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Blight and Beauty in Grays Ferry
Philadelphia, PA - serlingrod - Monday, April 27th, 2009 : goo
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A few blight / graffiti shots taken around Grays Ferry, a blue-collar neighborhood in South Philly just Southwest of Center City. In recent years it has been the scene of much racial tension, as long-time Irish Catholic residents clash with African Americans from neighboring Point Breeze east of 25th Street and the Tasker Homes Projects to the south. Tensions peaked in 1997, when Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan joined marchers to protest racial violence. Today Grays Ferry is experiencing much of the symptoms of urban blight.
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adam: Good to see that area hasn't changed too much..
Terry C - Former Grays Ferry Resident: 18th Jul 2009 - 17:59 GMT
And people wonder why I moved to South Jersey in 1997.
Kennedy Will Pass Here: 29th Jan 2010 - 08:24 GMT
I remember years ago on the side of the Grays Ferry Bridge was a message painted, "Kennedy Will Pass Here."
Joe lewis: 21st Feb 2010 - 22:00 GMT
My grand father had a hogie shop on the avenue way back ,last name was Lauber
joe lewis jr : 19th Apr 2010 - 09:17 GMT
my family tree go's back in south philly my family also had a place on dover street called elmers it was a corner store
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