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Where was Skid Row in Philadelphia? ›

This area was essentially obliterated by highway construction starting in the 1970s. Today, the area most often referred to as Philadelphia's modern-day skid row is in the Kensington neighborhood, along Kensington Avenue near the intersections of Somerset Street and Allegheny Avenue.

Port Richmond is a neighborhood in the River Wards section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is notable for its extremely large Polish immigrant and Polish American community, and it has been known as the Little Poland of Philadelphia.

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Kensington has been a long-troubled area of Philadelphia as homelessness and drug use run rampant. One of the most dangerous drugs being used in the neighborhood is xylazine, an animal tranquilizer that turns fentanyl addicts into “zombies.”

The video looks like a scene from an apocalyptic movie – dozens of disheveled people shivering in the middle of a winter night as they camp out around a trash bin on fire among a street strewn with litter. But the footage isn't a Hollywood production but a candid snapshot of Kensington Avenue in northeast Philadelphia.

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Philadelphia's first two sister cities were Florence, Italy, and Tel Aviv, Israel. They now include: Torun, Poland; Tianjin, China; Incheon, Korea; Douala, Cameroon; Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; Kobe, Japan; Aix-en-Provence, France; Abruzzo, Italy; and Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

PAX is a show for all-ages and we flag certain things in the schedule as 13+.

Is PAX still a thing? ›

PAX is a celebration of gaming and gaming culture that takes place annually in Boston, Seattle, Melbourne, and Philadelphia.

It is held annually in Philadelphia, Boston, and Seattle in the United States, and in Melbourne in Australia. PAX Unplugged is the analog-focused extension of the PAX event portfolio that features tabletop gaming, and is held in Philadelphia.

Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. The December solstice (winter solstice) in Philadelphia is at 4:20 am on Saturday, December 21, 2024. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 41 minutes shorter than the June solstice. In most locations north of the equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.

The summer solstice usually falls between June 20 and 22 each year. This year, the solstice will occur on June 20 at 4:51 p.m. ET.

Civil twilight is a scientific term, and we define it as “the period after sunset or before sunrise ending or beginning when the sun is about 6 degrees below the horizon and during which on clear days there is enough light for ordinary outdoor occupations.” Some sources claim that the word was coined by the Swiss ...

Zombieland is the entirety of Kensington Ave. —a place visually depicted as consisting of poverty, trash and dirt. It is a meme to play upon the stereotypical fears of white and Black coexistence in urban spaces so often reproduced in mass media.

Zoom in: Center City, 30th Street Station, and the Philadelphia International Airport are among the places most impacted by homelessness in the city. Of note: Where homelessness appears throughout the city can depend on the weather.

The rock legends were loose and lively in front of a densely packed crowd at Lincoln Financial Field last night. Founding members Mick Jagger and Keith Richards mixed it up with longtime guitarist Ronnie Wood, laughing and leaping atop one another around the expansive stage.

The band used the Royal Recorders studio in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin with producer Michael Wagener to record its debut album. The unpretentious studio was in the back end of a hotel, where the band stayed. Skid Row worked according to a schedule made by Wagener and stayed "dry" while recording.