https://vimeo.com/32283059] The Philadelphia Housing Authority brought in $7 million this week at its first auction of blighted properties, but critics disliked what they described as a process that favored real estate developers over neighborhood buyers. [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/31937924] Betsy Esteves was surprised to see the empty lot next to her home on North Third Street–a lot she fenced off, planted grass on, did some minor gardening in and has been struggling to [continue reading…]
Professor Edward Trayes’ photo class has done a multimedia project about smoking in Philadelphia, where nearly one out of every four people smoke. That rate is one of the highest in the country. See the [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/19639286] Bob Dillon may look rusty, but the 68-year-old pitcher said he still has a lot of fight left. He and his teammates work out at the John M. Perzel Community Center every Friday in [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/17933003] Eric Pellini looks at Victory Outreach’s attempt to get drug users off the streets in Kensington.
It’s noon on a Saturday. Approximately 200 barefoot men are filling a South Philly gym. Large black mats line the floors and the smell of sweat is beginning to permeate the room. The same concentrated [continue reading…]
On Kensington Avenue, housed between East Hagert and East Letterly streets, lies a small clubhouse with a big purpose. Last Stop Clubhouse serves as a recovery house for addicts from all walks of life. Walking [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18391408] It’s an unlikely scene just half a block from the Kensington and Somerset stop under the Market-Frankford line. Amid the shadows of “the El” and barely past the illicit activities of the intersection, there [continue reading…]
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