https://vimeo.com/21277305] Every Friday night the streets of Manayunk are littered with empty beer bottles and drunken college students stumbling back to their homes. The locals are tired of it and are demanding a change. The [continue reading…]
Abandoned houses are probably the biggest issue facing the community, Melissa Dunbar, a lifelong resident of Fairhill, explained while sitting comfortably on her couch. “I consider myself lucky every day that I have a roof [continue reading…]
[soundslide url=”https://smcsites.com/soundslides/uploads/sp1112tiogahousingsoundslide/” height=550 width=600] Abandoned homes, vacant lots and crumbling structures have not always been how the Nicetown/Tioga area was decorated. Believe it or not, this community used to host several booming businesses and the [continue reading…]
It looks like a street that most people would rather drive by than walk down. With an empty lot filled with beer bottles and an assortment of trash on one side and slowly crumbling row [continue reading…]
Temple University senior Tabitha Mangum lives on Montgomery Avenue between Bouvier Street and 18th Street. Mangum is from Harrisburg and lives in the North Central Philadelphia neighborhood while she attends school. Mangum has had pleasant [continue reading…]
[soundslide url=”https://smcsites.com/soundslides/uploads/sp1107mantuahousingjamaitus/” height=550 width=600] The Veterans Group, located at 32nd and Baring streets, is an organization that provides help to former soldiers dealing with homelessness in Philadelphia. The goal of the program is to give [continue reading…]
Living in Fairhill was not something originally planned for Melissa Dunbar. Dunbar, a 36-year-old, single mother who was raised in Fairhill, never had the intention to remain a resident of the neighborhood. Despite working in [continue reading…]
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