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Photos
and Essays:
(Old Stuff. Really old stuff.)
- Plant
rescue. From 20th and Catharine to Grays Ferry and Carpenter,
their temporary new home, March/April 2005. (Bonus, nice: rescue
way-station, our courtyard. Bonus, not so nice: ugliness
in our surroundings)
- Philadelphia
Flower Show, 2005. Some of my favorite things.
- A
tale of two playgrounds. Good playgrounds help to build
community. Ugly ones send a message about what the neighborhood
thinks about itself. Is't it time for a change at Arthur, Peirce
and Stanton?
- No
way to treat a National Landmark. After fifteen years
of neglect and a devastating fire, mega-developer Toll Brothers
is finally paying attention to the historical U. S. Naval Home
site.
- The
20th and Catharine Garden. Short essay and photos on the
20th and Catharine / 1900 Webster Street community garden and
woodland, which was ideally suited to become a town square.
- Ugly,
smelly dumptruck, 20th and Catharine Streets. Why do suburban
haulers use South Philly as their own personal parking lot? (July
2002)
- Michelle
Cutner Garden, 20th
and Catharine Streets. History of the reclamation of a vacant
lot, 2000-2002 (construction on the garden site began August 2004).
- 30th
Ward Is On the Move! A cleanup initiative sponsored by
the 30th Ward Democratic Party
- GardenTenders
April 2002 tour of South Philadelphia community gardens
- The
Gardens of the 30th Ward (summer/fall 2001, partial. See
also Garden Tenders link for some 30 Ward gardens not included
on this page, esp. 2000-2200 blocks of Fitzwater)
- Former
Community Garden: 2120-2124 Fitzwater Street (includes
photos of the June 19, 2001 demolition and photos of the lots
before their transformation to gardens)
- VARIA:
Making Grilled Cheese Sandwiches the Benny & Joon Way.
This is what watching too many Johnny Depp movies does to the
middle-aged brain. (12/04)
- VARIA:
Gretchen Worden's Creche. The late Gretchen
Worden, director of the Mütter Museum, had a penchant
for weird stuff. For her memorial service, the College of Physicians
displayed her collections of odd creche figures, rats, cats, toilet
paper, twin-like objects, and hooch bottle takeoffs. (2/05)
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