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WASHINGTON, DC | December 1, 2022 — The American Council for Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), Elevate, Emerald Cities Collaborative, and HR&A
A New View preview: A look at large art installations in Camden CAMDEN — Commuters look out the windows as the PATCO Hi-Speedline trains rumble past a dead-end lot on Pershing Street in Camden's Whitman Park neighborhood. Usually, there's not much to see: Lines of rowhouses. One or two abandoned, boarded-up properties. A few cars. Some trash, dumped illegally. A giant black panther. Wait. It was. It is. "Invincible Cat," by husband-and-wife artists Don Kennell and Lisa Adler, is 15,000 pounds of what used to be car hoods (56 of them, to be exact). And it's keeping watch on this vacant ...
Contemplating mural, Camden neighborhood asks: Who are we? "It will also be a 'Welcome home' to you." On a virtual meeting with about a dozen or so residents of the neighborhood and the city, Chandler, a community events manager with Cooper's Ferry Partnership, asked residents to discuss what makes Cramer Hill home, and how they wanted to be represented. Artist Roberto Morales, who was born and raised in Cramer Hill and still lives there, would create the mural based on that input. It would be painted in the spring, Chandler said, with the site currently under discussion. The mural will be f...
Around 97% of Camden residents have access to a park, but only 70% report using the city’s parks at least once a month. Camden leaders hope to change that in 30 years’ time.