Eastwick: An environmental ‘sore’ that may be healing
More than 50 years ago, Philadelphia tried to remake the Eastwick neighborhood and failed. Now the city is trying to fix it. What will it take to correct past mistakes?
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More than 50 years ago, Philadelphia tried to remake the Eastwick neighborhood. By all measures, it failed. Catalina Jaramillo, a reporter with WHYY’s PlanPhilly, explains why it’s taken so long for the city to try to fix it.
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