September 22, 2024
News
by Alex Lloyd Gross Dec 13, 2022 Over the weekend a judge ruled that the city of Philadelphia was wrong to put a wooden box around the Christopher Columbus statue that stood unmolested on Marconi Place, on Broad Street, in South Philadelphia. For decades, since the statue was installed and erected at that location, no…
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Opinion
by Alex Lloyd Gross OPINION OPNION OPINION OPINION June 2020 thousands of people from out of town came to Philadelphia to protest for black lives matter and George Floyd. By the middle of the month, a rambunctious group of mostly out of towners converged in South Philadelphia. The wanted the statue of Christopher Columbus…
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Community
by Alex Lloyd Gross The majority of South Philly residents have no problem with the Columbus statue that sits in Marconi Park. Not all of them, but most of them want it to stay right where it is. Less than one month after center city was destroyed by riots, protesters set their sights on police…
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Community
by Alex Lloyd Gross There are two sides to the issue of the Christopher Columbus Statue which is at Marconi Park, 2800 S. Broad Street. Some people say leave it alone. It was a gift to the city from the 1492 Association. They say it is history. Some of those people protected the statue with…
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Crime
by Alex Lloyd Gross As Photographer Roger Barone was working last week during a large but peaceful Black Lives Matter protest, he was walking home. On his way home, he found interesting things or people and he photographed them. When you walk outside, no matter what kind of a day you are having, you automatically…
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