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Kensington: The Fire and The Aftermath

April 10, 2012

https://vimeo.com/40147019] Imagine waking up at 3 a.m. to sirens, bright lights and smoke-filled air. Your block is almost completely engulfed in flames. For the next two days the place that you call home would be

Hunting Park: Lost Addresses Continue to Plague City Blocks

January 31, 2012

Amid the restoration efforts that have swept through Hunting Park, some find it hard to ignore the high volume of abandoned buildings and lots that plague the community. This issue has haunted Philadelphia neighborhoods for

A memorial to Kensington Strangler victim ### sits at Jasper and Cumberland streets, where her body was found last November.

Kensington: By Cleaning Vacant Lots, Neighbors Help Redefine a Troubled Community

April 16, 2011

If Juan Marrero had his way, the city would tear down the fence in front of that trash-strewn vacant lot down the street from his house. If the city just did that, Marrero insists that

The former site of an abandoned factory at 2nd and Somerset St.

Kensington: Once a Factory, Now a Pile of Rubble

February 14, 2011

The block is reminiscent of news footage from the streets of a war zone, but it’s not an international war zone. This is Kensington. Nearly a month after a four-alarm fire at Second and Somerset