Philadelphia on Monday plans to temporarily shut down a stretch of Kensington Avenue — a street known worldwide as an open-air drug market — to clear out homeless encampments. Kensington has for years ...
How one special sliver of the city is redefining what smart neighborhood development can look like in Philadelphia … and far beyond.
UPDATE 8:34 p.m.: Philadelphia police dismantled the homeless encampment in Kensington on Wednesday, carrying out the instructions of Mayor Cherelle Parker's administration. As expected, people living ...
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Kensington now has fewer shootings and people on the streets. But the open-air drug market persists.
Gloria Cartagena Hart vividly remembers the scenes and sounds of her Kensington block just three years ago: The streets filled with trash. The sidewalks lined with dozens of people openly using drugs.
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- It's been one week since Mayor Cherelle Parker's administration took its first action in the embattled Kensington neighborhood. Last Wednesday, city crews cleared out homeless ...
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