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Mill Creek: From One Generation of Men to the Next

March 26, 2010 2

https://vimeo.com/18395060] People gather on the corner of 47th  and Brown streets. There are children playing on the Mill Creek playground. There are adults sitting on lawn chairs on the sidewalks. There are people riding bikes. [continue reading…]

an ex-offender using the internet
North Philadelphia

Technology: Ex-Offenders Need Tech Training

March 8, 2010 8

https://vimeo.com/18394850] “I’m an individual that wants to try and get ahead in life,” said Hymine, 53, an ex-felon who reentered society in 1992 after spending a year in prison for a drug possession. His story [continue reading…]

Kensington

Kensington: Conflicting Feelings on Progress in Latino Neighborhood

March 7, 2010 1

https://vimeo.com/18391394] Terrific is how Marcelino Esgailin describes Philadelphia’s Kensington community when he moved into that area in 1955 from Puerto Rico — a Caribbean island that many forget is a part of the United States. [continue reading…]

Germantown

Germantown: A Changing, But Still Troubling, Landscape

March 5, 2010 0

https://vimeo.com/18392086] If you ever travel to the 400 block of East Haines Street in Germantown, you will find a neighborhood with many stories of its proud past as well as stories of the not-so-proud present. [continue reading…]

Allegheny

Allegheny/Strawberry Mansion: After a Century, Library Still Serves its Community

March 5, 2010 2

https://vimeo.com/18392181] On Lehigh Avenue between 28th and 29th streets, countless people scurry back and forth past several row homes, a familiar sight on countless blocks all over North Philadelphia. But nestled in between houses clearly [continue reading…]

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South Philadelphia: Planning Commission Sees Bleak Future for Point Breeze

March 5, 2010 7

https://vimeo.com/18392340] Point Breeze is a neighborhood that has reached a crossroads of sorts. According to PlanPhilly.com, this South Philadelphia neighborhood has been officially re-certified as “blighted” by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. According to community [continue reading…]

Social Issues

Strawberry Mansion: A Glimpse of 27th and Arizona

March 5, 2010 4

https://vimeo.com/18391454] The 2700 block of Arizona Street is just another block in Strawberry Mansion. No stores, no thugs, no drugs…and hardly any houses. Twenty years ago it was nothing like this. Even 10 years ago, [continue reading…]

Social Issues

Fighting Hunger in Philadelphia

March 5, 2010 5

https://vimeo.com/18395140] The Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger is doing all it can to fight hunger in Philadelphia. Hunger is a big problem in Philadelphia as more than one in four residents is considered at risk [continue reading…]

Fairhill

Fairhill: Spells Writing Center Aims To Spark Creativity

March 5, 2010 0

https://vimeo.com/18393797] The activity on Germantown Avenue in the Fairhill section of North Philadelphia never rests. It pulses to the vibrating beats that resonate from the record stores selling the latest Jay-Z album and the carefully [continue reading…]

History

Nicetown-Tioga: Temple Hospital Changed the Neighborhood and Not Necessarily for the Better

March 4, 2010 0

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…]

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