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The art of change: in neighborhoods of Philadelphia hard hit by crime and drugs, public murals offer a vision of hope - The commons : community
JANE GOLDEN IS DRIVING by a corner of North Philadelphia that most people, given the chance, would leave as fast as they could. Golden, however, is riding the brake: She can't go slow enough. "Over...(Continue Reading) Living roofs: gardens and meadows are sprouting on rooftops as city planners and pioneering homeowners give urban life a spiritual lift, a respite from
City employees in Atlanta enjoy their lunches on the newly landscaped roof of City Hall, probably unaware that the colorful collection of low-growing ......(Continue Reading)Tours Showcase Philadelphia's Neighborhoods; Newest Tour Addition Takes Visitors to the City's Most Beautiful Community Gardens
PHILADELPHIA, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Beginning on May 8, 2004, the Philadelphia Neighborhood Tourism Network (NTN) will roll out seven of its popular ......(Continue Reading)A benchmark for livable progress: transportation finds common ground with environmental; economic, historic, and community concerns in northern Delaware
With every passing day, another link with the past seems lost to the ever-moving process called "progress." Progress is inevitable, but it sometimes ......(Continue Reading)Growing healthy communities through urban gardening
The notion that cities are removed from the natural rhythm of the seasons is pervasive. We think of cities as industrial, unnatural places, where all ......(Continue Reading)
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