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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,

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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.

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THROUGH THE YEARS,
THE PARK DESCENDED

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INTO ABUSE AND NEGLECT.

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THIS WAS A TOTAL WILDERNESS,
DESERTED AND FORGOTTEN.

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OH, IT WAS TERRIBLE.
IT WAS TERRIBLE.

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GLASS ALL... YOU COULDN\"T EVEN
WALK THROUGH HERE,

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WHICH IF YOU HAD DOGS
OR WHATEVER YOU HAD,

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TO KEEP THEM ON THE OUTSIDE
OF THE PARK

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BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH GLASS
INSIDE.

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DORIS ATTENDED MANY LOCAL
MEETINGS TO SAVE CARROLL PARK

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FROM THE DRUG DEALERS AND
CRIMINALS WHO HAD TAKEN OVER.

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THROUGH THE YEARS,

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MANY PEOPLE HAVE TRIED
TO COME INTO CARROLL PARK,

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TRYING TO START
A RESTORATION PROJECT,

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AND ALWAYS IT HAS FADED AWAY,
CAME TO NOTHING, JUST DIED OUT.

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AS THESE EFFORTS
TO SAVE THE PARK

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WITHERED FROM LACK OF FUNDING,
DORIS GREW SKEPTICAL.

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FOR THE PRESENTATION
FROM PHILADELPHIA GREEN,

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WE WENT TO THE CHURCH
TO SEE WHAT EVERYONE HAD TO SAY

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ABOUT CARROLL PARK ONCE AGAIN.

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AND THERE WAS A LITTLE WHITE
GIRL MAKING A PRESENTATION.

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ONCE AGAIN, THEY\"RE GOING
TO SAVE CARROLL PARK.

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SO, WE\"RE SITTING THERE,
SKEPTICALLY, AT LEAST I WAS.

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WELL, HOW ARE WE GOING TO SAVE
CARROLL PARK THIS TIME?

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AND THE LITTLE WHITE GIRL SAID,
\"WE HAVE $30,000 FOR YOU

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THROUGH THE PENNSYLVANIA
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.\"

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THE EARS PRICKED UP;
\"AH, THEY HAVE THE MONEY.\"

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THIS IS WHAT
MADE THE DIFFERENCE.

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AFTER RESTORING CARROLL PARK
WITH THE HELP

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OF PHILADELPHIA GREEN,
DORIS AND HER NEIGHBORS

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NOW WORK HARD TO MAINTAIN
AND KEEP IT BEAUTIFUL.

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BECAUSE IF DORIS
AND HER GROUP OF WOMEN

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STOPPED COMING OUT HERE,

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IN A MATTER OF TIME,
IT WOULD REVERT BACK.

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SIX MONTHS.

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SO THE ABILITY TO BE PRESENT
AND BE OUT THERE ALWAYS

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BECAUSE THAT ELEMENT
IS JUST ON THE FRINGE...

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YES, LURKING.
LURKING.

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I CAME OUT HERE EVERY MONDAY
AT 4:00 TO PICK UP TRASH.

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EVEN IN THE ICE AND SNOW
I WAS OUT HERE.

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I WAS OUT HERE PICKING UP TRASH,
BECAUSE EVERY MONDAY AT 4:00

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I WANTED THE NEIGHBORS AROUND
HERE TO LOOK OUT THEIR WINDOWS

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AND SEE THAT CRAZY WOMAN IS
STILL OUT HERE PICKING UP TRASH.

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I WANTED THE NEIGHBORS
TO KNOW...

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THAT WE WERE HERE...

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AND WE WERE HERE TO STAY.

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SHE IS CARROLL PARK.

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SHE LIVES FOR CARROLL PARK,
SHE EATS FOR CARROLL PARK,

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SHE STAYS HERE ALL THE TIME.

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AND WITHOUT DORIS,
CARROLL PARK WOULD NOT BE

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IN THE POSITION
THAT IT\"S IN TODAY.

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CARROLL PARK
IS ONE OF THE CITY\"S

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APPROXIMATELY 150
NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS,

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40 OF WHICH ARE NOW PARTNERED
WITH PHILADELPHIA GREEN.

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THESE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS
ECHO BACK

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TO WILLIAM PENN\"S
MASTER PLAN

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THAT FOR EVERY
TEN ACRES DEVELOPED,

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ONE BE PUT ASIDE
FOR TREES AND PUBLIC SPACE.

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IN ACCORDANCE
WITH PENN\"S CONCEPT,

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IN THE MID-19th CENTURY

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THE CITY BOUGHT THOUSANDS
OF ACRES OF UNDEVELOPED LAND

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ALONG THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER,

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ABOVE THE INTAKES
OF THE FAIRMOUNT WATERWORKS.

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THIS WAS TO AVERT
ANY DEVELOPMENT

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THAT MIGHT CONTAMINATE

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PHILADELPHIA\"S
PRIMARY WATER SOURCE.

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PHILADELPHIA
WAS EXTREMELY INNOVATIVE,

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ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES
IN THE WORLD

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TO LOOK AT SOURCE-WATER
PROTECTION

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AND PROTECTING
THE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY

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BY BUYING LAND
UP AND DOWN THE RIVER

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IN ORDER TO PROTECT IT
FROM INDUSTRY.

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THIS LAND, ACQUIRED TO HELP
PROTECT THE CITY\"S

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WATER SUPPLY, IS NOW PART
OF THE FAIRMOUNT PARK SYSTEM,

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ONE OF THE LARGEST LANDSCAPED
PARKS IN OUR NATION.

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WE ARE 9,200 ACRES.

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WE ENCOMPASS ALL OF THE CITY
OF PHILADELPHIA.

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THE PHRASE HAS BEEN USED
QUITE RECENTLY

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THAT WE ARE A CITY
WITHIN A PARK

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RATHER THAN A PARK
WITHIN A CITY.

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AND IT\"S A LINE WE LIKE TO USE
BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES TALK

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ABOUT WHAT FAIRMOUNT PARK AS
A SYSTEM MEANS FOR PHILADELPHIA.

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BUT IF YOU TALK ABOUT THE GREAT
BONES OF PHILADELPHIA,

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WITH WILLIAM PENN\"S
FIVE ORIGINAL SQUARES

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TO MAKE THIS
A GREEN COUNTRY TOWN.

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WILLIAM PENN CHAMPIONED
THE WHOLESOMENESS

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OF AN AGRARIAN SOCIETY.

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AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO
PHILLY\"S CURRENT REVITALIZATION

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IS URBAN AGRICULTURE.

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ALL OVER PHILADELPHIA,
THOUSANDS OF COMMUNITY GARDENS

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ARE SPROUTING ON WHAT WERE ONCE
ABANDONED LOTS.

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ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST
SUCCESSFUL IS ASPEN FARMS

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IN WEST PHILADELPHIA\"S
MILL CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD.

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WE LIKE TO CALL IT OUR GREEN
OASIS IN A CITY OF CONCRETE.

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HAYWARD FORD HELPED FOUND
AND HAS BEEN A VOLUNTEER

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AT ASPEN FARMS
SINCE IT BEGAN IN 1975.

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THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY,
HOUSES WERE ON IT AT ONE POINT.

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AND IT WAS DEMOLITION
DONE BY THE CITY

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AND CONSEQUENTLY, VACANT
PROPERTY, PEOPLE DUMPED.

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AND SO IT BECAME
VERY UNSIGHTLY,

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AND THE NEIGHBORS
GOT TOGETHER.

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IN OUR INSTANCE,
WE WERE LUCKY WHEN WE STARTED,

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THERE WAS A PILOT PROGRAM
CALLED PHILADELPHIA GREEN.

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AND THEY CAME ALONG,
AND THEY GREW AS WE GREW.

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SO IT WAS A WIN-WIN SITUATION
FOR BOTH PEOPLE AND THE CITY.

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TASTY.

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COMMUNITY GARDENS
NOT ONLY FUEL THE BODY,

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THEY CREATE SOCIETIES
WHERE THERE WERE NONE

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AS NEIGHBORS MEET NEIGHBORS

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WHILE WEEDING TOMATOES
AND GREEN BEANS.

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THE EFFECTS OF SUCH GARDENS
ARE FAR MORE SUSTAINING

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THAN GOOD, FRESH FOOD
AND FLOWERS.

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IN TERMS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
IT HAS HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT.

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WE\"RE STANDING ON A HOUSE HERE
THAT TEN YEARS AGO

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WOULD HAVE SOLD FOR $40,000,

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AND IT NOW WOULD SELL
FOR TEN TIMES THAT.

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AND THAT\"S NOT JUST A REFLECTION
OF REAL ESTATE VALUES.

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THERE\"S A CONFIDENCE
AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE

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ABOUT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD

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THAT COMES DIRECTLY
FROM NOT ONLY THE GARDEN,

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BUT THE EXPERIENCE
WE\"VE ALL HAD IN THE GARDEN.

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IT\"S BROUGHT A GROUP OF PEOPLE
TOGETHER

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THAT HAD BEEN DIVIDED FOR
LITERALLY DECADES, AND IT\"S

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THE FIRST THING IN MY 35 YEARS
OF LIVING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD

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THAT HAS REALLY DONE THAT.

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CERTAIN ENTERPRISING INDIVIDUALS
HAVE TAKEN THE CONCEPT

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OF URBAN AGRICULTURE
A STEP FURTHER,

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ATTEMPTING TO RAISE CASH CROPS
ON WHAT WAS ONCE ABANDONED LAND.

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MARY SETON CORBOY IS ONE
OF THESE URBAN PIONEERS.

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WHY AN URBAN FARM?

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AT ONE POINT IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE
I HAD BEEN A CHEF,

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AND SO I KNEW THAT RESTAURANTS,

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EVEN IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE SEASON,

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THE PENNSYLVANIA SEASON, WEREN\"T
GETTING PENNSYLVANIA PRODUCE.

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SO ONE THING SORT OF
LED TO ANOTHER AS...

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I DON\"T THINK
WHEN WE STARTED THAT...

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I DON\"T THINK WE REALIZED THAT
THERE WEREN\"T OTHER URBAN FARMS.

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WE THOUGHT EVERYBODY PROBABLY
HAD THIS IDEA AT SOME POINT.

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STARTED IN 1997,
GREENSGROW FARM IS LOCATED

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ON THE FORMER SITE
OF A GALVANIZED STEEL PLANT

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IN THE CITY\"S
KENSINGTON SECTION.

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COVERING A SQUARE CITY BLOCK
AND SLIGHTLY UNDER AN ACRE,

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ONE OF THE SERIOUS OBSTACLES
MARY FACES

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IS HOW TO FARM
ON CONTAMINATED SOIL.

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THE IRONY OR THE HUMOR OR THE
PATHOS OR WHATEVER IT IS,

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TO TAKE THIS LAND

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THAT WAS AN INDUSTRIAL
SUPERFUND CLEAN-UP SITE

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AND TURN IT INTO A FARM
IS JUST...

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I MEAN, TO ME THAT\"S...
THAT\"S THE EDEN PART OF THIS.

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AND, YOU KNOW,
IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN

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WHETHER OR NOT I\"M...
I\"M EVE.

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MARY USES HYDROPONIC FARMING

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TO GROW MUCH OF HER PRODUCE
ABOVE THE LAND.

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WHEN YOU WORK LIKE THIS OUTSIDE
AND YOU SEE THE WHOLE WORLD

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OR THE WORLD OF KENSINGTON
PASS YOU BY EVERY SINGLE DAY,

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THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT
A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL WALK.

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THEY WALK TO THE STORE,
THEY WALK TO VISIT EACH OTHER,

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THEY SIT ON THEIR STOOPS,
THEY HANG OUT OF THEIR WINDOWS.

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AND SO YOU HEAR THIS WHOLE LIFE
THAT\"S GOING ON AROUND YOU,

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AND QUITE HONESTLY, IT WASN\"T
A LIFE THAT I WAS FAMILIAR WITH.

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SO WE CHANGED THE NATURE OF WHAT
WE WERE DOING FROM GROWING

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JUST FOR RESTAURANTS TO
THE FARM STAND AND THE NURSERY.

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I REALLY LIKE IT
BECAUSE I WAS RAISED HERE,

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BUT MY GRANDPARENTS
ARE FROM PUERTO RICO.

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AND I ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW
WHAT IT WAS LIKE

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TO BE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE
THE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

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FELT LIKE THEY WERE NATURAL.

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DESPITE HER MODEST SUCCESSES,

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THE LIFE OF THIS URBAN PIONEER
AIN\"T EASY.

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NO, AND IF I HAD HAD ANY
INDICATION AT ALL

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HOW NOT EASY... HOW NOT EASY
IT WAS GOING TO BE,

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I WOULDN\"T... THE TRUTH IS I
WOULDN\"T HAVE GOTTEN STARTED.

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BECAUSE YOU KNOW,
IT\"S INTERESTING,

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PEOPLE SAY, \"OH, YOU\" RE
A PIONEER, DA DA DA.

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NOW YOU \"RE A PIONEER.\"

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INITIALLY YOU\"RE JUST
A NUT CASE,

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AND I DON\"T THINK THAT I WAS
REALLY CUT OUT TO BE A PIONEER.

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BUT WHAT HAPPENED IS,
AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS

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WHERE THINGS DIDN\"T ALWAYS
GO EXACTLY THE WAY I WANTED,

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I REALLY JUST SORT OF
DUG MY HEELS IN AT THAT POINT.

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NOW IT\"S PURE OBSTINANCE
THAT KEEPS ME HERE.

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IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH...
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO

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WITH OPTIMISM OR BELIEF
OR ANYTHING ELSE.

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I\"M JUST, YOU KNOW,
I\"M DETERMINED

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I\"M GOING TO BEAT THIS THING.

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I DON\"T CARE WHAT IT TAKES.

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URBAN FARMING CAN ONLY ENDURE

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IF THERE\"S A DEMAND
FOR THEIR PRODUCTS.

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BUSINESSES
LIKE THE WHITE DOG CAFE

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CONTRIBUTE
TO PHILADELPHIA\"S REVIVAL

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BY ENCOURAGING
LOCAL PRODUCTION.

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WE REALLY PRIDE OURSELVES IN
BUYING ALMOST ALL OF OUR PRODUCE

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IN SEASON
FROM SMALL LOCAL FARMERS.

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WE BUY YEAR ROUND
OUR MEATS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

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FROM LOCAL FARMERS.

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AS FAR AS I\"M CONCERNED,

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OUR SURVIVAL REALLY DEPENDS
ON MAKING BUSINESS DECISIONS

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IN THE BEST INTEREST
OF THE COMMON GOOD.

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AND I BELIEVE
THAT BUSINESSPEOPLE

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WHO MAKE DECISIONS IN THE BEST
INTERESTS OF ALL ARE THE ONES

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WHO ARE MOST SUCCESSFUL
AND WHO HAVE LONGEVITY.

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AND I FEEL THAT\"S DEFINITELY
BEEN A KEY TO THE SUCCESS

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OF THE 21-YEAR-OLD
WHITE DOG CAFE.

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JUDY WICKS IS A SHREWD
BUSINESSWOMAN

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WITH A CONSCIENCE.

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SHE INSISTS HER PURVEYORS
TREAT THEIR EMPLOYEES FAIRLY

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AND PRODUCE ONLY HUMANELY
RAISED ANIMAL PRODUCTS

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AND SUSTAINABLY GROWN PRODUCE.

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THE GOAT CHEESE
IS DOUGIE NEWBOLD\"S.

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DOUGIE SAYS THAT WHEN SHE
KISSES HER GOATS\" EARS,

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THE CHEESE TASTES BETTER.

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AND I THINK THAT\"S TRUE.

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THE BASIL COMES
FROM THE DORASTRIKES\" FARM,

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MARK AND JUDY DORASTRIKES,
SO WE HAVE

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PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
WITH ALL THE FARMERS.

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AND, OF COURSE, WE HAVE
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS

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WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE,
WITH OUR CUSTOMERS.

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AND THAT\"S ONE OF THE HALLMARKS,

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THE ADVANTAGES
OF A SMALL BUSINESS,

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BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY
TO ACTUALLY KNOW EVERYONE.

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JUDY \"S IDEALISM ISN\" T WHAT
WINS AWARDS AND FILLS TABLES.

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THE FOOD HERE IS DELICIOUS.

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WE\"RE USING LEEKS, ASPARAGUS,
FRESH CORN, OYSTER MUSHROOMS

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FROM THE OLEY VALLEY
MUSHROOM FARM, CHERRY TOMATOES,

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AND ORGANIC PENNE PASTA
IN A LIGHT CORN BROTH.

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SOME CITIES ALL LOOK ALIKE

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BECAUSE YOU SEE THE SAME STORES
EVERYWHERE,

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AND THEY\"RE THE TRANS-NATIONAL
CORPORATIONS

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THAT REALLY
CONTROL THE ECONOMY.

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AND WHEN YOU GO TO A CITY
WHERE THERE\"S UNIQUE SHOPS

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THAT ONLY EXIST IN PHILADELPHIA
OR ONLY EXIST IN SEATTLE

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OR SAN FRANCISCO OR WHEREVER,

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IT GIVES CHARACTER AND
INDIVIDUALITY TO THE CITY,

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BUT IT ALSO GIVES ECONOMIC POWER
TO THE CITY

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WHERE CAPITAL IS RETAINED
AND RECIRCULATED

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WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
RATHER THAN BLEEDING MONEY OUT.

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EVERY FALL, JUDY THROWS A BLOCK
PARTY TO CELEBRATE THE HARVEST.

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BECAUSE I THINK CELEBRATION
AND FUN

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IS A LARGE PART
OF URBAN LIFE,

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AND PHILADELPHIA\"S KNOWN
FOR OUR GREAT BLOCK PARTIES.

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JOIN US IN THE DANCE
OF THE RIPE TOMATOES,

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THE LAST DANCE OF SUMMER.

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SO ARE THE TOMATOES
READY TO ROLL?

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♪ 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

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KICK UP THEIR HEELS IN THE
DANCE OF THE GIANT TOMATOES.

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FOR ONE NIGHT AT LEAST,
IT\"S EASY TO IMAGINE

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PHILADELPHIA
AS A GREEN COUNTRY TOWN.

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[ playing bongo beat ]

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THERE IS ALSO MUCH TO CELEBRATE
IN NORRIS SQUARE.

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TODAY THIS \"LITTLE PUERTO RICO\"
OF PHILADELPHIA

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IS A GREAT COMMUNITY
TO LIVE IN.

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BUT IT WASN\"T ALWAYS SO.

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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.

00:41:16.459 --> 00:41:18.082
TODAY, UNIVERSAL COMPANIES,

00:41:18.083 --> 00:41:20.291
THE NON-PROFIT FIRM
KENNY GAMBLE FOUNDED,

00:41:20.292 --> 00:41:24.998
IS AN IMPORTANT CATALYST
IN TURNING SOUTH PHILLY AROUND.

00:41:24.999 --> 00:41:26.458
A LOT OF PEOPLE
TALK ABOUT DOING THINGS,

00:41:26.459 --> 00:41:30.082
BUT IT\"S ACTUALLY DOING IT
IS THE OTHER THING.

00:41:30.083 --> 00:41:32.998
WELL INTO THE PROCESS
TO REBUILD OR REVITALIZE

00:41:32.999 --> 00:41:35.998
OVER 2,000 HOMES,
THE ORGANIZATION RELIES

00:41:35.999 --> 00:41:38.998
ON A MIX OF PRIVATE DONATIONS
AND PUBLIC GRANTS

00:41:38.999 --> 00:41:42.625
AND HAS ALREADY INVESTED
$200 MILLION

00:41:42.626 --> 00:41:44.416
INTO A VARIETY OF PROJECTS.

00:41:44.417 --> 00:41:45.998
WE BELIEVE,
THROUGH OUR RESEARCH,

00:41:45.999 --> 00:41:47.998
THAT HOW DO YOU CHANGE
THAT QUALITY OF LIFE

00:41:47.999 --> 00:41:49.999
IS TO FIND OUT
HOW THE NEIGHBORHOODS

00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:54.082
GOT IN SUCH BAD REPAIR AND
DEVASTATION IN THE FIRST PLACE.

00:41:54.083 --> 00:41:57.998
AND WE FOUND OUT THAT EDUCATION,
EDUCATION, EDUCATION

00:41:57.999 --> 00:42:01.998
IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY
OF UNIVERSAL COMPANIES.

00:42:01.999 --> 00:42:03.998
♪ WAKE UP AND CALL THE TEACHER ♪

00:42:03.999 --> 00:42:06.708
♪ AND TALK TO TEACHER YOUR WAY ♪

00:42:06.709 --> 00:42:09.082
♪ MAYBE THEN
THEY\"LL HAVE A LISTEN ♪

00:42:09.083 --> 00:42:11.500
♪ TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ♪

00:42:11.501 --> 00:42:13.998
♪ THEY\"RE THE ONES
WHO\"S COMING UP ♪

00:42:13.999 --> 00:42:16.998
♪ AND THE WORLD
IS IN THEIR HANDS ♪

00:42:16.999 --> 00:42:18.998
♪ WHEN YOU TEACH THE CHILDREN ♪

00:42:18.999 --> 00:42:24.500
♪ JUST THE VERY BEST YOU CAN ♪

00:42:24.501 --> 00:42:25.998
KENNY GAMBLE
AND UNIVERSAL COMPANIES

00:42:25.999 --> 00:42:28.998
ARE TACKLING LOCAL EDUCATION
BY MANAGING

00:42:28.999 --> 00:42:32.082
THREE OF SOUTH PHILADELPHIA\"S
PUBLIC SCHOOLS

00:42:32.083 --> 00:42:34.208
AND TWO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

00:42:34.209 --> 00:42:36.875
EDUCATION IS, WE BELIEVE,

00:42:36.876 --> 00:42:39.791
THE ROOT OF YOUR SUCCESS
OR YOUR FAILURE.

00:42:39.792 --> 00:42:42.998
SO, IF YOU HAVE A GOOD GRASP
OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM,

00:42:42.999 --> 00:42:44.999
YOU HAVE A GOOD SYSTEM, YOU
HAVE TEACHERS AND PARENTS

00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:47.998
AND EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER,
THEN HOPEFULLY YOU\"LL HAVE

00:42:47.999 --> 00:42:50.791
A WONDERFUL
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.

00:42:50.792 --> 00:42:53.998
AND AT UNIVERSAL
THAT\"S WHAT WE TAKE PRIDE IN,

00:42:53.999 --> 00:42:54.876
EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER

00:42:54.877 --> 00:42:58.998
TO ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL
OF EXCELLENCE.

00:42:58.999 --> 00:43:00.500
I WANNA BE A LAWYER.

00:43:00.501 --> 00:43:01.791
AN R.N. NURSE.

00:43:01.792 --> 00:43:03.166
PEDIATRICIAN.

00:43:03.167 --> 00:43:04.875
A NEONATOLOGIST.

00:43:04.876 --> 00:43:06.791
I WANT TO BE A DOCTOR.

00:43:06.792 --> 00:43:10.833
HE HAD THIS VISION
OF A COMMUNITY ALL LIVING

00:43:10.834 --> 00:43:12.917
AND PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER,
MANY RACES,

00:43:12.918 --> 00:43:15.998
MIXED-INCOME LEVELS,
EXCELLENT SCHOOLS,

00:43:15.999 --> 00:43:20.458
AFFORDABLE HOMES THAT PEOPLE
WANTED TO TAKE PRIDE IN.

00:43:20.459 --> 00:43:25.249
AND NOW HE\"S BEGINNING
TO SEE HIS DREAM COME TRUE.

00:43:25.250 --> 00:43:27.998
WHEN YOUR SOUL IS SATISFIED,

00:43:27.999 --> 00:43:29.833
WHEN YOU ACTUALLY
FEEL AS THOUGH

00:43:29.834 --> 00:43:33.998
THAT YOU ARE DOING
WHAT YOU WERE BORN TO DO,

00:43:33.999 --> 00:43:35.998
THAT YOUR LIFE
IS REALLY WORTHWHILE,

00:43:35.999 --> 00:43:39.917
THEN LIFE BECOMES SOMETHING
THAT\"S WORTH LIVING.

00:43:39.918 --> 00:43:42.998
♪ THE WORLD WILL GET NO BETTER ♪

00:43:42.999 --> 00:43:45.374
♪ WE GOTTA CHANGE THE WORLD ♪

00:43:45.375 --> 00:43:49.166
♪ JUST YOU AND ME ♪

00:43:49.167 --> 00:43:50.291
PHILADELPHIA HAS BEEN THE HOME

00:43:50.292 --> 00:43:52.041
OF NUMEROUS VALIANT
MEN AND WOMEN.

00:43:52.042 --> 00:43:55.998
THEIR MONUMENTS DOMINATE MANY
OF THE CITY\"S PUBLIC AREAS,

00:43:55.999 --> 00:43:58.998
HEROES REMEMBERED
ON A GRAND SCALE.

00:43:58.999 --> 00:44:01.998
THERE IS NO SUCH TRIBUTE
TO MICHAEL ELLIS.

00:44:01.999 --> 00:44:03.917
IN FACT, THERE ARE FEW
REMAINING PHOTOGRAPHS

00:44:03.918 --> 00:44:09.998
OF THE YOUNG FATHER OF FOUR,
WHO DIED IN 1997 AT AGE 33.

00:44:09.999 --> 00:44:12.917
MICHAEL WASN\"T PERFECT.

00:44:12.918 --> 00:44:13.998
WHO AMONG US IS?

00:44:13.999 --> 00:44:16.374
YET HIS SMALL ACTS OF KINDNESS
TOUCHED PEOPLE

00:44:16.375 --> 00:44:19.999
IN THIS FISHTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD
AROUND BELGRADE STREET.

00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:23.208
ED AND LORETTA ELLISS
REMEMBER THEIR SON.

00:44:23.209 --> 00:44:26.999
THERE\"S A LOT OF GOOD MEMORIES
TO REMEMBER ABOUT MICHAEL.

00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:28.998
ASK THE NEIGHBORS AROUND HERE,

00:44:28.999 --> 00:44:34.458
THE NEIGHBORS WHO WANTED...
WHO WANTED THEIR DOOR FIXED,

00:44:34.459 --> 00:44:37.208
WHO WANTED SOMEONE
TO GO TO THE STORE FOR THEM,

00:44:37.209 --> 00:44:41.999
WHO WANTED THEM... SOMEONE
TO GO TAKE THEM SHOPPING.

00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:43.998
IT WAS ALWAYS MICHAEL.

00:44:43.999 --> 00:44:46.416
\"MICHAEL, WILL YOU HELP ME
WITH THIS?\"

00:44:46.417 --> 00:44:48.249
\"MICHAEL, CAN YOU FIX THIS?\"

00:44:48.250 --> 00:44:49.416
\"MICHAEL, CAN YOU DO THAT?\"

00:44:49.417 --> 00:44:52.998
AND MICHAEL WAS ALWAYS THERE
FOR ALL OF THEM.

00:44:52.999 --> 00:44:55.998
WHILE MICHAEL WAS POPULAR
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,

00:44:55.999 --> 00:44:58.249
ED KEPT TO HIS OWN BACK YARD.

00:44:58.250 --> 00:45:00.374
HE MADE IT HIS SANCTUARY.

00:45:00.375 --> 00:45:03.998
A RETIRED GROCER AND NAVY
RADARMAN FOR TWENTY YEARS,

00:45:03.999 --> 00:45:08.625
ED HAD LITTLE INTEREST IN HIS
NEIGHBORS OR THEY IN HIM.

00:45:08.626 --> 00:45:12.998
LIKE SO MUCH OF PHILADELPHIA,
AS FISHTOWN DETERIORATED,

00:45:12.999 --> 00:45:15.416
ED FOUND HIMSELF LIVING
ACROSS THE STREET

00:45:15.417 --> 00:45:17.708
FROM A HUGE ACRE OF RUBBLE.

00:45:17.709 --> 00:45:19.708
NIGHT DUMPERS
ADDED TO THE EYESORE,

00:45:19.709 --> 00:45:22.166
ILLEGALLY UNLOADING
OLD CAR PARTS AND JUNK

00:45:22.167 --> 00:45:24.917
UNDER THE PROTECTION
OF DARKNESS.

00:45:24.918 --> 00:45:27.082
I WORRIED ABOUT MY YARD
AND MY GARDEN.

00:45:27.083 --> 00:45:29.208
I DIDN\"T WORRY ABOUT
ACROSS THE STREET HERE

00:45:29.209 --> 00:45:31.666
BECAUSE I COULD CLOSE MY EYES.

00:45:31.667 --> 00:45:33.708
BUT ONE OF MY CHILDREN COULDN\"T.

00:45:33.709 --> 00:45:35.666
MICHAEL SAW THIS
UNOFFICIAL JUNKYARD

00:45:35.667 --> 00:45:38.998
AS PRIME REAL ESTATE
TO BUILD A PLAYGROUND.

00:45:38.999 --> 00:45:42.166
AND HE GRABBED HIS THREE SONS
AND BROUGHT THEM OVER HERE

00:45:42.167 --> 00:45:44.833
AND THE FOUR OF THEM GOT BUSY
CLEANING IF OFF

00:45:44.834 --> 00:45:46.082
WHILE I WAS WORKING ON MY YARD,

00:45:46.083 --> 00:45:50.249
AND THEY DID THAT FOR FOUR
OR FIVE WEEKENDS IN A ROW.

00:45:50.250 --> 00:45:53.999
AND THEN LIFE PLAYED
ONE OF ITS CRUEL TRICKS.

00:45:54.000 --> 00:45:59.998
HE GOT INVOLVED WITH DRUGS,
AND HE O.D.ed.

00:45:59.999 --> 00:46:02.998
IT\"S UNFORTUNATE,
BUT THEM THINGS HAPPEN.

00:46:02.999 --> 00:46:08.249
IT\"S THE BANE OF ALL SOCIETY
NOW, THAT DRUGS.

00:46:08.250 --> 00:46:12.500
I HAVE SEVEN SONS
AND TWO DAUGHTERS,

00:46:12.501 --> 00:46:15.082
SO I THINK THAT HE\"S MISSED
BY ALL OF THEM

00:46:15.083 --> 00:46:17.998
BECAUSE HE\"S...
HE\"S ALWAYS MENTIONED.

00:46:17.999 --> 00:46:20.998
AND, OF COURSE, HIS CHILDREN
LIVE CLOSE BY.

00:46:20.999 --> 00:46:22.998
HIS CHILDREN CAME
BEFORE HE DID,

00:46:22.999 --> 00:46:26.998
AND YES, IT CAME
BEFORE HIS DRUGS TOO.

00:46:26.999 --> 00:46:29.998
THAT WAS THE ONLY THING
THAT KEPT HIM ALIVE

00:46:29.999 --> 00:46:31.998
AS LONG AS IT DID,
WAS HIS KIDS.

00:46:31.999 --> 00:46:35.082
WITHOUT MICHAEL,
THE MIDNIGHT DUMPERS RETURNED.

00:46:35.083 --> 00:46:39.625
ALL TRACES OF MICHAEL\"S WORK
BEGAN TO DISAPPEAR,

00:46:39.626 --> 00:46:40.998
LIKE HE\"D NEVER EXISTED.

00:46:40.999 --> 00:46:43.666
SO ONE DAY I WAS SITTING
OVER THERE AND I THOUGHT,

00:46:43.667 --> 00:46:44.167
\"WELL, THE HELL WITH IT.

00:46:44.168 --> 00:46:46.998
I CAN\"T LET IT GO BACK
TO THE WAY IT WAS.\"

00:46:46.999 --> 00:46:49.998
SO I COME OVER HERE AND
I STARTED CLEANING IT OFF AGAIN.

00:46:49.999 --> 00:46:53.998
AND I DID THAT FOR ABOUT TWO
WEEKENDS AND NO... NO HELP.

00:46:53.999 --> 00:46:55.998
I WAS JUST DOING IT MYSELF.

00:46:55.999 --> 00:47:02.208
ED HAD NO MASTER PLAN, JUST
COMBAT SORROW WITH HARD WORK.

00:47:02.209 --> 00:47:02.999
OTHERS TOOK NOTICE.

00:47:03.000 --> 00:47:06.166
PAUL MALVEY COME DOWN THE
STREET, SEEN WHAT I WAS DOING,

00:47:06.167 --> 00:47:08.500
AND ASKED ME
IF I NEEDED SOME HELP.

00:47:08.501 --> 00:47:09.998
SO THEN I... \"SURE.\"

00:47:09.999 --> 00:47:13.208
AND HE SAID, \"WELL, I JUST
WANT TO CLEAN RIGHT NOW.\"

00:47:13.209 --> 00:47:14.791
AND HE STAYED WITH ME,

00:47:14.792 --> 00:47:18.041
AND WE BEGAN TO JUST CLEAN IT
AND KEEP IT CUT.

00:47:18.042 --> 00:47:21.998
AND THEN WE STARTED TALKING MORE
AS TIME WENT ON, AND HE SAID,

00:47:21.999 --> 00:47:25.708
\"YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE NICE
TO MAKE A GARDEN OUT OF THAT.\"

00:47:25.709 --> 00:47:27.166
WE CONTACTED PHILLY GREEN.

00:47:27.167 --> 00:47:29.998
PHILADELPHIA GREEN
OFFERED TO HELP,

00:47:29.999 --> 00:47:32.166
BUT WITH THAT ONE CATCH AGAIN.

00:47:32.167 --> 00:47:33.998
ED COULDN\"T DO IT ALONE.

00:47:33.999 --> 00:47:36.998
HE NEEDED THE CONSENT AND HELP
OF HIS NEIGHBORS.

00:47:36.999 --> 00:47:39.041
WELL, I DIDN\"T KNOW
MY NEIGHBORS.

00:47:39.042 --> 00:47:40.833
I DIDN\"T KNOW ANYBODY.

00:47:40.834 --> 00:47:41.998
I ONLY LIVED HERE.

00:47:41.999 --> 00:47:45.416
AND NOW I KNOCKED ON DOORS,
TOLD THEM WHAT I WAS DOING,

00:47:45.417 --> 00:47:48.998
WHY I WAS DOING IT AND HOW
PHILADELPHIA GREEN WAS INVOLVED

00:47:48.999 --> 00:47:52.249
AND WHAT WE HOPED TO DO
AND WOULD THEY COME.

00:47:52.250 --> 00:47:55.998
AND \"WE\"LL MEET TOGETHER IN THE
BACKYARD\" IS THE WAY I PUT IT.

00:47:55.999 --> 00:48:00.458
WE HAD MEETINGS OVER IN HIS
YARD, AND THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES

00:48:00.459 --> 00:48:02.998
DESIGNED WHAT THEY WANTED
TO SEE HERE.

00:48:02.999 --> 00:48:05.082
TWO YEARS AND MANY CUPS
OF LEMONADE LATER

00:48:05.083 --> 00:48:09.998
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.

00:48:15.042 --> 00:48:15.999
ED?

00:48:16.000 --> 00:48:17.875
WELL, HE\"S BLOSSOMED TOO.

00:48:17.876 --> 00:48:21.708
ALL RIGHT NOW,
WHAT\"S YOUR PROBLEM?

00:48:21.709 --> 00:48:22.998
RIGHT, CHILDREN?
YES!

00:48:22.999 --> 00:48:28.998
EVERYBODY LOVES MR. ED
AND HIS DUCKS AND ROOSTERS

00:48:28.999 --> 00:48:31.998
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

00:48:35.999 --> 00:48:39.998
AND HAVE LITTLE PICNICS,
AND WE DON\"T HAVE TO GO TOO FAR.

00:48:39.999 --> 00:48:41.583
IT\"S GREAT.
IT\"S WONDERFUL.

00:48:41.584 --> 00:48:44.833
ED RELIES ON YANKEE INGENUITY
TO PAY FOR THE PLANTS

00:48:44.834 --> 00:48:47.625
AND SUPPLIES NEEDED
TO MAINTAIN THE PARK.

00:48:47.626 --> 00:48:49.791
THE NEIGHBORS GIVE ME
ALUMINUM CANS,

00:48:49.792 --> 00:48:54.833
WHICH I TAKE AROUND TO SELL
THEM, AND AT 38 CENTS A POUND...

00:48:54.834 --> 00:48:57.625
AT TIMES WHEN THE MONEY\"S REAL
GOOD, ALL RIGHT?...

00:48:57.626 --> 00:49:01.998
AT 38 CENTS A POUND, IT AIN\"T
LONG BEFORE YOU GOT $30, $40

00:49:01.999 --> 00:49:04.917
TO WHICH YOU CAN GO
DO SOMETHING WITH.

00:49:04.918 --> 00:49:10.374
YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO GET
AROUND THE COST, ALL RIGHT?

00:49:10.375 --> 00:49:12.374
SOMEBODY WILL ALWAYS COME UP

00:49:12.375 --> 00:49:15.625
WITH SOME WAY
TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

00:49:15.626 --> 00:49:20.208
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.

00:49:24.792 --> 00:49:25.998
AND THIS IS WHAT HE DID.

00:49:25.999 --> 00:49:28.875
JUST LAST WEEK HE WAS SITTING
THERE ON HIS CHAIR,

00:49:28.876 --> 00:49:30.998
TIRED OF LOOKING AT GRAFFITI
ON HIS WALL.

00:49:30.999 --> 00:49:33.998
HE SAID, \"TO HECK WITH\"...
THAT AIN\"T HIS WALL.

00:49:33.999 --> 00:49:35.998
HE SAID,
\"TO HECK WITH WHAT THEY THINK.\"

00:49:35.999 --> 00:49:38.041
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.

00:49:52.209 --> 00:49:53.708
I\"D PROBABLY BE DEAD.

00:49:53.709 --> 00:49:55.208
I DON\"T DO ANYTHING ELSE
BUT THIS.

00:49:55.209 --> 00:49:58.998
I GET UP IN THE MORNING, I COME
OVER HERE, AND I SPEND MY DAY.

00:49:58.999 --> 00:50:01.500
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?

00:50:07.999 --> 00:50:08.999
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

00:50:55.167 --> 00:50:57.041
TO THE WAY... DEPENDING ON...

00:50:57.042 --> 00:51:01.166
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
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00:53:41.292 --> 00:53:43.666
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MAJOR FUNDING
FOREDENS LOST & FOUND

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WAS 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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WE ARE PBS.