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Edens Lost and Found - Philadelphia
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Philadelphia is a historic city responding to many challenges, including suburban development, that threaten to decimate the core city. Faced with severe budget limitations (a universal reality), it created a vast network of community-based volunteer organizations who have brought about rebirth through volunteerism and community outreach. Some of those organizations include The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, The New Kensington Community Development Corporation and The Philadelphia Water Department.
City government hasn't been sitting still, either. Mayor John F. Street created the Neighborhood Transition Initiative (NTI) program as part of a coordinated plan to save the city from the impact of 'moving up and moving out.' NTI was assigned to come up with practicable and affordable solutions to remove blight, promote quality restoration, stimulate investment in new housing, and improve how the city delivers services to its businesses and residents. The challenge is to make neighborhoods more attractive so families will stay and become stakeholders.
Philadelphia has many tales to tell about how it is dealing with challenges being felt around the planet: creation of a sustainable society, economy, and ecosystem in a thriving urban environment.
'Wiland and Bell show us that some of the real solutions might just be on our doorstep, our roofs, and in our city halls.' Anna Lappe, Co-Founder of Small Planet Institute, Co-Author of Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen
'An inspiring look at how cities can be transformed and how parks and green space can heal the soul of a community.' Philadelphia Daily News
'Inspiring examples from Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Seattle show how people can rediscover the natural attributes that made their cities desirable to settle in the first place.' Sierra Magazine
'There's something positively redemptive about Edens Lost and Found, the new PBS series about the transformation of dismal urban spaces into gardens and parks, villages and murals that are green and welcoming.' Virginia A. Smith, Philadelphia Inquirer
'I used Edens Lost and Found to organize a course I taught this summer...What a great class we had! The series proved to be a valuable tool in focusing the student's attention. By highlighting a variety of topics, institutional arenas, and personalities involved with environmental sustainability in four cities, the series alerted my students to the opportunities and challenges available to policy makers. The fact that the series showed the struggle to incorporate environmental values in everyday life, in education, and in public policy agendas at the local level, and the fact that sometimes the best intentions did not work out, provided a realistic sense of the challenge...Several of the grad students had not been exposed to the environment in this way, and told me that the class was an eye opening experience. Two were inspired to do their graduate applied research project on environmental sustainability.
The Edens Lost and Found series is an important addition to material available to introduce students at all levels to environmental values. The presentation of some hard lessons regarding success and failure, and how much time and effort go into trying to change our neighborhoods and cities makes this series unique. I look forward to the next opportunity that I have to use the Edens Lost and Found series, and recommend it to educators at all levels.' Greg Andranovich, Professor of Political Science, California State University-Los Angeles
'These effective, professionally produced programs will inspire cities and towns all over the United States to use more green building materials, cultivate and employ native trees and plants for landscaping, find ways to practice conservation, and minimize disruptions to the natural environment. Recommended for all collections.' Susan C. Awe, University of New Mexico Library, Library Journal
'This movie is about how the historic town that had the first public park and the first botanic garden is being transformed and revived back to its original status of 'city within a park' through the efforts of local communities. Overall, this is a very inspirational documentary. It is highly recommended for school and public libraries.' Geetha Yapa, University of California, Riverside, Educational Media Reviews Online
Citation
Main credits
Morse, David (Host)
Wiland, Harry (Director)
Wiland, Harry (Producer)
Bell, Dale (Producer)
Baroff, Beverly (Screenwriter)
Baroff, Beverly (Producer)
Baroff, Beverly (Editor)
Other credits
Director of photography, Jonathan Bell; music, David Loeb & Gary Griffin.
Distributor subjects
American Studies; Anthropology; At-risk Youth; Citizenship; Community; Environment; Gardening; Geography; Humanities; Local Economies; Sociology; Sustainability; Urban Studies; Urban and Regional PlanningKeywords
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MAJOR FUNDING
FOREDENS LOST & FOUND
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IS MADE POSSIBLE BY CDM,
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SEEKING TO CREATE
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LASTING ENVIRONMENTAL
AND INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS
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TO STRENGTHEN
A COMMUNITY\"S FUTURE.
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THE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY,
DEDICATED TO THE SUSTAINABILITY
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OF A BEAUTIFUL WORLD THROUGH
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.
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THE JOHN D.AND CATHERINE T.
MacARTHUR FOUNDATION.
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THE BOEING COMPANY,
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COMMITTED TO ONGOING INNOVATION
IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.
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BOEING: FOREVER NEW FRONTIERS.
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WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION,
ADVANCING GREATER PHILADELPHIA
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AS A VITAL, JUST,
AND CARING COMMUNITY.
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ADDITIONAL FUNDING BY...
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David Morse:
CITIES, EACH AS UNIQUE
AS THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE,
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REFLECTIONS
OF OUR AMERICAN SOUL,
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A SOUL NOT WITHOUT STAIN.
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ON EACH OF OUR FOUR PROGRAMS,
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WE PORTRAY THE EXCITING
NEW REVIVAL
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OF A GREAT AMERICAN CITY
THROUGH THE PERSONAL STORIES
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OF THE DREAMERS, SCHEMERS,
AND JUST PLAIN FOLK
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STRUGGLING TO MAKE THAT
TRANSFORMATION HAPPEN.
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TONIGHT
ONEDENS LOST & FOUND...
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HI, I\"M DAVID MORSE.
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I WASN\"T BORN HERE
IN PHILADELPHIA
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BUT THIS IS WHERE
I CHOOSE TO LIVE.
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AFTER WE LOST OUR HOME IN 1994
TO THE LOS ANGELES EARTHQUAKE,
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MY WIFE, SUSAN, AND I MADE THE
DECISION TO MOVE OUR FAMILY
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BACK HERE TO HER HOMETOWN
OF PHILADELPHIA.
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THIS CITY IS MORE
THAN JUST A PLACE TO WORK
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AND RAISE OUR CHILDREN,
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BECAUSE PHILADELPHIA
AND ITS PEOPLE
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ARE A CONTINUING SOURCE
OF INSPIRATION TO US.
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AFTER SEEING THIS EPISODE
OF EDENS LOST & FOUND,
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I THINK YOU\"LL UNDERSTAND
WHY WE FEEL PROUD
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TO CALL OURSELVES
PHILADELPHIANS.
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AMAZINGLY, PHILADELPHIA,
THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE,
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OWES ITS CREATION
TO A BITTER CONFLICT
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BETWEEN A FATHER AND HIS SON.
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IN 1665, SIR WILLIAM PENN
LED A CHARMED LIFE.
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HE WAS A WEALTHY,
HIGHLY HONORED WAR HERO
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AND EXTREMELY HIGH UP IN THE
COURT OF KING CHARLES II.
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HIS PERFECT LIFE
HAD ONLY ONE FLAW: HIS SON.
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YOUNG WILLIAM WAS
THE ANTITHESIS OF HIS FATHER.
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A PACIFIST AND BUDDING QUAKER,
HE WAS EXPELLED FROM OXFORD
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AND IMPRISONED SEVERAL TIMES
FOR HIS RADICAL VIEWS
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AND INSOLENCE, INCLUDING
REFUSING TO DOFF HIS HAT
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IN THE PRESENCE OF THE KING.
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FATHER AND SON
FOUGHT CONSTANTLY.
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WILLIAM THREATENED
TO DISINHERIT HIS SON
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UNLESS HE RECANTED HIS WAYS.
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YOUNG WILLIAM REFUSED
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AND WAS KICKED OUT
OF HIS FATHER\"S HOUSE.
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SOON AFTER,
HE WAS AGAIN ARRESTED.
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NEAR DEATH, SIR WILLIAM BAILED
OUT HIS SON ONE LAST TIME.
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DESPERATE TO LEAVE HIM
SOME SORT OF FUTURE
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OUTSIDE OF PRISON OR EXECUTION,
SIR WILLIAM OFFERED TO ARRANGE
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FOR A LARGE LAND GRANT
IN THE AMERICAS,
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WHERE HIS REBEL SON COULD LIVE
AND GOVERN AS HE PLEASED.
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AND SO BEGAN
THE HOLY EXPERIMENT.
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SO MUCH OF WHAT WE TAKE
FOR GRANTED TODAY
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AS THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE
WE OWE TO WILLIAM PENN
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AND HIS ATTEMPT
TO MAKE A UTOPIAN COMMUNITY
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OUT OF PENNSYLVANIA,
WHICH HE ACTUALLY NAMED
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NOT AFTER HIMSELF,
BUT HIS DECEASED FATHER,
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WITH WHOM
HE FINALLY RECONCILED.
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WILLIAM PENN FELT
HE HAD A CALLING FROM GOD
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TO CREATE A SOCIETY FREE
OF VIOLENCE AND TYRANNY,
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A HAVEN
FOR RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE,
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AND REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
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WILLIAM PENN BECAME THE FIRST
CITY PLANNER IN THE NEW WORLD
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WHEN HE DESIGNED PHILADELPHIA,
NAMED AFTER THE BIBLICAL CITY
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LITERALLY MEANING
\"CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE.\"
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IN HIS SCHEMATICS
FOR THE NEW CITY,
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PENN INTRODUCED A CONCEPT
OF GREEN TOWNS
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WITH LARGE GRID-LIKE STREETS,
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GREENBELTS, PARKS,
AND PUBLIC SQUARES.
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PHILADELPHIANS RICH OR POOR
WERE TO LIVE
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IN THEIR OWN HOMES.
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EACH HAD A GARDEN SEPARATING
THEM FROM THEIR NEIGHBORS.
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AGRICULTURE WAS ENCOURAGED
AS PENN CONSIDERED IT
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THE MOST HEALTHY, MORAL WAY
TO MAKE A LIVING.
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PHILADELPHIA ACHIEVED MANY
AMERICAN FIRSTS, INCLUDING
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THE FIRST PUBLIC PARKS,
FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
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FIRST FIRE DEPARTMENT,
FIRST BOTANICAL GARDEN,
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FIRST HOSPITAL, THE FIRST
AMERICAN THEATER COMPANY,
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THE FIRST ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY.
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CREATED
THE FIRST PUBLIC LIBRARY,
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AND BETSY ROSS STITCHED
THE FIRST AMERICAN FLAG HERE.
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PHILADELPHIA WAS, OF COURSE,
THE FIRST CAPITAL
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OF THE UNITED STATES,
AND THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
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WAS DRAWN UP
AND FIRST READ HERE.
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BY THE FIRST HALF
OF THE 20th CENTURY,
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PHILADELPHIA WAS A THRIVING
METROPOLIS
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WITH A ROBUST ECONOMY FUELED
BY A STRONG MANUFACTURING BASE.
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AT ITS PEAK,
ITS POPULATION GREW
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TO MORE THAN
2.1 MILLION PEOPLE.
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AS TIME PASSED, THE QUALITY
OF LIFE WAS COMPROMISED
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TO FEED THIS INDUSTRIAL BOOM.
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THEN, LIKE MANY
INDUSTRIAL CITIES,
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PHILADELPHIA WAS HIT HARD
AS OUR NATIONAL ECONOMY
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SHIFTED AWAY
FROM HEAVY MANUFACTURING.
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AS FACTORIES CLOSED
OR MOVED AWAY,
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PHILADELPHIA WITNESSED AN
UNPRECEDENTED POPULATION LOSS
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OF OVER HALF A MILLION PEOPLE.
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SOME NEIGHBORHOODS LOST HALF TO
TWO-THIRDS OF THEIR RESIDENTS.
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IN 2001, THE CITY LAID CLAIM
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TO A STAGGERING 26,000 VACANT
HOMES, 31,000 VACANT LOTS,
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AND 2,500 VACANT INDUSTRIAL
AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
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WHEN I BECAME THE MAYOR,
WE HAD LITERALLY, I GUESS,
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PROBABLY 30,000, 40,000
ABANDONED BUILDINGS
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IN THIS CITY.
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WE HAD VACANT LOTS
ALL OVER THE PLACE.
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MANY OF THEM
WERE TRASH-STREWN LOTS.
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SOME OF THEM HADN\"T BEEN CLEANED
IN 15, 20, 25 YEARS.
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THE MAJOR ELEMENT
OF THE MAYOR\"S NEIGHBORHOOD
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TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE WAS
BEGIN TO TACKLE THESE CONDITIONS
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AT A SCALE WHERE WE COULD
REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT.
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AND SO WE\"RE USING FUNDS
THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BORROW
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TO DEMOLISH 6,000 OR 7,000
OF THESE BUILDINGS.
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AS WITH ALL JOURNEYS, YOU
HAVE TO TAKE THAT FIRST STEP.
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THAT\"S THE WAY YOU DO IT,
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AND IN MANY WAYS
IT\"S ONE STEP AT A TIME,
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ONE NEIGHBORHOOD AT A TIME,
ONE BLOCK AT A TIME.
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AND SO THE HOLY EXPERIMENT
CONTINUES.
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FLOWERS MAKE PEOPLE EXTREMELY
HAPPY, AND IT\"S THE COLOR,
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THE FRAGRANCE, THE BEAUTY
JUST LIFTS THE SPIRITS.
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EVERYBODY LOOKS FORWARD
TO THE PHILADELPHIA FLOWER SHOW.
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IT\"S SORT OF LIKE THE RITE
OF SPRINGTIME COMING IN,
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ALMOST MORE THAN GROUND HOG DAY
AROUND HERE.
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DEVOTED TO WILLIAM PENN\"S
CONCEPT
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OF A GREEN COUNTRY TOWN,
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IN 1827 TEN WEALTHY
GENTLEMAN FARMERS
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FORMED THE PENNSYLVANIA
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
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TWO YEARS LATER,
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THEY HELD THE FIRST ANNUAL
PHILADELPHIA FLOWER SHOW.
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OVER 175 YEARS LATER,
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THE PHILADELPHIA FLOWER SHOW
CONTINUES TO AMAZE.
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HELD IN EARLY MARCH,
IT HAS BECOME
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THE LARGEST INDOOR FLOWER SHOW
IN THE WORLD,
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RECEIVING OVER 300,000 VISITORS
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AND GENERATING UP TO A MILLION
DOLLARS A YEAR IN PROFIT.
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ONE OF THE FASCINATING ASPECTS
OF HORTICULTURE
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IS ITS ABILITY TO AFFECT HOW
PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THEMSELVES.
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AND IT\"S ONE OF THE REASONS
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I\"VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS WORK
FOR SO LONG.
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IT FEEDS THE SOUL:
IT FEEDS PERSONAL SOUL
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AND IT ALSO FEEDS
THE SOUL OF THE COMMUNITY.
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IT CAN FEED THE SOUL
OF AN ENTIRE CITY.
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IN 1974, AS PHILADELPHIA
NEIGHBORHOODS AND PARKS
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PLUNGED FURTHER
INTO ABANDONMENT AND RUIN,
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THESE ECLECTIC PLANT LOVERS
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EMBARKED ON THEIR OWN
HOLY EXPERIMENT.
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THEY CALLED IT
PHILADELPHIA GREEN.
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PHILADELPHIA GREEN USES
ITS HORTICULTURAL EXPERTISE,
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AS WELL AS ALL PROFITS
FROM THE FLOWER SHOW,
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TO BUILD AND HELP RESTORE
NEIGHBORHOODS
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IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
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HOWEVER, THERE IS ONE CATCH.
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WE HAD ONE FUNDAMENTAL RULE,
AND THAT WAS,
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WE DIDN\"T DO ANYTHING FOR
ANYBODY ON ANY BLOCK
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UNLESS 85% OF THE PEOPLE
LIVING ON THE BLOCK
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AGREED THAT THEY WANTED
TO BE PART OF THE PROGRAM.
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AND IF YOU HAD THAT MANY,
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THEN YOU\"RE PRETTY SURE
TO HAVE SUCCESS.
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BECAUSE WHAT YOU NEED
IS PEOPLE.
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YOU NEED PEOPLE WITH PASSION,
PEOPLE WHO CARE,
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AND PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND
WHAT HORTICULTURE CAN DO.
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AND I USE THE WORD
\"HORTICULTURE\" GENTLY,
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BECAUSE REALLY IT\"S GARDENING
AND IT\"S DIGGING
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AND IT\"S GETTING
YOUR HANDS DIRTY.
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AND IT\"S USING THAT POWER
TO HELP PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES
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TO MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER,
00:08:09.876 --> 00:08:12.625
AND ALSO BETTER FOR ALL
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AROUND THEM.
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PHILADELPHIA GREEN
IS BASED ON THE CONCEPT
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THAT NEIGHBORHOODS
CAN ONLY BE SAVED
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IF THE PEOPLE
WITHIN THOSE COMMUNITIES
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CARE ENOUGH TO HELP
MAKE THIS CHANGE
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A REAL AND LASTING PART
OF THEIR LIVES.
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WE FEEL GOOD.
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ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP
NATURE, TO HELP THE COMMUNITY,
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TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY BETTER
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AND EVERYTHING, TO MAKE PEOPLE
COME TOGETHER AND WORK,
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IT \"S ALL GOOD, BECAUSE NOBODY\" S
GOING TO DO IT BUT US.
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[ bagpipes playing ]
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WHAT BEGAN AS A SMALL GARDENING
PROJECT OVER 30 YEARS AGO
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HAS GROWN INTO THE LARGEST
AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE
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URBAN GREENING EFFORT
IN THE NATION, AS RESIDENTS,
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COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS,
PRIVATE BUSINESSES,
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AND CITY GOVERNMENT
USE HORTICULTURE
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TO TRANSFORM
ONCE-BLIGHTED NEIGHBORHOODS.
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SOMETIMES IT TAKES
ONLY ONE PERSON
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TO IGNITE
A SPIRIT OF CHANGE.
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DORIS GWALTNEY HAS LIVED
ALL HER LIFE IN WEST PHILLY.
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SHE REMEMBERS CARROLL PARK
BEFORE ITS DECLINE.
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MY PARENTS USED TO DATE
IN CARROLL PARK BACK IN THE \"30s
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WHEN IT WAS A PLACE TO BE,
A PLACE TO GO,
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AND A DESTINATION ON SUNDAYS
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
00:09:19.709 --> 00:09:21.998
THROUGH THE YEARS,
THE PARK DESCENDED
00:09:21.999 --> 00:09:23.875
INTO ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
00:09:23.876 --> 00:09:27.082
THIS WAS A TOTAL WILDERNESS,
DESERTED AND FORGOTTEN.
00:09:27.083 --> 00:09:29.458
OH, IT WAS TERRIBLE.
IT WAS TERRIBLE.
00:09:29.459 --> 00:09:31.082
GLASS ALL... YOU COULDN\"T EVEN
WALK THROUGH HERE,
00:09:31.083 --> 00:09:33.998
WHICH IF YOU HAD DOGS
OR WHATEVER YOU HAD,
00:09:33.999 --> 00:09:35.416
TO KEEP THEM ON THE OUTSIDE
OF THE PARK
00:09:35.417 --> 00:09:36.998
BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH GLASS
INSIDE.
00:09:36.999 --> 00:09:39.998
DORIS ATTENDED MANY LOCAL
MEETINGS TO SAVE CARROLL PARK
00:09:39.999 --> 00:09:44.374
FROM THE DRUG DEALERS AND
CRIMINALS WHO HAD TAKEN OVER.
00:09:44.375 --> 00:09:44.999
THROUGH THE YEARS,
00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:48.082
MANY PEOPLE HAVE TRIED
TO COME INTO CARROLL PARK,
00:09:48.083 --> 00:09:50.999
TRYING TO START
A RESTORATION PROJECT,
00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:58.708
AND ALWAYS IT HAS FADED AWAY,
CAME TO NOTHING, JUST DIED OUT.
00:09:58.709 --> 00:10:00.166
AS THESE EFFORTS
TO SAVE THE PARK
00:10:00.167 --> 00:10:05.998
WITHERED FROM LACK OF FUNDING,
DORIS GREW SKEPTICAL.
00:10:05.999 --> 00:10:08.208
FOR THE PRESENTATION
FROM PHILADELPHIA GREEN,
00:10:08.209 --> 00:10:11.791
WE WENT TO THE CHURCH
TO SEE WHAT EVERYONE HAD TO SAY
00:10:11.792 --> 00:10:13.998
ABOUT CARROLL PARK ONCE AGAIN.
00:10:13.999 --> 00:10:17.416
AND THERE WAS A LITTLE WHITE
GIRL MAKING A PRESENTATION.
00:10:17.417 --> 00:10:21.791
ONCE AGAIN, THEY\"RE GOING
TO SAVE CARROLL PARK.
00:10:21.792 --> 00:10:26.666
SO, WE\"RE SITTING THERE,
SKEPTICALLY, AT LEAST I WAS.
00:10:26.667 --> 00:10:31.708
WELL, HOW ARE WE GOING TO SAVE
CARROLL PARK THIS TIME?
00:10:31.709 --> 00:10:36.374
AND THE LITTLE WHITE GIRL SAID,
\"WE HAVE $30,000 FOR YOU
00:10:36.375 --> 00:10:39.998
THROUGH THE PENNSYLVANIA
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.\"
00:10:39.999 --> 00:10:45.082
THE EARS PRICKED UP;
\"AH, THEY HAVE THE MONEY.\"
00:10:45.083 --> 00:10:46.998
THIS IS WHAT
MADE THE DIFFERENCE.
00:10:46.999 --> 00:10:48.998
AFTER RESTORING CARROLL PARK
WITH THE HELP
00:10:48.999 --> 00:10:51.917
OF PHILADELPHIA GREEN,
DORIS AND HER NEIGHBORS
00:10:51.918 --> 00:10:55.291
NOW WORK HARD TO MAINTAIN
AND KEEP IT BEAUTIFUL.
00:10:55.292 --> 00:10:58.625
BECAUSE IF DORIS
AND HER GROUP OF WOMEN
00:10:58.626 --> 00:10:59.998
STOPPED COMING OUT HERE,
00:10:59.999 --> 00:11:03.625
IN A MATTER OF TIME,
IT WOULD REVERT BACK.
00:11:03.626 --> 00:11:03.999
SIX MONTHS.
00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:07.917
SO THE ABILITY TO BE PRESENT
AND BE OUT THERE ALWAYS
00:11:07.918 --> 00:11:10.998
BECAUSE THAT ELEMENT
IS JUST ON THE FRINGE...
00:11:10.999 --> 00:11:12.416
YES, LURKING.
LURKING.
00:11:12.417 --> 00:11:19.833
I CAME OUT HERE EVERY MONDAY
AT 4:00 TO PICK UP TRASH.
00:11:19.834 --> 00:11:24.374
EVEN IN THE ICE AND SNOW
I WAS OUT HERE.
00:11:24.375 --> 00:11:29.041
I WAS OUT HERE PICKING UP TRASH,
BECAUSE EVERY MONDAY AT 4:00
00:11:29.042 --> 00:11:33.416
I WANTED THE NEIGHBORS AROUND
HERE TO LOOK OUT THEIR WINDOWS
00:11:33.417 --> 00:11:39.917
AND SEE THAT CRAZY WOMAN IS
STILL OUT HERE PICKING UP TRASH.
00:11:39.918 --> 00:11:42.998
I WANTED THE NEIGHBORS
TO KNOW...
00:11:42.999 --> 00:11:44.875
THAT WE WERE HERE...
00:11:44.876 --> 00:11:46.998
AND WE WERE HERE TO STAY.
00:11:46.999 --> 00:11:47.999
SHE IS CARROLL PARK.
00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:51.082
SHE LIVES FOR CARROLL PARK,
SHE EATS FOR CARROLL PARK,
00:11:51.083 --> 00:11:52.998
SHE STAYS HERE ALL THE TIME.
00:11:52.999 --> 00:11:55.875
AND WITHOUT DORIS,
CARROLL PARK WOULD NOT BE
00:11:55.876 --> 00:11:58.875
IN THE POSITION
THAT IT\"S IN TODAY.
00:11:58.876 --> 00:12:00.833
CARROLL PARK
IS ONE OF THE CITY\"S
00:12:00.834 --> 00:12:03.917
APPROXIMATELY 150
NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS,
00:12:03.918 --> 00:12:07.998
40 OF WHICH ARE NOW PARTNERED
WITH PHILADELPHIA GREEN.
00:12:07.999 --> 00:12:09.999
THESE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS
ECHO BACK
00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:11.998
TO WILLIAM PENN\"S
MASTER PLAN
00:12:11.999 --> 00:12:14.082
THAT FOR EVERY
TEN ACRES DEVELOPED,
00:12:14.083 --> 00:12:17.999
ONE BE PUT ASIDE
FOR TREES AND PUBLIC SPACE.
00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:20.998
IN ACCORDANCE
WITH PENN\"S CONCEPT,
00:12:20.999 --> 00:12:21.999
IN THE MID-19th CENTURY
00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:25.583
THE CITY BOUGHT THOUSANDS
OF ACRES OF UNDEVELOPED LAND
00:12:25.584 --> 00:12:26.998
ALONG THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER,
00:12:26.999 --> 00:12:29.998
ABOVE THE INTAKES
OF THE FAIRMOUNT WATERWORKS.
00:12:29.999 --> 00:12:32.625
THIS WAS TO AVERT
ANY DEVELOPMENT
00:12:32.626 --> 00:12:33.584
THAT MIGHT CONTAMINATE
00:12:33.585 --> 00:12:35.998
PHILADELPHIA\"S
PRIMARY WATER SOURCE.
00:12:35.999 --> 00:12:37.998
PHILADELPHIA
WAS EXTREMELY INNOVATIVE,
00:12:37.999 --> 00:12:40.625
ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES
IN THE WORLD
00:12:40.626 --> 00:12:42.208
TO LOOK AT SOURCE-WATER
PROTECTION
00:12:42.209 --> 00:12:43.998
AND PROTECTING
THE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY
00:12:43.999 --> 00:12:45.998
BY BUYING LAND
UP AND DOWN THE RIVER
00:12:45.999 --> 00:12:47.708
IN ORDER TO PROTECT IT
FROM INDUSTRY.
00:12:47.709 --> 00:12:49.998
THIS LAND, ACQUIRED TO HELP
PROTECT THE CITY\"S
00:12:49.999 --> 00:12:53.998
WATER SUPPLY, IS NOW PART
OF THE FAIRMOUNT PARK SYSTEM,
00:12:53.999 --> 00:12:56.998
ONE OF THE LARGEST LANDSCAPED
PARKS IN OUR NATION.
00:12:56.999 --> 00:12:58.998
WE ARE 9,200 ACRES.
00:12:58.999 --> 00:13:01.998
WE ENCOMPASS ALL OF THE CITY
OF PHILADELPHIA.
00:13:01.999 --> 00:13:03.998
THE PHRASE HAS BEEN USED
QUITE RECENTLY
00:13:03.999 --> 00:13:06.041
THAT WE ARE A CITY
WITHIN A PARK
00:13:06.042 --> 00:13:07.625
RATHER THAN A PARK
WITHIN A CITY.
00:13:07.626 --> 00:13:10.998
AND IT\"S A LINE WE LIKE TO USE
BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES TALK
00:13:10.999 --> 00:13:14.458
ABOUT WHAT FAIRMOUNT PARK AS
A SYSTEM MEANS FOR PHILADELPHIA.
00:13:14.459 --> 00:13:17.416
BUT IF YOU TALK ABOUT THE GREAT
BONES OF PHILADELPHIA,
00:13:17.417 --> 00:13:20.041
WITH WILLIAM PENN\"S
FIVE ORIGINAL SQUARES
00:13:20.042 --> 00:13:22.875
TO MAKE THIS
A GREEN COUNTRY TOWN.
00:13:22.876 --> 00:13:25.666
WILLIAM PENN CHAMPIONED
THE WHOLESOMENESS
00:13:25.667 --> 00:13:26.998
OF AN AGRARIAN SOCIETY.
00:13:26.999 --> 00:13:30.458
AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO
PHILLY\"S CURRENT REVITALIZATION
00:13:30.459 --> 00:13:32.041
IS URBAN AGRICULTURE.
00:13:32.042 --> 00:13:35.917
ALL OVER PHILADELPHIA,
THOUSANDS OF COMMUNITY GARDENS
00:13:35.918 --> 00:13:38.998
ARE SPROUTING ON WHAT WERE ONCE
ABANDONED LOTS.
00:13:38.999 --> 00:13:42.791
ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST
SUCCESSFUL IS ASPEN FARMS
00:13:42.792 --> 00:13:45.291
IN WEST PHILADELPHIA\"S
MILL CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:13:45.292 --> 00:13:50.583
WE LIKE TO CALL IT OUR GREEN
OASIS IN A CITY OF CONCRETE.
00:13:50.584 --> 00:13:54.041
HAYWARD FORD HELPED FOUND
AND HAS BEEN A VOLUNTEER
00:13:54.042 --> 00:13:57.998
AT ASPEN FARMS
SINCE IT BEGAN IN 1975.
00:13:57.999 --> 00:14:01.998
THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY,
HOUSES WERE ON IT AT ONE POINT.
00:14:01.999 --> 00:14:05.416
AND IT WAS DEMOLITION
DONE BY THE CITY
00:14:05.417 --> 00:14:10.998
AND CONSEQUENTLY, VACANT
PROPERTY, PEOPLE DUMPED.
00:14:10.999 --> 00:14:14.458
AND SO IT BECAME
VERY UNSIGHTLY,
00:14:14.459 --> 00:14:15.998
AND THE NEIGHBORS
GOT TOGETHER.
00:14:15.999 --> 00:14:19.998
IN OUR INSTANCE,
WE WERE LUCKY WHEN WE STARTED,
00:14:19.999 --> 00:14:24.374
THERE WAS A PILOT PROGRAM
CALLED PHILADELPHIA GREEN.
00:14:24.375 --> 00:14:30.999
AND THEY CAME ALONG,
AND THEY GREW AS WE GREW.
00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:38.416
SO IT WAS A WIN-WIN SITUATION
FOR BOTH PEOPLE AND THE CITY.
00:14:38.417 --> 00:14:38.999
TASTY.
00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:41.082
COMMUNITY GARDENS
NOT ONLY FUEL THE BODY,
00:14:41.083 --> 00:14:44.625
THEY CREATE SOCIETIES
WHERE THERE WERE NONE
00:14:44.626 --> 00:14:45.666
AS NEIGHBORS MEET NEIGHBORS
00:14:45.667 --> 00:14:47.666
WHILE WEEDING TOMATOES
AND GREEN BEANS.
00:14:47.667 --> 00:14:50.875
THE EFFECTS OF SUCH GARDENS
ARE FAR MORE SUSTAINING
00:14:50.876 --> 00:14:52.998
THAN GOOD, FRESH FOOD
AND FLOWERS.
00:14:52.999 --> 00:14:55.998
IN TERMS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
IT HAS HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT.
00:14:55.999 --> 00:14:59.500
WE\"RE STANDING ON A HOUSE HERE
THAT TEN YEARS AGO
00:14:59.501 --> 00:15:00.998
WOULD HAVE SOLD FOR $40,000,
00:15:00.999 --> 00:15:03.833
AND IT NOW WOULD SELL
FOR TEN TIMES THAT.
00:15:03.834 --> 00:15:05.998
AND THAT\"S NOT JUST A REFLECTION
OF REAL ESTATE VALUES.
00:15:05.999 --> 00:15:08.998
THERE\"S A CONFIDENCE
AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE
00:15:08.999 --> 00:15:09.876
ABOUT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
00:15:09.877 --> 00:15:11.998
THAT COMES DIRECTLY
FROM NOT ONLY THE GARDEN,
00:15:11.999 --> 00:15:14.166
BUT THE EXPERIENCE
WE\"VE ALL HAD IN THE GARDEN.
00:15:14.167 --> 00:15:16.666
IT\"S BROUGHT A GROUP OF PEOPLE
TOGETHER
00:15:16.667 --> 00:15:18.999
THAT HAD BEEN DIVIDED FOR
LITERALLY DECADES, AND IT\"S
00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:22.998
THE FIRST THING IN MY 35 YEARS
OF LIVING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
00:15:22.999 --> 00:15:25.792
THAT HAS REALLY DONE THAT.
00:15:27.834 --> 00:15:30.458
CERTAIN ENTERPRISING INDIVIDUALS
HAVE TAKEN THE CONCEPT
00:15:30.459 --> 00:15:32.998
OF URBAN AGRICULTURE
A STEP FURTHER,
00:15:32.999 --> 00:15:38.416
ATTEMPTING TO RAISE CASH CROPS
ON WHAT WAS ONCE ABANDONED LAND.
00:15:38.417 --> 00:15:43.041
MARY SETON CORBOY IS ONE
OF THESE URBAN PIONEERS.
00:15:43.042 --> 00:15:44.833
WHY AN URBAN FARM?
00:15:44.834 --> 00:15:47.917
AT ONE POINT IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE
I HAD BEEN A CHEF,
00:15:47.918 --> 00:15:49.998
AND SO I KNEW THAT RESTAURANTS,
00:15:49.999 --> 00:15:50.999
EVEN IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE SEASON,
00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:54.249
THE PENNSYLVANIA SEASON, WEREN\"T
GETTING PENNSYLVANIA PRODUCE.
00:15:54.250 --> 00:15:57.999
SO ONE THING SORT OF
LED TO ANOTHER AS...
00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:00.374
I DON\"T THINK
WHEN WE STARTED THAT...
00:16:00.375 --> 00:16:04.998
I DON\"T THINK WE REALIZED THAT
THERE WEREN\"T OTHER URBAN FARMS.
00:16:04.999 --> 00:16:08.583
WE THOUGHT EVERYBODY PROBABLY
HAD THIS IDEA AT SOME POINT.
00:16:08.584 --> 00:16:12.291
STARTED IN 1997,
GREENSGROW FARM IS LOCATED
00:16:12.292 --> 00:16:14.998
ON THE FORMER SITE
OF A GALVANIZED STEEL PLANT
00:16:14.999 --> 00:16:16.998
IN THE CITY\"S
KENSINGTON SECTION.
00:16:16.999 --> 00:16:20.998
COVERING A SQUARE CITY BLOCK
AND SLIGHTLY UNDER AN ACRE,
00:16:20.999 --> 00:16:22.998
ONE OF THE SERIOUS OBSTACLES
MARY FACES
00:16:22.999 --> 00:16:25.998
IS HOW TO FARM
ON CONTAMINATED SOIL.
00:16:25.999 --> 00:16:29.708
THE IRONY OR THE HUMOR OR THE
PATHOS OR WHATEVER IT IS,
00:16:29.709 --> 00:16:30.292
TO TAKE THIS LAND
00:16:30.293 --> 00:16:32.998
THAT WAS AN INDUSTRIAL
SUPERFUND CLEAN-UP SITE
00:16:32.999 --> 00:16:34.998
AND TURN IT INTO A FARM
IS JUST...
00:16:34.999 --> 00:16:39.998
I MEAN, TO ME THAT\"S...
THAT\"S THE EDEN PART OF THIS.
00:16:39.999 --> 00:16:42.998
AND, YOU KNOW,
IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN
00:16:42.999 --> 00:16:45.998
WHETHER OR NOT I\"M...
I\"M EVE.
00:16:45.999 --> 00:16:47.998
MARY USES HYDROPONIC FARMING
00:16:47.999 --> 00:16:50.458
TO GROW MUCH OF HER PRODUCE
ABOVE THE LAND.
00:16:50.459 --> 00:16:55.583
WHEN YOU WORK LIKE THIS OUTSIDE
AND YOU SEE THE WHOLE WORLD
00:16:55.584 --> 00:16:58.500
OR THE WORLD OF KENSINGTON
PASS YOU BY EVERY SINGLE DAY,
00:16:58.501 --> 00:17:01.917
THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT
A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL WALK.
00:17:01.918 --> 00:17:04.291
THEY WALK TO THE STORE,
THEY WALK TO VISIT EACH OTHER,
00:17:04.292 --> 00:17:07.500
THEY SIT ON THEIR STOOPS,
THEY HANG OUT OF THEIR WINDOWS.
00:17:07.501 --> 00:17:11.998
AND SO YOU HEAR THIS WHOLE LIFE
THAT\"S GOING ON AROUND YOU,
00:17:11.999 --> 00:17:15.998
AND QUITE HONESTLY, IT WASN\"T
A LIFE THAT I WAS FAMILIAR WITH.
00:17:15.999 --> 00:17:19.208
SO WE CHANGED THE NATURE OF WHAT
WE WERE DOING FROM GROWING
00:17:19.209 --> 00:17:22.998
JUST FOR RESTAURANTS TO
THE FARM STAND AND THE NURSERY.
00:17:22.999 --> 00:17:26.998
I REALLY LIKE IT
BECAUSE I WAS RAISED HERE,
00:17:26.999 --> 00:17:28.998
BUT MY GRANDPARENTS
ARE FROM PUERTO RICO.
00:17:28.999 --> 00:17:31.998
AND I ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW
WHAT IT WAS LIKE
00:17:31.999 --> 00:17:36.208
TO BE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE
THE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
00:17:36.209 --> 00:17:37.998
FELT LIKE THEY WERE NATURAL.
00:17:37.999 --> 00:17:39.998
DESPITE HER MODEST SUCCESSES,
00:17:39.999 --> 00:17:43.708
THE LIFE OF THIS URBAN PIONEER
AIN\"T EASY.
00:17:43.709 --> 00:17:46.082
NO, AND IF I HAD HAD ANY
INDICATION AT ALL
00:17:46.083 --> 00:17:50.998
HOW NOT EASY... HOW NOT EASY
IT WAS GOING TO BE,
00:17:50.999 --> 00:17:54.625
I WOULDN\"T... THE TRUTH IS I
WOULDN\"T HAVE GOTTEN STARTED.
00:17:54.626 --> 00:17:55.998
BECAUSE YOU KNOW,
IT\"S INTERESTING,
00:17:55.999 --> 00:17:58.208
PEOPLE SAY, \"OH, YOU\" RE
A PIONEER, DA DA DA.
00:17:58.209 --> 00:17:59.249
NOW YOU \"RE A PIONEER.\"
00:17:59.250 --> 00:18:01.917
INITIALLY YOU\"RE JUST
A NUT CASE,
00:18:01.918 --> 00:18:06.416
AND I DON\"T THINK THAT I WAS
REALLY CUT OUT TO BE A PIONEER.
00:18:06.417 --> 00:18:11.208
BUT WHAT HAPPENED IS,
AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS
00:18:11.209 --> 00:18:13.998
WHERE THINGS DIDN\"T ALWAYS
GO EXACTLY THE WAY I WANTED,
00:18:13.999 --> 00:18:15.998
I REALLY JUST SORT OF
DUG MY HEELS IN AT THAT POINT.
00:18:15.999 --> 00:18:18.458
NOW IT\"S PURE OBSTINANCE
THAT KEEPS ME HERE.
00:18:18.459 --> 00:18:20.998
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH...
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO
00:18:20.999 --> 00:18:22.998
WITH OPTIMISM OR BELIEF
OR ANYTHING ELSE.
00:18:22.999 --> 00:18:24.998
I\"M JUST, YOU KNOW,
I\"M DETERMINED
00:18:24.999 --> 00:18:26.374
I\"M GOING TO BEAT THIS THING.
00:18:26.375 --> 00:18:28.625
I DON\"T CARE WHAT IT TAKES.
00:18:28.626 --> 00:18:29.917
URBAN FARMING CAN ONLY ENDURE
00:18:29.918 --> 00:18:32.291
IF THERE\"S A DEMAND
FOR THEIR PRODUCTS.
00:18:32.292 --> 00:18:34.583
BUSINESSES
LIKE THE WHITE DOG CAFE
00:18:34.584 --> 00:18:36.917
CONTRIBUTE
TO PHILADELPHIA\"S REVIVAL
00:18:36.918 --> 00:18:38.833
BY ENCOURAGING
LOCAL PRODUCTION.
00:18:38.834 --> 00:18:42.998
WE REALLY PRIDE OURSELVES IN
BUYING ALMOST ALL OF OUR PRODUCE
00:18:42.999 --> 00:18:44.998
IN SEASON
FROM SMALL LOCAL FARMERS.
00:18:44.999 --> 00:18:48.500
WE BUY YEAR ROUND
OUR MEATS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
00:18:48.501 --> 00:18:49.998
FROM LOCAL FARMERS.
00:18:49.999 --> 00:18:50.834
AS FAR AS I\"M CONCERNED,
00:18:50.835 --> 00:18:54.833
OUR SURVIVAL REALLY DEPENDS
ON MAKING BUSINESS DECISIONS
00:18:54.834 --> 00:18:56.458
IN THE BEST INTEREST
OF THE COMMON GOOD.
00:18:56.459 --> 00:18:58.374
AND I BELIEVE
THAT BUSINESSPEOPLE
00:18:58.375 --> 00:19:01.998
WHO MAKE DECISIONS IN THE BEST
INTERESTS OF ALL ARE THE ONES
00:19:01.999 --> 00:19:04.291
WHO ARE MOST SUCCESSFUL
AND WHO HAVE LONGEVITY.
00:19:04.292 --> 00:19:06.998
AND I FEEL THAT\"S DEFINITELY
BEEN A KEY TO THE SUCCESS
00:19:06.999 --> 00:19:09.998
OF THE 21-YEAR-OLD
WHITE DOG CAFE.
00:19:09.999 --> 00:19:12.500
JUDY WICKS IS A SHREWD
BUSINESSWOMAN
00:19:12.501 --> 00:19:13.167
WITH A CONSCIENCE.
00:19:13.168 --> 00:19:15.998
SHE INSISTS HER PURVEYORS
TREAT THEIR EMPLOYEES FAIRLY
00:19:15.999 --> 00:19:19.249
AND PRODUCE ONLY HUMANELY
RAISED ANIMAL PRODUCTS
00:19:19.250 --> 00:19:21.291
AND SUSTAINABLY GROWN PRODUCE.
00:19:21.292 --> 00:19:22.998
THE GOAT CHEESE
IS DOUGIE NEWBOLD\"S.
00:19:22.999 --> 00:19:26.998
DOUGIE SAYS THAT WHEN SHE
KISSES HER GOATS\" EARS,
00:19:26.999 --> 00:19:28.249
THE CHEESE TASTES BETTER.
00:19:28.250 --> 00:19:30.998
AND I THINK THAT\"S TRUE.
00:19:30.999 --> 00:19:33.500
THE BASIL COMES
FROM THE DORASTRIKES\" FARM,
00:19:33.501 --> 00:19:34.998
MARK AND JUDY DORASTRIKES,
SO WE HAVE
00:19:34.999 --> 00:19:37.416
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
WITH ALL THE FARMERS.
00:19:37.417 --> 00:19:38.791
AND, OF COURSE, WE HAVE
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
00:19:38.792 --> 00:19:42.291
WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE,
WITH OUR CUSTOMERS.
00:19:42.292 --> 00:19:43.625
AND THAT\"S ONE OF THE HALLMARKS,
00:19:43.626 --> 00:19:44.708
THE ADVANTAGES
OF A SMALL BUSINESS,
00:19:44.709 --> 00:19:47.998
BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY
TO ACTUALLY KNOW EVERYONE.
00:19:47.999 --> 00:19:52.917
JUDY \"S IDEALISM ISN\" T WHAT
WINS AWARDS AND FILLS TABLES.
00:19:52.918 --> 00:19:54.458
THE FOOD HERE IS DELICIOUS.
00:19:54.459 --> 00:19:59.041
WE\"RE USING LEEKS, ASPARAGUS,
FRESH CORN, OYSTER MUSHROOMS
00:19:59.042 --> 00:20:03.166
FROM THE OLEY VALLEY
MUSHROOM FARM, CHERRY TOMATOES,
00:20:03.167 --> 00:20:07.791
AND ORGANIC PENNE PASTA
IN A LIGHT CORN BROTH.
00:20:07.792 --> 00:20:08.998
SOME CITIES ALL LOOK ALIKE
00:20:08.999 --> 00:20:10.998
BECAUSE YOU SEE THE SAME STORES
EVERYWHERE,
00:20:10.999 --> 00:20:14.374
AND THEY\"RE THE TRANS-NATIONAL
CORPORATIONS
00:20:14.375 --> 00:20:15.998
THAT REALLY
CONTROL THE ECONOMY.
00:20:15.999 --> 00:20:18.666
AND WHEN YOU GO TO A CITY
WHERE THERE\"S UNIQUE SHOPS
00:20:18.667 --> 00:20:22.998
THAT ONLY EXIST IN PHILADELPHIA
OR ONLY EXIST IN SEATTLE
00:20:22.999 --> 00:20:23.999
OR SAN FRANCISCO OR WHEREVER,
00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:28.458
IT GIVES CHARACTER AND
INDIVIDUALITY TO THE CITY,
00:20:28.459 --> 00:20:31.998
BUT IT ALSO GIVES ECONOMIC POWER
TO THE CITY
00:20:31.999 --> 00:20:34.998
WHERE CAPITAL IS RETAINED
AND RECIRCULATED
00:20:34.999 --> 00:20:38.998
WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
RATHER THAN BLEEDING MONEY OUT.
00:20:38.999 --> 00:20:43.291
EVERY FALL, JUDY THROWS A BLOCK
PARTY TO CELEBRATE THE HARVEST.
00:20:43.292 --> 00:20:44.998
BECAUSE I THINK CELEBRATION
AND FUN
00:20:44.999 --> 00:20:45.999
IS A LARGE PART
OF URBAN LIFE,
00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:49.374
AND PHILADELPHIA\"S KNOWN
FOR OUR GREAT BLOCK PARTIES.
00:20:49.375 --> 00:20:52.249
JOIN US IN THE DANCE
OF THE RIPE TOMATOES,
00:20:52.250 --> 00:20:53.998
THE LAST DANCE OF SUMMER.
00:20:53.999 --> 00:20:55.998
SO ARE THE TOMATOES
READY TO ROLL?
00:20:55.999 --> 00:20:58.998
♪ WELL, DON \"T YOU BE WAITIN\"
FOR THAT KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR ♪
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URBAN AND RURAL CULTURES MERGE
AS NEIGHBORS AND LOCAL FARMERS
00:21:02.501 --> 00:21:05.999
KICK UP THEIR HEELS IN THE
DANCE OF THE GIANT TOMATOES.
00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:08.998
FOR ONE NIGHT AT LEAST,
IT\"S EASY TO IMAGINE
00:21:08.999 --> 00:21:11.998
PHILADELPHIA
AS A GREEN COUNTRY TOWN.
00:21:11.999 --> 00:21:16.998
[ playing bongo beat ]
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THERE IS ALSO MUCH TO CELEBRATE
IN NORRIS SQUARE.
00:21:19.999 --> 00:21:22.998
TODAY THIS \"LITTLE PUERTO RICO\"
OF PHILADELPHIA
00:21:22.999 --> 00:21:25.791
IS A GREAT COMMUNITY
TO LIVE IN.
00:21:25.792 --> 00:21:27.998
BUT IT WASN\"T ALWAYS SO.
00:21:27.999 --> 00:21:30.917
IRIS BROWN WAS BORN AND RAISED
IN PUERTO RICO.
00:21:30.918 --> 00:21:33.416
LIKE MOST OF THE RESIDENTS
AROUND NORRIS SQUARE,
00:21:33.417 --> 00:21:36.998
SHE CAME TO PHILADELPHIA
FOR A BETTER LIFE.
00:21:36.999 --> 00:21:38.666
THIS WAS PARADISE.
00:21:38.667 --> 00:21:40.998
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL,
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
00:21:40.999 --> 00:21:43.583
I\"M TALKING ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO.
00:21:43.584 --> 00:21:48.416
AND OTHER PEOPLE STARTED MOVING
IN, THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGED.
00:21:48.417 --> 00:21:49.998
IT TOOK US BY SURPRISE,
00:21:49.999 --> 00:21:54.666
BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD
WAS TOTALLY INFECTED BY DRUGS.
00:21:54.667 --> 00:21:56.458
THEN THAT WAS A SITUATION.
00:21:56.459 --> 00:21:59.998
IN THOSE DAYS, NORRIS SQUARE
WAS A NO-MAN\"S-LAND
00:21:59.999 --> 00:22:02.583
RULED BY DRUG LORDS AND GANGS.
00:22:02.584 --> 00:22:04.583
I WAS VERY AFRAID.
00:22:04.584 --> 00:22:05.375
IT WAS A NIGHTMARE.
00:22:05.376 --> 00:22:10.374
AND MY MOTHER SHE... ONE BULLET
WENT THROUGH HER STORM DOOR,
00:22:10.375 --> 00:22:15.291
HER REGULAR DOOR, AND IT WAS...
IT WENT STRAIGHT TO A WALL
00:22:15.292 --> 00:22:19.708
WHERE MY SISTER WAS SITTING
THERE ON A SOFA
00:22:19.709 --> 00:22:20.998
WITH A BABY IN HER HANDS.
00:22:20.999 --> 00:22:23.625
A HANDFUL OF LATINA MOTHERS
GOT TIRED
00:22:23.626 --> 00:22:24.833
OF BURYING THEIR CHILDREN,
00:22:24.834 --> 00:22:28.082
VICTIMS OF DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS
AND DRUG OVERDOSES.
00:22:28.083 --> 00:22:30.998
LED BY IRIS BROWN
AND TOMASITA ROMERO,
00:22:30.999 --> 00:22:33.416
THESE WOMEN RALLIED
NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS
00:22:33.417 --> 00:22:35.998
FOR WEEKLY ANTI-DRUG MARCHES.
00:22:35.999 --> 00:22:37.041
IN THE SUMMER OF 1990,
00:22:37.042 --> 00:22:39.998
IRIS AND HER FRIENDS
BROUGHT THEIR CHILDREN
00:22:39.999 --> 00:22:41.583
AND TOOK OVER
AN ABANDONED LOT
00:22:41.584 --> 00:22:43.998
IN THE HEART
OF ENEMY TERRITORY.
00:22:43.999 --> 00:22:45.625
THEY PROCEEDED
TO PAINT A MURAL,
00:22:45.626 --> 00:22:49.208
PLANT FRUIT TREES, AND INSTALL
A SMALL SWIMMING POOL.
00:22:49.209 --> 00:22:50.042
IT WAS A BATTLE OF WILLS
00:22:50.043 --> 00:22:52.999
BUT EVENTUALLY
THE PUSHERS AND GANGS MOVED ON.
00:22:53.000 --> 00:23:00.082
WE HAVE WORKED SO HARD IN THERE,
AND WE LOVE THE RESULTS THAT
00:23:00.083 --> 00:23:04.917
HAVE BEEN COMING OUT
OF ALL THE HARD WORK.
00:23:04.918 --> 00:23:05.998
TODAY LAS PARCELAS PARK
00:23:05.999 --> 00:23:08.166
IS A GATHERING PLACE
FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:23:08.167 --> 00:23:11.791
THE FOCAL POINT OF THE GARDEN
IS A CASITA, WHICH IS MODELED
00:23:11.792 --> 00:23:14.666
AFTER THE TRADITIONAL HOMES
IN PUERTO RICO.
00:23:14.667 --> 00:23:16.082
IRIS SEES THIS
AS AN OPPORTUNITY
00:23:16.083 --> 00:23:20.998
TO TEACH CHILDREN ABOUT THEIR
PUERTO RICAN HERITAGE.
00:23:20.999 --> 00:23:22.082
IRIS HAS BIG PLANS.
00:23:22.083 --> 00:23:24.998
SHE\"S CURRENTLY REHABBING
AN ABANDONED HOUSE
00:23:24.999 --> 00:23:27.041
INTO A RESTAURANT.
00:23:27.042 --> 00:23:30.374
THIS IS GOING TO BE
OUR RESTAURANT.
00:23:30.375 --> 00:23:33.791
AND THE NAME IS GOING TO BE
BAMBULAYA SE AYA.
00:23:33.792 --> 00:23:36.998
AND BAMBULAYA SE AYA REALLY
DOES NOT HAVE ANY MEANING,
00:23:36.999 --> 00:23:40.998
BUT IT\"S PART
OF OUR AFRICAN TRADITIONS.
00:23:40.999 --> 00:23:43.998
AND WHAT WE ARE GOING
TO DO HERE IS GOING TO BE...
00:23:43.999 --> 00:23:47.416
THAT WE ARE GOING TO RESCUE
ALL THESE RECIPES,
00:23:47.417 --> 00:23:48.999
ALL THESE DISHES FROM AFRICA,
00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:51.998
THAT THEY\"RE STILL
IN PUERTO RICO,
00:23:51.999 --> 00:23:54.875
AND WE WANT TO TEACH THEM.
00:23:54.876 --> 00:23:55.998
WHEN THE RESTAURANT OPENS,
00:23:55.999 --> 00:23:58.249
SHE HOPES TO SPONSOR
COOKING CLASSES
00:23:58.250 --> 00:23:59.666
AND ALLOW DINERS
TO GO OUT BACK
00:23:59.667 --> 00:24:04.041
AND ACTUALLY PICK GREENS
AND VEGETABLES FOR THEIR MEAL.
00:24:04.042 --> 00:24:07.374
IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE BECAUSE
IT CHANGED FROM A NIGHTMARE
00:24:07.375 --> 00:24:11.998
TO A PLACE WHERE NOW
THE POLITICIANS ARE MOVING IN,
00:24:11.999 --> 00:24:13.998
AND THAT IS A BIG DIFFERENCE.
00:24:13.999 --> 00:24:17.998
IN MARCH OF 2005,
IRIS BROWN FLEW TO PARIS,
00:24:17.999 --> 00:24:19.998
WHERE SHE WAS HONORED
FOR HER HUMANITARIAN WORK
00:24:19.999 --> 00:24:24.166
BY RECEIVING THE FIRST EVER
U.S. TERRE DE FEMMES AWARD,
00:24:24.167 --> 00:24:26.998
SPONSORED
BY THE YVES ROCHER FOUNDATION.
00:24:26.999 --> 00:24:29.625
IRIS SPENT THE $6,000
CASH PRIZE
00:24:29.626 --> 00:24:31.082
ON ANOTHER
NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT.
00:24:31.083 --> 00:24:35.166
SHE CALLS IT INVESTING
IN HER FAMILY\"S FUTURE.
00:24:35.167 --> 00:24:40.583
SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR COMING TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:24:40.584 --> 00:24:41.625
IT IS A POOR NEIGHBORHOOD,
00:24:41.626 --> 00:24:45.667
BUT IT\"S A COMMUNITY
AND WE ARE PROUD OF IT.
00:24:49.667 --> 00:24:53.249
WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE MUSEUMS
OF PHILADELPHIA ARE CONTAINED
00:24:53.250 --> 00:24:56.583
SOME OF THE FINEST ART
COLLECTIONS IN THE WORLD.
00:24:56.584 --> 00:24:58.625
HOWEVER, YOU DON\"T NEED
AN ADMISSION TICKET
00:24:58.626 --> 00:25:01.625
TO SEE SOME OF THE BEST ART
IN THE CITY.
00:25:01.626 --> 00:25:02.998
I DON\"T BUY INTO THE NOTION
00:25:02.999 --> 00:25:05.041
THAT ART BELONGS SOLELY
BEHIND THE WALLS
00:25:05.042 --> 00:25:06.708
OF GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS.
00:25:06.709 --> 00:25:08.583
I DON\"T KNOW
WHO MADE THAT RULE.
00:25:08.584 --> 00:25:10.208
AND MURALS LEVEL
THE PLAYING FIELD
00:25:10.209 --> 00:25:12.249
THAT SAY WHERE ART SHOULD
AND SHOULDN\"T BE,
00:25:12.250 --> 00:25:13.998
AND I THINK THAT\"S
EXTRAORDINARY.
00:25:13.999 --> 00:25:17.998
WHEN MURALIST JANE GOLDEN
MOVED TO PHILADELPHIA IN 1984,
00:25:17.999 --> 00:25:20.666
SHE WAS HIRED TO HEAD UP
A SIX-WEEK YOUTH PROGRAM
00:25:20.667 --> 00:25:24.458
TO FIGHT WHAT WAS CONSIDERED
THE GROWING BLIGHT OF GRAFFITI.
00:25:24.459 --> 00:25:28.999
ANTI-GRAFFITI, ALTHOUGH A
WONDERFUL AND VISIONARY PROGRAM,
00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:31.416
WAS ESSENTIALLY
A CLEAN-UP PROGRAM.
00:25:31.417 --> 00:25:31.999
AND WHAT I REALIZED IS
00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:34.833
THAT THESE GRAFFITI WRITERS
HAD EXTRAORDINARY TALENT.
00:25:34.834 --> 00:25:37.500
THEY\"VE BEEN STEALING
THE MAGAZINE ART IN AMERICA,
00:25:37.501 --> 00:25:38.998
THEY\"VE BEEN SNEAKING
INTO MUSEUMS,
00:25:38.999 --> 00:25:40.999
THEY LOVED ABSTRACT
EXPRESSIONISM,
00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:43.666
AND THEY LOVED MURAL-MAKING.
00:25:43.667 --> 00:25:45.249
WE HAD LOTS OF SKILLS IN COMMON.
00:25:45.250 --> 00:25:46.875
THEY WERE GREAT WALL HUNTERS,
THEY LIKED PAINTING LARGE,
00:25:46.876 --> 00:25:48.998
THEY DIDN\"T MIND WORKING
OUTSIDE IN THE WEATHER.
00:25:48.999 --> 00:25:52.291
AND SUDDENLY THIS LITTLE PROGRAM
JUST TOOK OFF
00:25:52.292 --> 00:25:53.250
FROM JUST ONE TINY MURAL
00:25:53.251 --> 00:25:55.291
TO SUDDENLY TWO-STORY
TO THREE-STORY MURALS,
00:25:55.292 --> 00:25:57.500
AND THEN SUDDENLY,
IT WAS LIKE A RENAISSANCE
00:25:57.501 --> 00:25:58.998
HAPPENING
THROUGHOUT PHILADELPHIA.
00:25:58.999 --> 00:26:01.666
YOU KNOW,
YOU CAN FENCE VACANT LOTS,
00:26:01.667 --> 00:26:03.998
YOU CAN REHABILITATE HOUSING,
00:26:03.999 --> 00:26:06.998
YOU CAN ENFORCE LAWS
AND FIX POTHOLES,
00:26:06.999 --> 00:26:07.999
AND ALL THOSE THINGS
ARE IMPORTANT
00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:10.998
AND THEY SORT OF MAKE A CITY GO,
BUT AT THE HEART,
00:26:10.999 --> 00:26:12.998
I MEAN THE HEART
OF COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION,
00:26:12.999 --> 00:26:16.249
IS SORT OF OUR ABILITY TO TOUCH
PEOPLE\"S HEARTS AND SOULS,
00:26:16.250 --> 00:26:17.998
AND I THINK THAT ART
CAN DO THAT.
00:26:17.999 --> 00:26:20.998
I THINK ART HAS A PROFOUND
IMPACT ON PEOPLE.
00:26:20.999 --> 00:26:22.708
AND SO WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD
00:26:22.709 --> 00:26:23.667
AND COMMUNITY REJUVENATION,
00:26:23.668 --> 00:26:25.998
I DON\"T KNOW HOW YOU LEAVE ART
OUT OF THAT EQUATION.
00:26:25.999 --> 00:26:28.998
THERE\"S LIKE 1,100 KIDS
IN OUR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM.
00:26:28.999 --> 00:26:30.998
THOSE KIDS ATTEND SCHOOL
SO ART IS NOT AN OPTION,
00:26:30.999 --> 00:26:33.998
HAS NEVER BEEN AN OPTION,
AND WILL NOT BE AN OPTION.
00:26:33.999 --> 00:26:35.833
IF WE\"RE SERIOUS
ABOUT REACHING KIDS
00:26:35.834 --> 00:26:36.998
WHO\"VE FALLEN
THROUGH THE CRACKS,
00:26:36.999 --> 00:26:38.833
THEN WE NEED TO THINK
OUT OF THE BOX,
00:26:38.834 --> 00:26:40.998
AND THIS IS ONE WAY
OF REACHING THEM
00:26:40.999 --> 00:26:41.709
BECAUSE FOR MANY KIDS
00:26:41.710 --> 00:26:45.500
THIS IS HOW THEY ARTICULATE
THEMSELVES, THROUGH ART.
00:26:45.501 --> 00:26:48.583
AS AN ARTIST, YOU KNOW,
IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY
00:26:48.584 --> 00:26:51.291
TO BECOME THE HANDS OR THE VOICE
OF THE COMMUNITY.
00:26:51.292 --> 00:26:53.998
SO THE COMMUNITY HAS ALL THESE
ISSUES, AND AS ARTISTS,
00:26:53.999 --> 00:26:55.998
WE\"RE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY
TO WORK WITH THEM
00:26:55.999 --> 00:26:58.998
THROUGH MURAL ARTS
AND VOICE SOME OF THE ISSUES
00:26:58.999 --> 00:27:01.875
THAT ARE HAPPENING
WITHIN THE COMMUNITY VISUALLY.
00:27:01.876 --> 00:27:04.500
SOMETIMES THERE\"S ISSUES
OF CRIMES, DRUGS, VIOLENCE,
00:27:04.501 --> 00:27:07.833
WHATEVER, SO THESE PAINTINGS
AREN\"T JUST PRETTY PICTURES.
00:27:07.834 --> 00:27:08.998
THERE\"S SOME MEANING
BEHIND THEM.
00:27:08.999 --> 00:27:10.583
THERE\"S SEVERAL LAYERS
BEHIND THE CONCEPTS
00:27:10.584 --> 00:27:14.998
WITH THESE MEANINGS, SO THE
ARTISTS AND THOSE INVOLVED
00:27:14.999 --> 00:27:17.249
IN THE COMMUNITY
MELD AND BIND IDEAS.
00:27:17.250 --> 00:27:18.998
BUT I THINK
THAT\"S ALSO SOMETHING
00:27:18.999 --> 00:27:19.792
REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND,
00:27:19.793 --> 00:27:22.998
IS THAT IT\"S REALLY THE ARTISTS
WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
00:27:22.999 --> 00:27:24.998
BUT THAT IT\"S NOT JUST, LIKE,
THE COMMUNITY SAYING,
00:27:24.999 --> 00:27:28.625
\"OKAY, WE WANT THIS
AND YOU PAINT THIS FLOWER HERE
00:27:28.626 --> 00:27:29.459
AND THAT THERE
AND THAT THERE.\"
00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:30.998
AND IT\"S ALSO NOT THE ARTISTS
COMING AND SAYING,
00:27:30.999 --> 00:27:32.998
\"THIS IS WHAT I\"M GOING
TO PUT ON YOUR WALL.\"
00:27:32.999 --> 00:27:34.998
BUT IT\"S THAT, LIKE,
INTERACTION,
00:27:34.999 --> 00:27:37.917
AND BOTH GROUPS
HAVE SOME IDEAS, RIGHT?
00:27:37.918 --> 00:27:39.166
BUT IT\"S LIKE THIS
COLLABORATION,
00:27:39.167 --> 00:27:42.833
AND YOU ALLOW A LITTLE BIT
OF, LIKE, DISCUSSION,
00:27:42.834 --> 00:27:45.583
AND THEN YOU KIND OF GO TO,
LIKE, SOMEPLACE ELSE, I THINK.
00:27:45.584 --> 00:27:46.998
THAT \"S WHERE... THAT\" S WHERE
THE MAGIC TAKES PLACE.
00:27:46.999 --> 00:27:49.917
YEAH, THAT\"S WHAT WE GET EXCITED
ABOUT, THAT KIND OF MAGIC.
00:27:49.918 --> 00:27:51.249
OH, LOOK, WE\"RE STARTING
A MURAL RIGHT HERE.
00:27:51.250 --> 00:27:53.998
HEY, THERE\"S OUR CREW;
THERE\"S OUR CREW.
00:27:53.999 --> 00:27:56.374
FOR ME, IT\"S A PRIVILEGE
TO DO THIS WORK,
00:27:56.375 --> 00:27:58.291
TO WORK WITH CHILDREN, TO GO
INTO PRISONS AND SHELTERS
00:27:58.292 --> 00:28:01.041
WHERE IT\"S SO GRIM
YOU JUST WOULDN\"T BELIEVE IT,
00:28:01.042 --> 00:28:05.416
AND BE ABLE
TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.
00:28:05.417 --> 00:28:08.458
PAINTING 120 TO 130 MURALS
A YEAR,
00:28:08.459 --> 00:28:12.917
NO MURAL PROGRAM IN THE WORLD
ACCOMPLISHES AS MUCH.
00:28:12.918 --> 00:28:13.998
SINCE THE PROGRAM STARTED,
00:28:13.999 --> 00:28:17.708
MORE THAN 2,500 MURALS HAVE
SPRUNG UP AROUND PHILADELPHIA.
00:28:17.709 --> 00:28:21.833
AND THE WAITING LIST FOR MORE
MURALS IS EXTREMELY LONG.
00:28:21.834 --> 00:28:22.834
I GUESS WE HAVE A WAITING LIST
00:28:22.835 --> 00:28:24.416
OF A THOUSAND PEOPLE
WHO WANT MURALS.
00:28:24.417 --> 00:28:26.291
THAT\"S A THOUSAND CITIZENS
IN THE CITY
00:28:26.292 --> 00:28:27.998
WHO WANT ART IN THEIR LIVES,
00:28:27.999 --> 00:28:29.998
AND THAT TO ME
IS A POWERFUL TESTAMENT.
00:28:29.999 --> 00:28:31.625
WHEN THE CITY DESTROYS
A ROW HOUSE,
00:28:31.626 --> 00:28:35.291
IT EXPOSES THE FLAT,
WINDOWLESS COMMON WALL.
00:28:35.292 --> 00:28:38.998
TO JANE, THESE WALLS
ARE BLANK CANVASES.
00:28:38.999 --> 00:28:40.666
WELL, I\"M A WALL HUNTER,
YOU KNOW.
00:28:40.667 --> 00:28:41.667
I NOTICE GREAT, BLANK WALLS.
00:28:41.668 --> 00:28:43.998
PEOPLE DRIVE WITH ME
AND I\"M LIKE, \" PULL OVER!\"
00:28:43.999 --> 00:28:45.249
THEY\"RE LIKE, \"WHY?\"
00:28:45.250 --> 00:28:46.666
I\"M LIKE, \"LOOK AT THAT WALL.\"
00:28:46.667 --> 00:28:48.208
WE\"RE LOOKING
FOR A GOOD, BLANK WALL.
00:28:48.209 --> 00:28:51.998
AND THERE IS ONE
RIGHT NEAR HERE, I KNOW IT.
00:28:51.999 --> 00:28:53.998
I, LIKE, KNOW EVERY GOOD,
BLANK WALL IN THE CITY.
00:28:53.999 --> 00:28:58.833
IN FACT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CALL
UP OUR OFFICE WITH BLANK WALLS.
00:28:58.834 --> 00:29:00.041
IT\"S LIKE A TIP LINE.
00:29:00.042 --> 00:29:01.998
IT\"S GREAT.
THERE IT IS!
00:29:01.999 --> 00:29:03.166
YOU KNOW, AND THE NICE THING IS,
00:29:03.167 --> 00:29:05.291
WITH A THOUSAND PEOPLE
ON OUR WAITING LIST,
00:29:05.292 --> 00:29:06.998
IT\"S LIKE MURAL FEVER
IN THIS CITY.
00:29:06.999 --> 00:29:08.998
BUT THEN WE GET...
EVERY TIME WE GET A GRANT
00:29:08.999 --> 00:29:10.875
OR THERE\"S A SPECIAL PROJECT
TO DO,
00:29:10.876 --> 00:29:12.082
THEN I GET TO DRIVE AROUND,
00:29:12.083 --> 00:29:15.458
AND WE PUT NOTES
THROUGH PEOPLE\"S MAIL SLOTS.
00:29:15.459 --> 00:29:15.999
THIS IS VERY GRASSROOTS.
00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:19.998
AND SO HALF THE PEOPLE OF
PHILADELPHIA WAKE UP TO A NOTE
00:29:19.999 --> 00:29:21.666
FROM ME SAYING,
\"HELLO, I LOVE YOUR WALL.
00:29:21.667 --> 00:29:24.791
\"PLEASE CALL OUR OFFICE, AND
WITH THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA
00:29:24.792 --> 00:29:27.374
WE CAN DO SOMETHING
REALLY BEAUTIFUL HERE.\"
00:29:27.375 --> 00:29:28.500
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:29:28.501 --> 00:29:31.291
PEOPLE CALL BACK.
00:29:31.292 --> 00:29:34.249
DO YOU KNOW WHO OWNS
THIS WALL?
00:29:34.250 --> 00:29:35.998
I LIKE THIS WALL
FOR TWO REASONS.
00:29:35.999 --> 00:29:36.918
WELL, THERE ARE
MANY REASONS.
00:29:36.919 --> 00:29:39.208
THERE \"S THE GARDEN, AND THERE\" S
TRAFFIC COMING THIS WAY
00:29:39.209 --> 00:29:42.998
AND TRAFFIC COMING THAT WAY,
AND THE WALL\"S IN GREAT SHAPE.
00:29:42.999 --> 00:29:43.999
THEY LOOK NICE.
YEAH.
00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:45.998
THEY LOOK NICE.
I KNOW.
00:29:45.999 --> 00:29:48.791
JANE GOLDEN SEES THE CITY
OF PHILADELPHIA ITSELF
00:29:48.792 --> 00:29:52.998
AS A LARGE CANVAS,
A WORK OF ART IN PROGRESS.
00:29:52.999 --> 00:29:57.998
I DON\"T SAY THAT WHAT WE DO IS A
SILVER BULLET OR A MAGIC POTION.
00:29:57.999 --> 00:29:59.998
I AM SAYING THAT WHAT WE DO
00:29:59.999 --> 00:30:03.082
SHOWS US THE POWERFUL CATALYTIC
ROLE THAT ART CAN PLAY
00:30:03.083 --> 00:30:08.208
IN HEALING THE WOUNDS
OF A CITY.
00:30:08.209 --> 00:30:11.291
THE TRADITIONAL CHINESE
PAINTING OF LILY YEH
00:30:11.292 --> 00:30:13.500
IS FAR SMALLER IN SCOPE.
00:30:13.501 --> 00:30:15.998
LOOKING AT THE CHINESE
HAND SCROLL
00:30:15.999 --> 00:30:17.998
IS LIKE GOING ON A JOURNEY.
00:30:17.999 --> 00:30:20.791
YOU CAN
ENTER INTO THE PAINTING SLOWLY.
00:30:20.792 --> 00:30:24.666
HERE WE\"RE COMING TO THE LAKE,
AND THERE\"S A FISHERMAN.
00:30:24.667 --> 00:30:28.998
IN CHINESE LANDSCAPE PAINTING
THEY ALWAYS FISH ALONE.
00:30:28.999 --> 00:30:31.500
AND I LOVE THIS HOUSE.
00:30:31.501 --> 00:30:34.833
I OFTEN IMAGINE BEING INSIDE.
00:30:34.834 --> 00:30:37.041
LILY YEH IS A MYSTIC
AND A SCHOLAR,
00:30:37.042 --> 00:30:42.208
BORN IN TAIWAN, THE DAUGHTER
OF A CHINESE GENERAL.
00:30:42.209 --> 00:30:47.374
MY FATHER WAS BORN VERY POOR
AND AN ORPHAN,
00:30:47.375 --> 00:30:50.041
AND SO HE HAD
TO JOIN THE MILITARY,
00:30:50.042 --> 00:30:51.500
AND THEN HE ROSE VERY HIGH.
00:30:51.501 --> 00:30:56.082
HE BECAME A GENERAL,
AND HE LOVED LANDSCAPE.
00:30:56.083 --> 00:30:56.999
I WOULD PAINT,
00:30:57.000 --> 00:31:00.998
AND THE FIRST PERSON I SHOW
WOULD BE MY FATHER.
00:31:00.999 --> 00:31:03.998
I GREW UP WITH A LOVING FAMILY,
00:31:03.999 --> 00:31:07.791
ALTHOUGH MY PARENTS
FOUGHT A LOT.
00:31:07.792 --> 00:31:07.999
[ laughs ]
00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:11.999
LILY\"S MOTHER WAS DETERMINED
HER CHILDREN SUCCEED.
00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:15.875
ALL HER FIVE CHILDREN
CAME ONE BY ONE.
00:31:15.876 --> 00:31:16.998
WE GOT SCHOLARSHIP.
00:31:16.999 --> 00:31:18.998
WE ALL CAME AND WE ALL STUDIED.
00:31:18.999 --> 00:31:22.998
WE ALL GOT OUR DEGREE,
SO THAT\"S MY MOM.
00:31:22.999 --> 00:31:27.998
I SPENT 40-SOME YEARS HERE,
MORE THAN ANY OTHER PLACES,
00:31:27.999 --> 00:31:30.708
AND PHILADELPHIA\"S
THE PLACE I CALL HOME.
00:31:30.709 --> 00:31:32.583
LIKE THE CHINESE MYSTICS
OF OLD,
00:31:32.584 --> 00:31:34.166
LILY BELIEVES SPIRIT VOICES
00:31:34.167 --> 00:31:36.998
GUIDE YOU
ALONG THE PATH OF LIFE.
00:31:36.999 --> 00:31:39.998
WHEN THE SPIRITS WHISPERED
SHE DIVERT HER PATH,
00:31:39.999 --> 00:31:41.998
LILY CHOSE TO IGNORE THEM.
00:31:41.999 --> 00:31:44.998
AND THE SUN WAS COMING DOWN,
I WAS PAINTING,
00:31:44.999 --> 00:31:46.833
AND I FELT SOMETHING.
00:31:46.834 --> 00:31:50.998
AND I SAID,
\"NO, I CAN\"T, NOT YET.\"
00:31:50.999 --> 00:31:55.082
AND THINKING BACK,
THAT WAS A CALLING.
00:31:55.083 --> 00:31:55.876
THAT WAS A CALLING.
00:31:55.877 --> 00:32:00.291
I DIDN\"T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, BUT
I SAID, \"NO, I\"M NOT READY.\"
00:32:00.292 --> 00:32:04.917
AND... BECAUSE I KNEW
IF I RESPONDED TO IT,
00:32:04.918 --> 00:32:06.500
IT WILL BE MY LIFE.
00:32:06.501 --> 00:32:08.374
IT WILL BE ALL-CONSUMING.
00:32:08.375 --> 00:32:11.374
IN 1986
THE SPIRITS AGAIN SPOKE,
00:32:11.375 --> 00:32:12.998
THIS TIME THROUGH ARTHUR HALL,
00:32:12.999 --> 00:32:15.999
FOUNDER OF PHILADELPHIA\"S
BLACK FOUNDATION CENTER.
00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:19.291
ARTHUR ASKED LILY
TO HEAD A PUBLIC ART PROJECT
00:32:19.292 --> 00:32:21.374
ON SOME ABANDONED LOTS
IN \"THE VILLAGE,\"
00:32:21.375 --> 00:32:24.583
ONE OF THE TOUGHEST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS
00:32:24.584 --> 00:32:25.083
IN NORTH PHILLY.
00:32:25.084 --> 00:32:30.875
AND I ALMOST DIDN\"T DO IT
BECAUSE I AM TRAINED A PAINTER,
00:32:30.876 --> 00:32:31.626
AND I DIDN\"T KNOW...
00:32:31.627 --> 00:32:34.998
I HAVE NO CARPENTRY SKILL
OR OUTDOOR SKILL,
00:32:34.999 --> 00:32:40.374
NOTHING, YOU KNOW, AND DON\"T
KNOW HOW TO DO THE SOIL EITHER.
00:32:40.375 --> 00:32:42.208
AND ESPECIALLY
WHEN PEOPLE SAY,
00:32:42.209 --> 00:32:44.998
\"KIDS GOING TO DESTROY
EVERYTHING YOU BUILD,
00:32:44.999 --> 00:32:47.998
\"AND YOU\" RE CHINESE
AND THIS IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN,
00:32:47.999 --> 00:32:50.208
AND IT \"S DANGEROUS,\"
AND SO FORTH.
00:32:50.209 --> 00:32:51.998
EVERYBODY SAY,
\"YOU MUST NOT DO THAT.\"
00:32:51.999 --> 00:32:56.082
AND I SAID, \"WELL, YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE EXPERT MUST BE RIGHT.\"
00:32:56.083 --> 00:33:02.374
AND AS I WAS DECIDING
TO WITHDRAW...
00:33:02.375 --> 00:33:06.416
AND I REMEMBER DISTINCTLY
THE VOICE IN ME SAID,
00:33:06.417 --> 00:33:08.625
\"YOU MUST RISE TO THE OCCASION.
00:33:08.626 --> 00:33:10.998
\"OTHERWISE, THE BEST OF YOU
WILL DIE,
00:33:10.999 --> 00:33:15.041
AND THEN THE REST
WILL NOT AMOUNT TO ANYTHING.\"
00:33:15.042 --> 00:33:17.583
I THINK THAT WAS VERY POWERFUL
00:33:17.584 --> 00:33:20.416
BECAUSE I DIDN\"T WANT
TO LOOK AT MYSELF
00:33:20.417 --> 00:33:22.833
AND SEE A COWARD
IN THE MIRROR.
00:33:22.834 --> 00:33:27.416
I ALWAYS FEEL THAT I AM
SUCH A SMALL PERSON
00:33:27.417 --> 00:33:29.998
AND NOT HAVE A LOT OF SKILLS,
00:33:29.999 --> 00:33:32.791
AND THE ONLY THING
THAT GAVE ME COURAGE
00:33:32.792 --> 00:33:35.998
IS THAT I WANT MY LIFE COUNT.
00:33:35.999 --> 00:33:37.998
THE VILLAGE ART PROJECT
HAS EVOLVED
00:33:37.999 --> 00:33:39.416
INTO A FANCIFUL WORLD OF...
00:33:39.417 --> 00:33:42.998
WELL, IT\"S HARD FOR ANYONE
BUT LILY TO DESCRIBE.
00:33:42.999 --> 00:33:47.500
THIS WALL IS THE WALL
OF A MAGICAL NIGHT.
00:33:47.501 --> 00:33:50.833
AND YOU HAVE ALL KINDS
OF FANTASTIC FLOWERS,
00:33:50.834 --> 00:33:55.041
KIND OF COSMIC, TREE-LIKE
FLOWERS, REACHING TO THE SKY.
00:33:55.042 --> 00:33:59.583
AND HERE YOU HAVE THE STARS
AND YOU HAVE THREE SPACESHIPS,
00:33:59.584 --> 00:34:02.666
SO VILLAGE IS GOING
21st CENTURY.
00:34:02.667 --> 00:34:07.666
THE PARK IS COMPLETELY OPEN,
AND SO WE PUT GUARDING BIRDS,
00:34:07.667 --> 00:34:11.249
GUARDING FIGURES,
ANGELS TO PROTECT THE AREA.
00:34:11.250 --> 00:34:12.917
THOSE ARE MEMORIAL POLES.
00:34:12.918 --> 00:34:14.875
THIS ONE IS SO SPECTACULAR,
I THINK.
00:34:14.876 --> 00:34:19.291
IT LOOKS LIKE THE SUNFLOWER
WITH THE VINES GROWING ON THAT,
00:34:19.292 --> 00:34:20.998
SO IT\"S LIKE
A TREE OF LIFE.
00:34:20.999 --> 00:34:22.998
THE HOUSES THERE,
THAT\"S LOVE HOUSE.
00:34:22.999 --> 00:34:25.583
THEY ARE HOLDING HANDS
AND THEY\"RE SO HAPPY,
00:34:25.584 --> 00:34:28.791
SO THEY ARE BLINKING
WITH LIGHT.
00:34:28.792 --> 00:34:30.208
YOU SEE THE ORANGE COLOR?
00:34:30.209 --> 00:34:31.416
THIS IS ME.
00:34:31.417 --> 00:34:35.708
[ laughs ]
00:34:35.709 --> 00:34:37.999
THE VILLAGE TODAY
IS AN EVOLVING ARTWORK
00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:39.998
IN WHICH PEOPLE LIVE
AND RECREATE.
00:34:39.999 --> 00:34:44.708
THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNFOLDS LIKE
ONE OF LILY\"S SCROLL PAINTINGS.
00:34:44.709 --> 00:34:47.458
AND YOU\"RE CONTROLLING
EACH INCH.
00:34:47.459 --> 00:34:50.998
EACH FOOT YOU MOVE
LEADS YOU TO THE NEXT ONE.
00:34:50.999 --> 00:34:55.291
AND SO BY THE END OF THE
JOURNEY, WE CAN BE WORLD APART.
00:34:55.292 --> 00:34:57.208
BUT IT\"S THE SMALL ACTION,
00:34:57.209 --> 00:35:00.291
AND ESPECIALLY THE ACTION
THAT NOBODY KNOWS,
00:35:00.292 --> 00:35:05.998
BUT WE KNOW OURSELF,
THAT\"S WHAT BEGAN THE JOURNEY.
00:35:05.999 --> 00:35:07.833
MISS LILY\"S LIKE THE BEST.
00:35:07.834 --> 00:35:08.998
SHE FOUND THIS PLACE.
00:35:08.999 --> 00:35:09.999
WITHOUT HER WE WOULDN\"T BE HERE.
00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:12.500
WITHOUT THE VILLAGE, WITHOUT
MISS LILY FINDING THE VILLAGE,
00:35:12.501 --> 00:35:15.666
THERE WOULD BE NO STUFF
AROUND HERE FOR US TO DO.
00:35:15.667 --> 00:35:18.998
WE\"D PROBABLY JUST BE
IN THE STREET DOING NOTHING.
00:35:18.999 --> 00:35:20.041
IN ADDITION TO SCHOOLCHILDREN,
00:35:20.042 --> 00:35:24.833
LILY FOUND DISCIPLES
LIKE BIG MAN, JOJO AND LEON,
00:35:24.834 --> 00:35:28.917
LIVES TRANSFORMED LIKE THE BITS
OF BROKEN CHINA AND GLASS
00:35:28.918 --> 00:35:32.998
THEY FASHION INTO MAGNIFICENT
MOSAIC ARTIFICES.
00:35:32.999 --> 00:35:36.998
SHE MADE ME FEEL THAT I WAS
REALLY GOOD AT WHAT I WAS DOING,
00:35:36.999 --> 00:35:37.999
YOU KNOW WHAT I\"M SAYING?
00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:41.998
BUT BY THE NATURE OF HER
INSPIRATIONAL KIND OF THING
00:35:41.999 --> 00:35:44.374
I THOUGHT... I FOUND OUT
THAT THERE WAS
00:35:44.375 --> 00:35:46.998
A LITTLE BIT OF SUBTERFUGE
IN THAT, YOU KNOW,
00:35:46.999 --> 00:35:50.416
BECAUSE IT WASN\"T THAT GOOD,
BUT SHE INSPIRED ME.
00:35:50.417 --> 00:35:53.999
THAT\"S WHAT MADE ME COME BACK
TIME AND TIME AGAIN
00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:58.458
AND CONTINUALLY TRY TO DO
AND ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME,
00:35:58.459 --> 00:36:01.791
IMPROVE THE TALENT THAT I HAVE,
YOU KNOW,
00:36:01.792 --> 00:36:05.998
AND I\"M FOREVER...
I\"M FOREVER GRATEFUL.
00:36:05.999 --> 00:36:07.500
THIS IS BIG MAN\"S WORK,
00:36:07.501 --> 00:36:11.458
WITH ALL THE DECORATIONS
AND STARS AND SO FORTH.
00:36:11.459 --> 00:36:12.459
SO IT\"S VERY BEAUTIFUL.
00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:15.041
BIG MAN NEVER DID ANY ARTWORK
BEFORE.
00:36:15.042 --> 00:36:17.998
NOW HE IS A MASTER
MOSAIC ARTIST.
00:36:17.999 --> 00:36:20.166
IT CHANGED MY LIFE,
FROM THE LIFE I USED TO LIVE
00:36:20.167 --> 00:36:21.998
IN THIS COMMUNITY AND THE LIFE
I LIVE RIGHT NOW.
00:36:21.999 --> 00:36:25.917
YOU KNOW, LIKE BEFORE IT WAS
ON A VERY DESTRUCTIVE PATH,
00:36:25.918 --> 00:36:29.249
AND NOW IT\"S, YOU KNOW,
LIKE BEEN CONSTANTLY
00:36:29.250 --> 00:36:31.998
TRYING TO HELP BUILD,
YOU KNOW WHAT I\"M SAYING,
00:36:31.999 --> 00:36:33.374
SOMETHING POSITIVE
FOR THE COMMUNITY.
00:36:33.375 --> 00:36:38.291
SO LIKE THAT GIVES ME, YOU KNOW,
LIKE A WONDERFUL FEEL RIGHT NOW
00:36:38.292 --> 00:36:41.998
ABOUT WHAT I DO AND
THE COMMUNITY THAT I SERVE.
00:36:41.999 --> 00:36:43.249
I\"M LEON SAUNDERS,
00:36:43.250 --> 00:36:45.998
AND I STARTED WITH LILY
WITH OUR FIRST WALL.
00:36:45.999 --> 00:36:47.998
WE DID OUR FIRST WALL
OVER HERE,
00:36:47.999 --> 00:36:50.998
THE BIG RAINBOW WITH THE VILLAGE
UNDER THE BOTTOM.
00:36:50.999 --> 00:36:53.208
AND I WAS THE ARTIST;
I WAS ONE OF THE ARTISTS.
00:36:53.209 --> 00:36:55.082
[ laughs ]
YEP.
00:36:55.083 --> 00:36:58.666
WHEN I WAS DOING THE MURAL
WITH LILY, I HAD SOME PROBLEMS.
00:36:58.667 --> 00:37:00.208
I WASN\"T WORKING.
00:37:00.209 --> 00:37:02.917
I MEAN, MY LIFE
WAS GOING DOWNHILL.
00:37:02.918 --> 00:37:07.208
SO WHENEVER I CAN, I COME
DOWN HERE AND I HELP BIG MAN
00:37:07.209 --> 00:37:08.374
WITH WHATEVER HE WANTS TO DO.
00:37:08.375 --> 00:37:11.208
AND I\"M JUST HERE
FOR THE COMMUNITY.
00:37:11.209 --> 00:37:11.999
THIS IS WHERE I CAME FROM.
00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:15.625
HAS DONE WONDERS FOR THE MENTAL
PSYCHE OF THIS COMMUNITY
00:37:15.626 --> 00:37:17.708
BECAUSE... WELL, BEFORE,
PRIOR TO THAT, YOU KNOW,
00:37:17.709 --> 00:37:21.998
IT WAS JUST KNOWN FOR THOSE
HORRIBLE DEVASTATING THINGS
00:37:21.999 --> 00:37:22.999
THAT WAS HAPPENING, YOU KNOW,
00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:26.833
LIKE IN A DOWNTRODDEN URBAN,
YOU KNOW,
00:37:26.834 --> 00:37:27.998
LIKE RURAL COMMUNITY,
YOU KNOW,
00:37:27.999 --> 00:37:31.998
BUT WE\"VE GIVEN IT SOMEWHAT
OF A NEW CELEBRATORY STATUS,
00:37:31.999 --> 00:37:34.998
YOU KNOW WHAT I\"M SAYING, THAT
PEOPLE COME IN ON TOUR BUSES
00:37:34.999 --> 00:37:39.082
JUST TO COME IN AND SEE
AND BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE
00:37:39.083 --> 00:37:41.583
THE THINGS THAT WE\"VE CREATED.
00:37:41.584 --> 00:37:45.999
Yeh:
I ALWAYS FEEL THE JOURNEY
STARTS HERE AND NOW.
00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:54.000
IT LIES IN THE VERY SMALL,
MODEST ACT NOBODY SEES,
00:37:54.667 --> 00:37:57.249
BUT TRUE TO ONE\"S HEART.
00:37:57.250 --> 00:38:00.416
HERE IN NORTH PHILADELPHIA,
THE SPIRITS MOVE
00:38:00.417 --> 00:38:06.998
IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS,
THEIR WONDERS TO PERFORM.
00:38:06.999 --> 00:38:07.999
THE PAST FEW YEARS HAVE SEEN
00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:10.875
THE STABILIZATION
OF PHILADELPHIA\"S POPULATION
00:38:10.876 --> 00:38:12.998
AND EVEN A BUDDING NEW
MIGRATION OF YOUNG ADULTS
00:38:12.999 --> 00:38:15.249
SEEKING PHILLY\"S AFFABLE
NEIGHBORHOODS
00:38:15.250 --> 00:38:17.458
AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
00:38:17.459 --> 00:38:19.166
NEW CONSTRUCTION
AND THE REHABILITATION
00:38:19.167 --> 00:38:21.998
OF CLASSIC BUILDINGS
ARE ON THE RISE.
00:38:21.999 --> 00:38:23.998
WHAT DIFFERENTIATES OUR COMPANY
FROM OTHERS
00:38:23.999 --> 00:38:25.583
IS THAT
WHILE MOST OTHER DEVELOPERS
00:38:25.584 --> 00:38:29.208
WERE GOING FURTHER OUT INTO THE
SUBURBS CREATING MORE SPRAWL,
00:38:29.209 --> 00:38:31.998
WE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY
TO COME BACK INTO THE CITY
00:38:31.999 --> 00:38:33.041
TO TAKE UNDERVALUED ASSETS,
00:38:33.042 --> 00:38:36.500
WHERE AREAS THAT WEREN\"T
BEING UTILIZED AT ALL,
00:38:36.501 --> 00:38:38.041
AND BEING ABLE
TO BRING THEM BACK
00:38:38.042 --> 00:38:40.791
AND REVITALIZE THE CITY
AND THE AREA.
00:38:40.792 --> 00:38:41.292
THIS IS PRADERO HOMES.
00:38:41.293 --> 00:38:45.291
IT\"S ONE OF THE FIRST MIXED-
INCOME, HOME-OWNERSHIP HOUSING
00:38:45.292 --> 00:38:48.998
THAT\"S BEEN BUILT IN THIS PART
OF NORTH PHILADELPHIA
00:38:48.999 --> 00:38:50.291
FOR MANY YEARS.
00:38:50.292 --> 00:38:51.998
IT\"S 50 UNITS TOTAL.
00:38:51.999 --> 00:38:53.998
IT CREATES A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:38:53.999 --> 00:38:57.208
IT\"S TWO BLOCKS
FROM A SUPERMARKET.
00:38:57.209 --> 00:38:59.291
THERE\"S PLANS
TO BUILD A SCHOOL.
00:38:59.292 --> 00:39:02.999
WE ALSO FEEL THAT IT REPRESENTS
THE TYPE OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:07.998
THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THE NEED
FOR GREEN SPACE AND OPEN SPACE
00:39:07.999 --> 00:39:09.998
AND TO GIVE PEOPLE
THEIR OWN YARDS.
00:39:09.999 --> 00:39:11.249
I THINK PHILADELPHIA\"S
DOING GREAT.
00:39:11.250 --> 00:39:14.666
I MEAN, WE ARE...
WE HAVE NEVER BEEN PROUDER
00:39:14.667 --> 00:39:16.082
OF THE WORK THAT WE\"VE DONE
IN NEIGHBORHOODS,
00:39:16.083 --> 00:39:19.082
PARTICULARLY OVER THE COURSE OF
THE LAST FOUR AND A HALF YEARS.
00:39:19.083 --> 00:39:23.998
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE CLEANER,
THEY \"RE SAFER, THEY\" RE GREENER.
00:39:23.999 --> 00:39:25.416
AND THERE\"S MARKET-RATE HOUSING
00:39:25.417 --> 00:39:28.374
AND LOW-INCOME HOUSING
AND PUBLIC HOUSING,
00:39:28.375 --> 00:39:30.583
AND THERE\"S ALL KINDS
OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON
00:39:30.584 --> 00:39:33.998
IN PHILADELPHIA NEIGHBORHOODS.
00:39:33.999 --> 00:39:37.500
AS MOTOWN IS TO DETROIT,
SO GAMBLE AND HUFF ARE
00:39:37.501 --> 00:39:41.166
TO WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED
AS THE PHILADELPHIA SOUND.
00:39:41.167 --> 00:39:44.666
IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE,
THE PHILLY SOUND EXPERIENCE IS.
00:39:44.667 --> 00:39:47.998
IT\"S THE LIFE AND TIMES
OF PHILADELPHIA,
00:39:47.999 --> 00:39:50.998
OUR PERSPECTIVE OF THE WORLD
FROM THE PHILADELPHIA VIEW.
00:39:50.999 --> 00:39:54.500
♪ AIN \"T NO STOPPIN\" US NOW ♪
00:39:54.501 --> 00:39:55.998
♪ WE\"RE ON THE MOVE ♪
00:39:55.999 --> 00:39:59.416
♪ I\"M IN LOVE WITH YOU ♪
00:39:59.417 --> 00:40:02.082
WE WROTE SONGS
FOR MANY GREAT ARTISTS,
00:40:02.083 --> 00:40:06.998
AND MANY OF THE SONGS
HAD SOCIAL COMMENTARY TO THEM.
00:40:06.999 --> 00:40:12.998
IN FACT, THE... THE CODE NAME
FOR OUR MUSIC WAS,
00:40:12.999 --> 00:40:14.998
THERE WAS A MESSAGE
IN THE MUSIC.
00:40:14.999 --> 00:40:17.833
♪ ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE ♪
00:40:17.834 --> 00:40:20.998
♪ HEY, YOU GOTTA BE STRONG ♪
♪ STRONG ♪
00:40:20.999 --> 00:40:22.998
♪ YOU GOTTA HOLD ON ♪
00:40:22.999 --> 00:40:24.998
AFTER A CAREER THAT EARNED
HIM AND HIS PARTNER
00:40:24.999 --> 00:40:30.791
175 GOLD AND PLATINUM RECORDS
FOR HITS LIKE \"LOVE TRAIN\"
00:40:30.792 --> 00:40:31.917
AND \"ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE,\"
00:40:31.918 --> 00:40:35.998
KENNY GAMBLE COULD RELAX IN
SPLENDOR ANYPLACE IN THE WORLD.
00:40:35.999 --> 00:40:39.998
OUR MUSIC WAS CALLED
THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA.
00:40:39.999 --> 00:40:40.999
AND IT\"S THE PHILLY SOUND,
00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:43.998
SO YOU CAN\"T HAVE THE PHILLY
SOUND IN LOS ANGELES.
00:40:43.999 --> 00:40:46.998
AND WE USED TO WRITE SONGS
ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS
00:40:46.999 --> 00:40:49.708
AND HOW DEVASTATED
THE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE.
00:40:49.709 --> 00:40:52.708
AND SO THIS ONE THING
LED TO ANOTHER.
00:40:52.709 --> 00:40:53.709
LOOKING TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK
00:40:53.710 --> 00:40:55.666
TO THE SOURCE
OF HIS INSPIRATION,
00:40:55.667 --> 00:40:58.082
IN 1990 GAMBLE
AND HIS WIFE, FAATIMA,
00:40:58.083 --> 00:41:00.998
SOLD THEIR MANSION
IN THE SUBURB OF GLADWYNE
00:41:00.999 --> 00:41:02.082
TO MOVE
WITH THEIR FOUR CHILDREN
00:41:02.083 --> 00:41:04.249
INTO A REHABILITATED
BRICK ROW HOUSE
00:41:04.250 --> 00:41:07.998
IN THE HEART OF THE DANGEROUS
SOUTH PHILLY NEIGHBORHOOD
00:41:07.999 --> 00:41:08.999
WHERE KENNY GREW UP.
00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:12.998
SINCE THEN, IT HAS BEEN THEIR
MISSION TO REBUILD THE AREA
00:41:12.999 --> 00:41:16.458
INTO A THRIVING
MULTI-INCOME COMMUNITY.
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TODAY, UNIVERSAL COMPANIES,
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THE NON-PROFIT FIRM
KENNY GAMBLE FOUNDED,
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IS AN IMPORTANT CATALYST
IN TURNING SOUTH PHILLY AROUND.
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A LOT OF PEOPLE
TALK ABOUT DOING THINGS,
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BUT IT\"S ACTUALLY DOING IT
IS THE OTHER THING.
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WELL INTO THE PROCESS
TO REBUILD OR REVITALIZE
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OVER 2,000 HOMES,
THE ORGANIZATION RELIES
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ON A MIX OF PRIVATE DONATIONS
AND PUBLIC GRANTS
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AND HAS ALREADY INVESTED
$200 MILLION
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INTO A VARIETY OF PROJECTS.
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WE BELIEVE,
THROUGH OUR RESEARCH,
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THAT HOW DO YOU CHANGE
THAT QUALITY OF LIFE
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IS TO FIND OUT
HOW THE NEIGHBORHOODS
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GOT IN SUCH BAD REPAIR AND
DEVASTATION IN THE FIRST PLACE.
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AND WE FOUND OUT THAT EDUCATION,
EDUCATION, EDUCATION
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IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY
OF UNIVERSAL COMPANIES.
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♪ WAKE UP AND CALL THE TEACHER ♪
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♪ AND TALK TO TEACHER YOUR WAY ♪
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♪ MAYBE THEN
THEY\"LL HAVE A LISTEN ♪
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♪ TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ♪
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♪ THEY\"RE THE ONES
WHO\"S COMING UP ♪
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♪ AND THE WORLD
IS IN THEIR HANDS ♪
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♪ WHEN YOU TEACH THE CHILDREN ♪
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♪ JUST THE VERY BEST YOU CAN ♪
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KENNY GAMBLE
AND UNIVERSAL COMPANIES
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ARE TACKLING LOCAL EDUCATION
BY MANAGING
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THREE OF SOUTH PHILADELPHIA\"S
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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AND TWO CHARTER SCHOOLS.
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EDUCATION IS, WE BELIEVE,
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THE ROOT OF YOUR SUCCESS
OR YOUR FAILURE.
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SO, IF YOU HAVE A GOOD GRASP
OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM,
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YOU HAVE A GOOD SYSTEM, YOU
HAVE TEACHERS AND PARENTS
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AND EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER,
THEN HOPEFULLY YOU\"LL HAVE
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A WONDERFUL
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.
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AND AT UNIVERSAL
THAT\"S WHAT WE TAKE PRIDE IN,
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EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER
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TO ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL
OF EXCELLENCE.
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I WANNA BE A LAWYER.
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AN R.N. NURSE.
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PEDIATRICIAN.
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A NEONATOLOGIST.
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I WANT TO BE A DOCTOR.
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HE HAD THIS VISION
OF A COMMUNITY ALL LIVING
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AND PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER,
MANY RACES,
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MIXED-INCOME LEVELS,
EXCELLENT SCHOOLS,
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AFFORDABLE HOMES THAT PEOPLE
WANTED TO TAKE PRIDE IN.
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AND NOW HE\"S BEGINNING
TO SEE HIS DREAM COME TRUE.
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WHEN YOUR SOUL IS SATISFIED,
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WHEN YOU ACTUALLY
FEEL AS THOUGH
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THAT YOU ARE DOING
WHAT YOU WERE BORN TO DO,
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THAT YOUR LIFE
IS REALLY WORTHWHILE,
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THEN LIFE BECOMES SOMETHING
THAT\"S WORTH LIVING.
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♪ THE WORLD WILL GET NO BETTER ♪
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♪ WE GOTTA CHANGE THE WORLD ♪
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♪ JUST YOU AND ME ♪
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PHILADELPHIA HAS BEEN THE HOME
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OF NUMEROUS VALIANT
MEN AND WOMEN.
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THEIR MONUMENTS DOMINATE MANY
OF THE CITY\"S PUBLIC AREAS,
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HEROES REMEMBERED
ON A GRAND SCALE.
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THERE IS NO SUCH TRIBUTE
TO MICHAEL ELLIS.
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IN FACT, THERE ARE FEW
REMAINING PHOTOGRAPHS
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OF THE YOUNG FATHER OF FOUR,
WHO DIED IN 1997 AT AGE 33.
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MICHAEL WASN\"T PERFECT.
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WHO AMONG US IS?
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YET HIS SMALL ACTS OF KINDNESS
TOUCHED PEOPLE
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IN THIS FISHTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD
AROUND BELGRADE STREET.
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ED AND LORETTA ELLISS
REMEMBER THEIR SON.
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THERE\"S A LOT OF GOOD MEMORIES
TO REMEMBER ABOUT MICHAEL.
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ASK THE NEIGHBORS AROUND HERE,
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THE NEIGHBORS WHO WANTED...
WHO WANTED THEIR DOOR FIXED,
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WHO WANTED SOMEONE
TO GO TO THE STORE FOR THEM,
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WHO WANTED THEM... SOMEONE
TO GO TAKE THEM SHOPPING.
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IT WAS ALWAYS MICHAEL.
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\"MICHAEL, WILL YOU HELP ME
WITH THIS?\"
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\"MICHAEL, CAN YOU FIX THIS?\"
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\"MICHAEL, CAN YOU DO THAT?\"
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AND MICHAEL WAS ALWAYS THERE
FOR ALL OF THEM.
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WHILE MICHAEL WAS POPULAR
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
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ED KEPT TO HIS OWN BACK YARD.
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HE MADE IT HIS SANCTUARY.
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A RETIRED GROCER AND NAVY
RADARMAN FOR TWENTY YEARS,
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ED HAD LITTLE INTEREST IN HIS
NEIGHBORS OR THEY IN HIM.
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LIKE SO MUCH OF PHILADELPHIA,
AS FISHTOWN DETERIORATED,
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ED FOUND HIMSELF LIVING
ACROSS THE STREET
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FROM A HUGE ACRE OF RUBBLE.
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NIGHT DUMPERS
ADDED TO THE EYESORE,
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ILLEGALLY UNLOADING
OLD CAR PARTS AND JUNK
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UNDER THE PROTECTION
OF DARKNESS.
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I WORRIED ABOUT MY YARD
AND MY GARDEN.
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I DIDN\"T WORRY ABOUT
ACROSS THE STREET HERE
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BECAUSE I COULD CLOSE MY EYES.
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BUT ONE OF MY CHILDREN COULDN\"T.
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MICHAEL SAW THIS
UNOFFICIAL JUNKYARD
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AS PRIME REAL ESTATE
TO BUILD A PLAYGROUND.
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AND HE GRABBED HIS THREE SONS
AND BROUGHT THEM OVER HERE
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AND THE FOUR OF THEM GOT BUSY
CLEANING IF OFF
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WHILE I WAS WORKING ON MY YARD,
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AND THEY DID THAT FOR FOUR
OR FIVE WEEKENDS IN A ROW.
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AND THEN LIFE PLAYED
ONE OF ITS CRUEL TRICKS.
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HE GOT INVOLVED WITH DRUGS,
AND HE O.D.ed.
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IT\"S UNFORTUNATE,
BUT THEM THINGS HAPPEN.
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IT\"S THE BANE OF ALL SOCIETY
NOW, THAT DRUGS.
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I HAVE SEVEN SONS
AND TWO DAUGHTERS,
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SO I THINK THAT HE\"S MISSED
BY ALL OF THEM
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BECAUSE HE\"S...
HE\"S ALWAYS MENTIONED.
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AND, OF COURSE, HIS CHILDREN
LIVE CLOSE BY.
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HIS CHILDREN CAME
BEFORE HE DID,
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AND YES, IT CAME
BEFORE HIS DRUGS TOO.
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THAT WAS THE ONLY THING
THAT KEPT HIM ALIVE
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AS LONG AS IT DID,
WAS HIS KIDS.
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WITHOUT MICHAEL,
THE MIDNIGHT DUMPERS RETURNED.
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ALL TRACES OF MICHAEL\"S WORK
BEGAN TO DISAPPEAR,
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LIKE HE\"D NEVER EXISTED.
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SO ONE DAY I WAS SITTING
OVER THERE AND I THOUGHT,
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\"WELL, THE HELL WITH IT.
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I CAN\"T LET IT GO BACK
TO THE WAY IT WAS.\"
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SO I COME OVER HERE AND
I STARTED CLEANING IT OFF AGAIN.
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AND I DID THAT FOR ABOUT TWO
WEEKENDS AND NO... NO HELP.
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I WAS JUST DOING IT MYSELF.
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ED HAD NO MASTER PLAN, JUST
COMBAT SORROW WITH HARD WORK.
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OTHERS TOOK NOTICE.
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PAUL MALVEY COME DOWN THE
STREET, SEEN WHAT I WAS DOING,
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AND ASKED ME
IF I NEEDED SOME HELP.
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SO THEN I... \"SURE.\"
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AND HE SAID, \"WELL, I JUST
WANT TO CLEAN RIGHT NOW.\"
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AND HE STAYED WITH ME,
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AND WE BEGAN TO JUST CLEAN IT
AND KEEP IT CUT.
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AND THEN WE STARTED TALKING MORE
AS TIME WENT ON, AND HE SAID,
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\"YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE NICE
TO MAKE A GARDEN OUT OF THAT.\"
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WE CONTACTED PHILLY GREEN.
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PHILADELPHIA GREEN
OFFERED TO HELP,
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BUT WITH THAT ONE CATCH AGAIN.
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ED COULDN\"T DO IT ALONE.
00:47:33.999 --> 00:47:36.998
HE NEEDED THE CONSENT AND HELP
OF HIS NEIGHBORS.
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WELL, I DIDN\"T KNOW
MY NEIGHBORS.
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I DIDN\"T KNOW ANYBODY.
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I ONLY LIVED HERE.
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AND NOW I KNOCKED ON DOORS,
TOLD THEM WHAT I WAS DOING,
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WHY I WAS DOING IT AND HOW
PHILADELPHIA GREEN WAS INVOLVED
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AND WHAT WE HOPED TO DO
AND WOULD THEY COME.
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AND \"WE\"LL MEET TOGETHER IN THE
BACKYARD\" IS THE WAY I PUT IT.
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WE HAD MEETINGS OVER IN HIS
YARD, AND THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES
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DESIGNED WHAT THEY WANTED
TO SEE HERE.
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TWO YEARS AND MANY CUPS
OF LEMONADE LATER
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WE DEVELOPED A PLAN, AND THIS IS
WHAT\"S COME OUT OF THE PLAN.
00:48:09.999 --> 00:48:13.583
TODAY, BELGRADE PARK IS
AN IMPORTANT GATHERING PLACE
00:48:13.584 --> 00:48:15.041
IN FISHTOWN.
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ED?
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WELL, HE\"S BLOSSOMED TOO.
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ALL RIGHT NOW,
WHAT\"S YOUR PROBLEM?
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RIGHT, CHILDREN?
YES!
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EVERYBODY LOVES MR. ED
AND HIS DUCKS AND ROOSTERS
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AND EVERYTHING,
AND IT\"S JUST A PLEASURE.
00:48:31.999 --> 00:48:33.500
AND THIS PARK MEANS A LOT.
00:48:33.501 --> 00:48:35.998
WE BRING OUR BOOKS
AND SIT DOWN AND READ
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AND HAVE LITTLE PICNICS,
AND WE DON\"T HAVE TO GO TOO FAR.
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IT\"S GREAT.
IT\"S WONDERFUL.
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ED RELIES ON YANKEE INGENUITY
TO PAY FOR THE PLANTS
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AND SUPPLIES NEEDED
TO MAINTAIN THE PARK.
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THE NEIGHBORS GIVE ME
ALUMINUM CANS,
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WHICH I TAKE AROUND TO SELL
THEM, AND AT 38 CENTS A POUND...
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AT TIMES WHEN THE MONEY\"S REAL
GOOD, ALL RIGHT?...
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AT 38 CENTS A POUND, IT AIN\"T
LONG BEFORE YOU GOT $30, $40
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TO WHICH YOU CAN GO
DO SOMETHING WITH.
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YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO GET
AROUND THE COST, ALL RIGHT?
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SOMEBODY WILL ALWAYS COME UP
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WITH SOME WAY
TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
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THE IMPACT OF BELGRADE PARK
SPREADS BEYOND ITS BOUNDARIES.
00:49:20.209 --> 00:49:21.999
GEORGE SEEN
WHAT WE DID OVER THERE,
00:49:22.000 --> 00:49:24.791
AND HE JUST WANTED
TO DO SOMETHING.
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AND THIS IS WHAT HE DID.
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JUST LAST WEEK HE WAS SITTING
THERE ON HIS CHAIR,
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TIRED OF LOOKING AT GRAFFITI
ON HIS WALL.
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HE SAID, \"TO HECK WITH\"...
THAT AIN\"T HIS WALL.
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HE SAID,
\"TO HECK WITH WHAT THEY THINK.\"
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AND HE GRABBED HIS PAINTBRUSH
AND OUT HE WENT.
00:49:38.042 --> 00:49:40.998
HE\"S NOT AN ARTIST;
HE WORKS FOR THE CITY.
00:49:40.999 --> 00:49:44.998
HE WORKS CLEANING UP THE SEWERS
AND DRAINS AND STUFF.
00:49:44.999 --> 00:49:46.666
THAT\"S WHAT HE DOES BY TRADE.
00:49:46.667 --> 00:49:48.998
THIS IS WHAT HE DOES
IN HIS SPARE TIME.
00:49:48.999 --> 00:49:52.208
BELGRADE PARK
IS MORE THAN A HOBBY FOR ED.
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I\"D PROBABLY BE DEAD.
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I DON\"T DO ANYTHING ELSE
BUT THIS.
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I GET UP IN THE MORNING, I COME
OVER HERE, AND I SPEND MY DAY.
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I TALK TO MY NEIGHBORS
FROM OVER HERE.
00:50:01.501 --> 00:50:04.998
THEY ALL KNOW ME AS ELLISS,
THE ROSE GARDEN GUY.
00:50:04.999 --> 00:50:07.998
AT 71 YEARS OLD,
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?
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THIS IS MY RECREATION.
00:50:09.000 --> 00:50:11.917
THIS AND ATLANTIC CITY
EVERY TWO MONTHS.
00:50:11.918 --> 00:50:13.998
MICHAEL WOULD\"VE APPRECIATED
THIS PARK
00:50:13.999 --> 00:50:16.875
AS MUCH AS HE WOULD
A PLAYGROUND.
00:50:16.876 --> 00:50:17.998
AND EVERYBODY ACCEPTS THE FACT
00:50:17.999 --> 00:50:22.416
THAT IT\"S IN HIS MEMORY
THAT THIS WAS BUILT.
00:50:22.417 --> 00:50:27.999
ED ALSO USES THE HARD WORK
AS A MEANS TO MOVE ON.
00:50:28.000 --> 00:50:32.082
YOU SEE...
00:50:32.083 --> 00:50:34.458
IT\"S HARD
IF YOU LET IT BE HARD.
00:50:34.459 --> 00:50:37.082
YOU GOT TO COME OUT HERE AND...
A LITTLE LIKE I DO.
00:50:37.083 --> 00:50:37.999
I COME OUT HERE AND I WORK,
00:50:38.000 --> 00:50:40.374
AND IF SOMETHING\"S REALLY
BOTHERING ME I COME OUT HERE
00:50:40.375 --> 00:50:46.917
AND PITTER AROUND IN THE GARDEN
A LITTLE BIT, ALL RIGHT?
00:50:46.918 --> 00:50:51.998
OR CLEAN IT UP OR RIP THE...
RIP THE BUSHES APART
00:50:51.999 --> 00:50:55.166
AND PUT THEM IN AGAIN AND CHANGE
IT... CHANGE IT AROUND
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TO THE WAY... DEPENDING ON...
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I DON\"T LET IT GET ME DOWN,
ALL RIGHT?
00:51:01.167 --> 00:51:03.166
YOU JUST KEEP FIGHTING ON.
00:51:03.167 --> 00:51:04.999
WELL, YOU HAVE TO IF YOU WANT
TO LIVE... WE JUST
00:51:05.000 --> 00:51:08.998
WENT THROUGH IT OURSELVES,
DIDN\"T WE, WITH 9/11, HUH?
00:51:08.999 --> 00:51:11.666
THAT WAS BAD FOR THE WHOLE
COUNTRY, WASN\"T IT?
00:51:11.667 --> 00:51:13.998
WE ALL HAVE OUR TRIALS
AND TRIBULATIONS.
00:51:13.999 --> 00:51:17.998
WE ALL GET UP AND GO
AND MAKE EACH DAY BETTER
00:51:17.999 --> 00:51:22.500
THAN THE DAY BEFORE
AND PUSH AT IT, ALL RIGHT?
00:51:22.501 --> 00:51:23.998
THAT\"S THE WAY WE DO IT.
00:51:23.999 --> 00:51:25.999
THE STORY OF PHILADELPHIA
STARTS WITH THAT
00:51:26.000 --> 00:51:30.249
OF AN ERRANT SON ATTEMPTING TO
HONOR THE MEMORY OF HIS FATHER.
00:51:30.250 --> 00:51:35.708
IT ENDS WITH A FATHER
HONORING HIS ERRANT SON.
00:51:35.709 --> 00:51:36.459
FOR 300 YEARS,
00:51:36.460 --> 00:51:40.625
PHILADELPHIA REMAINS
A WONDROUS WORK IN PROGRESS.
00:51:40.626 --> 00:51:42.998
IT\"S EXCITING TO BE HERE
AS THINGS ARE CHANGING,
00:51:42.999 --> 00:51:44.998
AS PHILADELPHIA
IS REINVENTING ITSELF,
00:51:44.999 --> 00:51:47.249
AS YOU SEE THESE FORMER
INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURES
00:51:47.250 --> 00:51:49.082
AROUND THE CITY
BEING RE-OCCUPIED.
00:51:49.083 --> 00:51:52.041
IT\"S JUST AN EXCITING TIME
TO BE IN PHILADELPHIA.
00:51:52.042 --> 00:51:53.998
WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE
OF PHILADELPHIA,
00:51:53.999 --> 00:51:56.998
I HOPE THAT ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE\"LL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN
00:51:56.999 --> 00:51:59.998
IS THE ACTIVISM,
LIKE THE MURAL ARTS PROGRAM
00:51:59.999 --> 00:52:01.998
OR THE VILLAGE OF ARTS
AND HUMANITIES
00:52:01.999 --> 00:52:04.666
OR THE MANY COMMUNITY GARDENS
ALL OVER THE CITY.
00:52:04.667 --> 00:52:07.833
PHILADELPHIA\"S GOT
SOME SORT OF A SPIRIT.
00:52:07.834 --> 00:52:08.834
IT HAS A SOUL.
00:52:08.835 --> 00:52:11.666
AND IT\"S NOT ALWAYS PRETTY,
BUT IT HAS ONE.
00:52:11.667 --> 00:52:13.833
AND THERE\"S A LOT OF PLACES
IN THIS COUNTRY
00:52:13.834 --> 00:52:16.998
AND AROUND THE WORLD
THAT DON\"T HAVE A SOUL
00:52:16.999 --> 00:52:18.666
AND DON\"T HAVE A SPIRIT.
00:52:18.667 --> 00:52:20.791
AND IT\"S HERE.
00:52:20.792 --> 00:52:24.208
IT\"S NOT ALL PRETTY,
BUT IT\"S HERE.
00:52:24.209 --> 00:52:26.998
AND THAT\"S WHAT ATTRACTS ME.
00:52:26.999 --> 00:52:28.791
IT ATTRACTS ME TOO.
00:52:28.792 --> 00:52:30.998
AND NOW YOU KNOW
WHY I\"M VERY PLEASED
00:52:30.999 --> 00:52:32.625
TO CALL THIS CITY MY HOME.
00:52:32.626 --> 00:52:36.208
WILLIAM PENN SAW PHILADELPHIA
AS A UTOPIAN COMMUNITY,
00:52:36.209 --> 00:52:39.998
AN OPEN CANVAS FOR PEOPLE
TO PAINT THEIR OWN DESTINY,
00:52:39.999 --> 00:52:44.833
NURTURED BY FREEDOM AND
PROTECTED BY ITS NATURAL BEAUTY.
00:52:44.834 --> 00:52:47.500
TO MAKE THIS PLACE
A SUSTAINABLE EDEN
00:52:47.501 --> 00:52:49.998
DOESN\"T COME WITHOUT EFFORT.
00:52:49.999 --> 00:52:50.999
LIKE ED ELLISS,
00:52:51.000 --> 00:52:55.998
WE MUST GET UP AND GO MAKE
EACH DAY BETTER THAN BEFORE.
00:52:55.999 --> 00:52:57.708
FOR AS DIFFERENT
AS WEALL ARE,
00:52:57.709 --> 00:53:00.458
PHILADELPHIANS
SHARE A COMMON VISION,
00:53:00.459 --> 00:53:04.998
THAT IN THIS VERY SPECIAL
HOLY PLACE,
00:53:04.999 --> 00:53:08.416
LOVE IS STRONGER
THAN SORROW,
00:53:08.417 --> 00:53:11.041
AND HOPE BURNS BRIGHT.
00:53:11.042 --> 00:53:15.998
NOW WE\"RE GOING TO
FILL THIS IN WITH COLOR.
00:53:15.999 --> 00:53:17.998
ON THE TOP PART
OR THE BOTTOM PART?
00:53:17.999 --> 00:53:19.416
HUH?
TOP PART?
00:53:19.417 --> 00:53:20.998
YEAH, THAT WHOLE
TOP PART
00:53:20.999 --> 00:53:23.875
AND BRING THE RED
DOWN AND AROUND
00:53:23.876 --> 00:53:24.292
AND FILL IN THERE.
00:53:24.293 --> 00:53:27.998
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
00:53:27.999 --> 00:53:33.792
AND HOW TO BRING YOUR COMMUNITY
TOGETHER, VISIT US AT...
00:53:39.792 --> 00:53:41.291
TO PURCHASE THE COMPANION BOOK
00:53:41.292 --> 00:53:43.666
AND THE DVD OF THIS
AND OTHER EPISODES
00:53:43.667 --> 00:53:47.998
OF EDENS LOST & FOUND
WITH ADDITIONAL MATERIAL,
00:53:47.999 --> 00:53:50.999
PLEASE CALL THIS NUMBER...
00:53:53.792 --> 00:53:59.709
Captions by LNS Captioning
Portland, Oregon
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MAJOR FUNDING
FOREDENS LOST & FOUND
00:54:43.999 --> 00:54:47.374
WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY CDM,
00:54:47.375 --> 00:54:48.998
SEEKING TO CREATE
00:54:48.999 --> 00:54:51.998
LASTING ENVIRONMENTAL
AND INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS
00:54:51.999 --> 00:54:53.998
TO STRENGTHEN
A COMMUNITY\"S FUTURE.
00:54:53.999 --> 00:54:57.998
THE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY,
DEDICATED TO THE SUSTAINABILITY
00:54:57.999 --> 00:55:02.291
OF A BEAUTIFUL WORLD THROUGH
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.
00:55:02.292 --> 00:55:07.708
THE JOHN D.AND CATHERINE T.
MacARTHUR FOUNDATION.
00:55:07.709 --> 00:55:08.459
THE BOEING COMPANY,
00:55:08.460 --> 00:55:13.208
COMMITTED TO ONGOING INNOVATION
IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.
00:55:13.209 --> 00:55:15.166
BOEING: FOREVER NEW FRONTIERS.
00:55:15.167 --> 00:55:18.833
WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION,
ADVANCING GREATER PHILADELPHIA
00:55:18.834 --> 00:55:21.998
AS A VITAL, JUST,
AND CARING COMMUNITY.
00:55:21.999 --> 00:55:24.584
ADDITIONAL FUNDING BY...
00:55:43.459 --> 00:55:46.250
WE ARE PBS.
Distributor: Bullfrog Films
Length: 57 minutes
Date: 2006
Genre: Expository
Language: English
Grade: 7-12, College, Adult
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Closed Captioning: Available
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