Kensington philadelphia

"I basically went from photographing abandoned houses to photographing abandoned people," artist Jeffrey Stockbridge says about his Kensington Blues series in Philadelphia.

The city of Philadelphia is grappling with a drug crisis in the Kensington neighborhood, where an open-air drug market has thrived for decades. This area has gained notoriety for its rampant drug use and crime, leaving residents and business owners feeling helpless. However, new leaders in the city are determined to dismantle the drug market and restore order to the community. Last year, a series of violent incidents, including a quadruple homicide, shocked the city into action. In…

Kensington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...my birthplace

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Throughout 2021, Philadelphia Poet Laureate Trapeta B. Mayson held poetry workshops with East and West Kensington residents. The participants’ poems were combined to envision a group poem that was transformed into a neon sign and lifted to the rooftop of 2400 Kensington Avenue to serve as a beacon of strength, hope, and healing for the residents of Kensington.

Kensington, Philadelphia

Rocky Steps, Longwood Gardens, and Peddler’s Village. Places like these can get tarnished by the image of Kensington Avenue, Philadelphia, a location that became infamous among the sea of famous sights. From people fighting their drug addictions to truly tragic stories, you shouldn’t write off the avenue as some skid row of Philadelphia.

# KENSINGTON & ALLEGHENY AVENUES PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 1986

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