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Port Richmond: Museum About Slavery

April 14, 2010 3

https://vimeo.com/18391707] Joe Ragsdale, owner of the Least We Forget Museum, brushes off the odd fact that his facility focusing on America’s ugly history of slavery seems totally out of place in Port Richmond, a Philadelphia [continue reading…]

Government

Port Richmond: No Room for Pools

April 4, 2010 1

https://vimeo.com/18393503] An empty, 40-ounce bottle of Hurricane beer lays poolside at Monkiewicz Recreation Center in Port Richmond. This empty beer bottle is another sign of the lack of funding Philadelphia’s public swimming pools receive, impacting [continue reading…]

Port Richmond

Port Richmond: United by Tragedy

March 4, 2010 0

On the 3000 block of Cedar Street in Port Richmond, most of the houses are adorned with orange bows displayed in memory of William “Billy” Panas Jr. Panas was shot and killed by former police [continue reading…]

Port Richmond

Port Richmond: Pharmacy Values Community

February 23, 2010 2

https://vimeo.com/18392176] A small, family-run establishment, the Port Richmond Pharmacy works hard to provide community members with quality care but also tries to make the people of this diverse area feel they are at home when [continue reading…]

Port Richmond

Port Richmond: Vacant Lots

June 15, 2009 1

Marilyn Dombowski awakes each morning to a constant reminder of the vacant lot issue in Philadelphia and Port Richmond, because whenever she wants to sit on her porch, an abandoned lot is the first thing [continue reading…]

Arts and Entertainment

Port Richmond: Does a Pink Tank Create Beauty?

May 28, 2009 12

A  pink tank sits in the middle of a green grass lot located between Susquehanna and Norris Street, along Frankford Avenue.  It was originally created for the annual Kinetic Sculpture Derby, an event that the [continue reading…]

Port Richmond

Pulaski Park: Once Forgotten, Now Found

April 20, 2009 charper 1

On an unseasonably warm March afternoon, a group of four fishermen lines the pier at Pulaski Park. They bait their hooks with shrimp and cast their lines into the Delaware River. Some days they catch [continue reading…]

Economy

Port Richmond Industry: Giving Back

April 16, 2009 2

Imagine driving through an industrial complex. Instantly, your mind flashes to smoking pipelines that are beating our ozone layer into a bloody pulp. You imagine lonely, littered, and seemingly abandoned streets. You see lines of [continue reading…]

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