The final installment of Scribe Video Center’s Precious Places Community History Project airs this Sunday on TV12 at 11:30pm. The programs this week examine ”death by development” and the memory of those buried in a long popular cemetery.
Petty’s Island: A Sacred Part of America’s Story by Camden City African American Commission. Visible (to the North) from the Benjamin [...]
This week’s episode of Scribe Video Center’s Precious Places Community History Project focuses on the unique histories of three area communities. The program airs at 11:30pm Sunday on TV12.
In The Industrial Past by the Cardinal Bevilacqua Community Center, residents at the crossroads of Kensington and Lehigh neighborhoods reflect on history of the area and its [...]
Each Sunday at 11:30pm on TV12, WHYY airs three short documentaries from Scribe Video Center’s Precious Places Community History Project. This week: how seeds grow.
Las Parcelas by Norris Square Neighborhood Project. Once a vacant lot on Palethorp Street, this is now a lush urban garden. A dedicated group of North Philadelphia women plant seeds literally and figuratively. [...]
Three short documentaries, part of Scribe Video Center’s Precious Places Community History Project air each Sunday at 11:30pm on TV12. This week, the series addresses the importance of communities at peace.
Nuestra Voz, Nuestra Perspectiva: Zona Caribe Youth Share Their Precious Place by Hispanic Association of Contractors and Entrepreneurs. Young residents created this documentary about the preservation and [...]
Scribe Video Center’s Precious Places Community History Project continues this Sunday at 11:30pm on TV12. The episodes this week examine communities facilitating change.
From the Del to the El: a Neighborhood Evolving by New Kensington Community Development Corporation. This story of the Fishtown-Kensington evolution is told through the story of four churches: St. Michael’s Roman Catholic, East [...]
Scribe Video Center’s Precious Places Community History Project airs every Sunday on TV12 at 11:30pm. The documentaries this week look at the unique histories of three area communities, and how their past defines their present.
Parkside: A Camden Neighborhood by Jewish Camden Partnership and The Parkside Business and Community. Two groups inhabited this community over the past century. In [...]
The week’s TV12 installment of Scribe Video Center’s Precious Places Community History Project airs on Sundays at 11:30pm. We look at complex transformations as two neighborhoods taking back their green spaces, and another community that seems to be in a constant state of adaptation.
Fair Hill: To Badlands and Back Again by Fair Hill Cemetery. The [...]
This week’s installment of Scribe Video Center’s Precious Places Community History Project airs Sunday November 11th at 11:30pm on TV 12. We’ll explore two communities threated by eminent domain, and one that lost its social center.
Pride of the Hill by Cramer Hill Residents Association. This stable, working class North Camden community is slated to be bulldozed. Lifelong residents talk about [...]
The upcoming installment of Scribe Video Center’s Precious Places Community History Project airs on TV-12 at 11:30pm on Sunday November 4th. This week’s episodes focus on Philadelphia’s international roots.
Villa African Colobo by Grupo Motivos. Grupo Motivos is an organization of women of Puerto Rican ancestry who have transformed the landscape of North Philadelphia. Villa African [...]
The next episode of Scribe Video Center’s Precious Places series airs Sunday October 28th at 11:30pm on TV12. This week, we explore three neighborhoods in transition.
Rising on the Hill by Audenried Beacon Center. On the eve of the demolition of the Tasker Homes and the Audenried School, South Philadelphia students discuss their community, trying to understand why their school will [...]
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