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.
I voted because I feel that the country is going in a direction that I think could be better. I am hoping that my vote today will change that aspect of things.
What presidential platform policies or issues are most important to you?
I am hoping to see policies that encourage people to embrace each other no matter what race or ethnicity. I feel like we’ve been divided during the last few years and my vote and others’ votes matter because we need to bring unity back. Unity in the country has been out of sync. A policy should be put in effect to slowly but surely bring that [unity] back.
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.
