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Police on the streets in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) 2010-2012: Moving to a ‘block by block’ approach. In 2008, amid a rise in Philadelphia homicides, narcotics ...
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.
The milk bottle water tower is an iconic landmark in Kensington. Photo by Melissa Romero An iconic water tower in Kensington in the shape of a milk bottle and a stately brick firehouse in South Philly ...
A homeless camp, mostly occupied by drug users, sits on Kensington Avenue in Philadelphia on Nov. 23, 2023. Stephen Yang Jillian and Mike use opioids on a street corner off of Kensington Avenue in ...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Philadelphia police have been meeting with Kensington business owners as part of Mayor Cherelle Parker's plan to clean up the neighborhood, sources said on Wednesday ...
33-year-old man killed in Kensington hit-and-run 00:25. PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Police are searching for a vehicle and driver that struck and killed a man and fled the scene in the Kensington ...
Philadelphia's historic Harbisons Dairy milk bottle, an iconic water tower atop a former Kensington dairy plant, will now be illuminated at night. The plant sat vacant for 30 years before it was ...
It’s the hottest night of the summer, and on Philadelphia’s Kensington Avenue, underneath the elevated train tracks at Somerset Street, mills a crowd of addicts nearly 100 strong, the biggest ...
Kensington Avenue’s Open-Air Drug Market Went International March 25, 2024 Data from researchers at the Dornsife School of Public Health’s Urban Health Collaborative were mentioned in a March 25 ...
The Harbison's Dairy milk bottle, an iconic Kensington landmark, has a new look. The 106-year-old water tower has been repainted white with bold red lettering, taking on its historic look.
The Philadelphia Photo Arts Center Philly Block Project exhibit is creating a "visual narrative" of South Kensington. The preface for the exhibit will open March 10th.