After seeing the redesign plans for McPherson Square Park and Library, residents asked for more shade, and requested the library stay open during construction.
Backpack season is underway! We’ve got lots of places for you to scoop up new school supplies before classes start – plus a few opportunities to get wet and cool off on hot days.
McPherson Square Library, which has been closed since June 21st due to a broken air conditioning system, may reopen by next Tuesday in time for a meeting with the City of Philadelphia’s Rebuild program.
Age: 18 Neighborhood: Kensington Occupation: La Salle University student
Why are you voting?
I just feel like Trump has done nothing but divide this country. Hopefully, Joe Biden will bring us all together again.
What presidential platform policies or issues are most important to you?
I don’t like the way [President Trump] handled the pandemic. He downplayed it. My dad’s a little older, and it’s hard for him to go out in public when half of the people feel like they don’t need to wear masks. There’s better ways [Trump] could have handled it.
Jillian Bauer-Reese is an educator, journalist, and social worker. She leads Kensington Voice and teaches at Temple University, where she studies media harm reduction practices in stigmatized communities.
During Tuesday’s primary, the 7th and 33rd Wards, which include Fairhill, Harrowgate, and Kensington, remained the two wards with the lowest voter turnout in Philadelphia.
