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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…]

Nicetown

Nicetown: Trying to Make the Schools Work

April 19, 2009 charper 0

It’s 11:45 a.m. on a Friday in the Nicetown area of Philadelphia. Children and teenagers litter Germantown Avenue on an unusually cool April afternoon as they window shop and gather with friends on street corners. [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…]

Government

Guns in Philadelphia

April 15, 2009 charper 2

View Slide Show There is no shortage of customers at Colosimo’s Gun Store on the 900 block of Spring Garden Street. A group of young men are buzzed into the store every few minutes, each [continue reading…]

Featured Stories

Fishtown: The Writing on the Wall

January 18, 2009 charper 7

Running down Frankford Avenue to catch an arriving train, we can hear the reverberations grow louder, amplified through the steel supports that line the street. We hustle up the steps, taking two or three at [continue reading…]

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