https://vimeo.com/18394198] Turning the corner onto the 3500 block of North Carlisle Street, which runs directly behind the new Temple University Medical School building, one is met with noisy, powerful gusts of wind. “It’s a wind [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18394500] An ongoing police investigation concerning a recent accident has forced residents from the 1800 block of Willington Street to confront the larger issues surrounding a frequent neighborhood nuisance.“I saw the patrol car coming through [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18393672] Dave Coit wears sunglasses on cloudy days. He favors his left side when he walks. And he is missing a tooth from the right side of his mouth. These are all ailments from a [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18391399] If there’s one thing the New Kensington Community Development Corp. (NKCDC) wants you to know it’s the fact that it’s an exciting time to live in the evolving neighborhood of East Kensington. The organization [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18391944] Taller Puertorriqueño operates out of a skinny building in the heart of Fairhill’s typically buzzing Fifth Street, surrounded by various food stops, barbershops, apartment buildings and laundromats standard in urban neighborhoods. But Taller looks [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18392295] “We knew not to go to Eighth Street because of the shootings. We knew not to go to 12th Street because of the drug war.” This was how Sharif Street, lawyer and son of [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18392191] Eleven years ago, Rev. Roger Riggins pondered what to make of all the extra space in the building that houses the Word of Life Worship Center in Allegheny West. “I was standing there one [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18394514] The Church of the Advocate, located on the corner of 18th and Diamond streets, is a fundamental organization in the North Philadelphia community, because of its rich history and its consistent contributions to the [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18394222] It’s three o’clock on a Thursday afternoon, and the front door buzzer at the HERO Community Center is ringing off the hook. Celia Floyd, the assistant director of the center’s after-school program, is posted [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18393610] Hunting Park Recreational Center stands in the middle of North Philadelphia. Being one of the lone buildings within the park’s borders, it demands to be noticed and to be regarded. Walking through its doors [continue reading…]
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