According to a slideshow article on Salon.com that analyzed 2010 Census data, the level of segregation between blacks and whites in Philadelphia is declining at slower rate than it did in the 1990s. University of Pennsylvania historian Thomas Sugrue credits Philly’s No. 9 status partially due to hegemony. “The patterns of housing segregation in metropolitan [...]
Today, the Philadelphia Daily News posted an article about a Q-and-A session hosted by Commissioner Fran Burns of the Department of Licenses & Inspections, which garnered about 50 residents of the Yorktown section of North Philadelphia to discuss an on-going conflict – Temple students disrupting the historically middle-class neighborhood. The residents’ complaints aren’t new, and [...]
This is a friendly reminder from your TTN staff. There is a meeting concerning Yorktown on April 1st. The meeting is at 1515 Arch St. and will be held at noon in room 18002. Be there to see how the future of North Philadelphia’s most fought-over neighborhood will turn out. P.S. In case you still [...]
The Temple News, by obtaining copies of the deeds to the three vacant lots owned by Temple, has learned that the lots were not bought for $1, as stated in a previous Broad & Cecil post. Contrary to what the Board of Revision of Taxes Web site states, 1434 W. Diamond Street was bought for [...]
The Temple News has learned that several lots in the vicinity of Main Campus are owned by the university. Three properties have been identified: 2334 N. Park Avenue (pictured below) and 1434 and 1436 Diamond Street. The three lots were bought between February of 1970 and September of 1972. They may have been gifted to [...]
