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1.) Buchanico, C. (2013). Interview on neighborhood quality.

This source was the interview that I had with my mother. In this interview we covered various points about how she’s seen that the neighborhood has changed over the course of her 15 years living here. Seeing as she stays in the neighborhood much more than my father, I asked her about how the house has stood the test of time and if she’s seen any significant changes in the housing and town quality over the course of this time period. She told me that the changes that she saw weren’t anything too big, but the water systems in the houses had been falling apart, and that the only thing that had happened to the houses were some slightly bad things such as small cracks and some inside parts of the house such as minor water damage in certain portions of the house.

2.) Buchanico, A. (2013). Interview on street condition.

This was the interview that I had with my dad. I realized that since my dad travels about more, he could be able to tell me how Philadelphia was in comparison to other neighborhoods. He also is a police officer so e gets a lot of driving done. I used this to my advantage to see about the street conditions and tell me about the changes and transitions between neighborhoods and how the neighborhoods look. He began telling me about how as he’s been driving more, he doesn’t really see back roads and actual neighborhood streets being repaired too commonly. He told me that the transitions to some neighborhoods are subtle, but some are pretty big, going from small broken down houses to grand houses tat have been around for hundred of years. He says that he thinks it has to do with the people living in those areas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.) Money, Kate. "Is Philadelphia the new Brooklyn."brokelyn. N.p.. Web. 16 Feb 2013. <http://brokelyn.com/brooklyn-vs-philadelphia/>.

 

This link is discussing how Philadelphia is a cheaper Brooklyn, and states the pluses and downsides about moving to Philadelphia after being in Manhattan. Although a good portion of this isn’t obviously relevant, it does show some good points. 1 being that the monthly cost to live in Philly is significantly cheaper than many other places. You also cannot find a job here, as the unemployment rate is sadly large. Another semi-relevant has to do with the section known, as “you are more likely to get murdered in Philly.” Murder and other serious crimes can be a good cause of neglect in a neighborhood. These can spark signal crimes such as tagging and doing damage to windows and other parts of housing. One of these happening at a time may not seem like a big deal as the window can just be fixed. However, if these are to constantly happen, then some things just won’t be stopped so soon.

 

 

4.) . "Neighborhood Transformation Initiative." GoogleDocs. Neighborhood Transformation Initiative. Web. 16 Feb 2013. <https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.phila.gov/ohcd/conplan31/strategy.pdf>.

 

This link is a Google doc by the neighborhood transformation initiative. It states part of what we are saying which is that the state of Philadelphia’s housing was and still is in decline. Low-income communities contribute to inability for repair in these neighborhoods. The main point of this document seems like it’s talking about using a planning idea for the most part. Which isn’t exactly largely helpful in discussing our point, but if we were to discuss the solution at this point it is without a doubt necessary to have planning included in your steps, as it’s necessary for basically any process of recovery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.) L. Kelling, George. "Broken Windows." Theatlantic. Theatlantic. Web. 19 Feb 2013. <http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1982/03/broken-windows/304465/

 

The broken window theory is a story that states signal crimes and other small factors contribute to the decline of a civilization. And it also discusses how to at least give off a better and safer look for a town. This article specifically describes New Jersey’s attempt at a nice neighborhood program by stationing foot patrol units all around the town to give people the feeling of safety and hopefully helping to lower the crime rate. While the cops did not like this, as it was more difficult to get around and signal other police due to lack of transportation and technology in the car, people felt safer. Crime rates didn’t change, but due to something known as order-maintenance, people were able to feel like they were being cared for much more.