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In Philadelphia, the cross-street intersections often identify Kensington Avenue (The Avenue). Kensington and Allegheny (K & A) or Kensington and Front Street may mean many different things as you walk along The Avenue. Conditions were documented on The Avenue in June of 2021, which led to an open-air drug market along the street. When I was working on Kensington…
In Last Days of Lockdown 2021’s nationwide journey, Philadelphia stands out for having one of the most severe drug problems among all American cities. In Philadelphia, the cross-street intersections often identify Kensington Avenue (The Avenue). Kensington and Lehigh or Kensington and Allegheny (K & A), Kensington and Front, may mean many different things as you walk along…
During the last days of lockdown 2021, it was apparent that the lack of office traffic was impacting retail in the cities visited. Many businesses across America closed their doors permanently, but many retail businesses did not open because of the Lockdown. Retail in Haight Ashbury had many vacancies without the office buildings, but it appears now, as ioptimize realty…
In the Last Days of Lockdown we visited several small towns, many of which have fared better than the larger cities we had visited. It was interesting to see cities like Butte Montana, and Demming New Mexico had an array of smaller towns to complement them. In California, it was a continuous flow of one retail district to the other. In…
In June of 2021, no one was on the street in Milwaukee, as chronicled in the Last Days of Lockdown. We walked around for an hour and saw very few autos or people on the sidewalk of a very walkable city and a prototype for a 15-minute city. In European cities, the population of low income is less clustered…
I am Barry Cassidy, a Planning and Development consultant located in Philadelphia. When the virus struck the United States, everything went into lockdown as the government shifted its focus to contain and combat it. My wife and I were isolated during the lockdown, watching the televised reporting of people in the City of Philadelphia rioting…