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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.

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.

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

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

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,

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

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

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