Tuesday, February 21, 2012

North Philly Rising

I love the urban hellhole, but a few years ago I probably wouldn't have expected that this kind of project would be possible.

It isn't all good. Full details beyond the scope of this post, but there's been some deliberate "slum clearing" going on here. I generally think gentrification concerns are overblown, but there's a difference between relatively slow neighborhood evolution and policy aimed at cleaning out the riffraff.