Philadelphia Weekly: Hunting Park Bounces Back

Philadelphia Weekly: Hunting Park Bounces Back

Tara Murtha tells the story of the struggling North Philadelphia neighborhood, how it has fallen victim to rampant drugs and crime since the 1980s, and how new citizen energy and a $20 million master plan for its 87-acre green oasis is helping to turn Hunting Park’s future around.

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