s a [continue reading…]

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Hunting Park: Teaming Up to Stop Crime

June 24, 2009 3

Greg Bucceroni sat down in his office chair and insisted he describe where his life’s path has led him. In the 1970s, Bucceroni was a juvenile delinquent in the Brooklyn and Manhattan. “I was very violent [continue reading…]

Economy

Hunting Park: A Businessman Who Believes in More than Business

June 19, 2009 1

Arty Elgart claims that if you ask the people who live near his automotive business what he sells they would have no clue. But Elgart is no stranger to the residents who live around 10th and [continue reading…]

Education

Hunting Park: Navigating School Safety

June 16, 2009 5

Officer Raul Ortiz looked like a man completely comfortable in his profession and at ease with his surroundings. As we began our drive through one of the busiest districts in the city, one of the [continue reading…]

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Hunting Park: Small Steps Toward Better Housing

June 10, 2009 1

Be persistent is the motto that 24-year-old Marquita Irby lives by. She offers this motto to anyone who asks her for advice regarding obtaining affordable housing. Irby’s path to owning her own home was long and [continue reading…]

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Hunting Park: A Look at Hope

May 14, 2009 charper 0

Deep in the heart of Hunting Park is new hope. Reporters Cassandra Kramer and Jenna Brizek give you an inside look at Nueva Esperanza and the Open Borders Project. Follow the links below to learn [continue reading…]

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Proyecto Sin Fronteras: The Open Borders Project

May 14, 2009 charper 1

Nueva Esperanza isn’t the only organization in Hunting Park that offers services to the Latino community. Proyecto Sin Fronteras operates out of two, humble row homes on the 3500 block of North Sixth Street. The [continue reading…]

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Nueva Esperanza: A Tie that Binds the Community

May 14, 2009 charper 3

“Nueva Esperanza,” directly translated, means “New Hope” in Spanish. For 20 years, Nueva Esperanza has been giving hope to the Hunting Park community in North Philadelphia. Founded in 1987, The Hispanic Clergy of Philadelphia started [continue reading…]

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Hunting Park: ‘Higher’ Education that Seeks Connection

April 21, 2009 charper 4

On the second-floor of North Philadelphia’s, Deliverance Evangelistic Church, class is set to begin. The Center for Urban Theological Studies (CUTS), leases nine classrooms from the massive church, but typically only uses four. It’s just [continue reading…]

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