Originally Posted by damonabnormal

industrial work went overseas... despair replaced work and drugs filled in after that and most of N Philly sank while the industrialists made yet more money overseas. sad sad sad. think of all that used to be made between baltimore and nyc up until the 70's, and where is it all made today? why, cheap labor and no enviromental laws. we kinda shot ourselves in the foot in this country it would seem, in the exact same way the industrial might of the world left the UK for here in the mid 1800's. (and left the UK a mess for years) i watched a film on this area that detailed the city from the mid 1800's to the 1950's the other night and it was amazing what used to be built here and how the city looked then.

Originally Posted by pdc

i know i didnt live in kensington during the glory years, i was born in 81 and lived there till the early 90's. my whole familys from kensington, i use to live at A and westmoreland and my cousins use to live around the corner on ella st. i loved growing up there, me and my dad would go on walks all around the neighborhood, up on the tracks and up to lighthouse. my grandmom would always take me to front st and we would go shopping. i went to st Hughs up till the 4th grade and i loved it. my dad would take like the whole block of kids to juniata park and we thought it was like going to the country. we would go sledding down big bash. does anyone remember bill and joes,it was on ontario st,that was a great corner store. i had a great childhood in kensington, too bad there aint neighborhoods like that anymore