Dilapidated rowhomes. Raised foundations. Front stoops. Mostly two story homes with dormers. Three story home on left. Transom windows over front doors. Bilco doors in center. Three men work in dirt as woman looks on from doorstep. Utility poles...
A row of houses with white trim on roofs, awnings, windows and white doors. Two sets of steps lead to front doors. Slanted grassy area with small bushes atop at front of each house. A pole on sidewalk on far left.
Row of houses on a street. Houses on left have steps leading up to porches; houses on right, steps lead to doors. Houses on right have glass front doors and windows on lower level. Second level of all houses have box design under set of three...
A car parked at a curb on a snow covered street. Row of houses with white doors and white trim around windows. Two set of steps lead to front doors. bushes lined against fronts of houses; snow on lawns and sidewalks. Snow in foreground.
View of structure with wood wall, doors and wainscoting. Brick floor; scratches on wainscoting on right; Doors of two units open showing dilapidated wood with debris and trash inside; first unit has trash under door, lock intact on latch.
Richard Watson (March 24, 1946- ), a North Carolina transplant, spent his formative years in North Philadelphia just a few blocks south of Columbia Avenue. Mr. Watson recalls his experiences living in the city at a time when neighborhood gangs were...
