http://www.gunstoplowshares.com/blog Merging art form and urban functionality in Kensington, Philadelphia Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:03:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en June 20th, 2007 a seven alarm arson destroyed a city owned 20,000 square foot warehouse and the entire 3200 block of H Street homes in the Kensington section of Philadelphia.  View the video below: Two years later, the persistence of a small community of neighbors with the help of thousands of ... http://www.gunstoplowshares.com/blog/archives/9 Looking out my window, directly across Westmorelnad Street, I can see into the window of my friends at The Simple Way. That's what I think first. My second thought is, "Look at all this concrete and metal." I grew up in West Central Florida fifteen minutes ... http://www.gunstoplowshares.com/blog/archives/8 Over the past 10 years, The Simple Way Community has been trying to reclaim abandoned spaces and trash-strewn lots here in our neighborhood.  There are two lots on the 3200 block here on Potter Street that have formerly been scars on our community as they accumulate trash, dead animals, needles ... http://www.gunstoplowshares.com/blog/archives/4 Here's an article from NY Times writer Suzanne Daley on another method of turning guns to plowshares: by trading them for plowshares & bicycles! Link to article: "In Mozambique, Guns for Plowshares and Bicycles" http://www.gunstoplowshares.com/blog/archives/7 Here are some photos I took of the Guns to Plowshares sculpture in Washington DC. http://www.gunstoplowshares.com/blog/archives/5 Here are photos of the garden. Dimensions and such forthcoming: http://www.gunstoplowshares.com/blog/archives/3 This site documents the ongoing process of artists & designers striving to merge an art form with an urban functionality.   The members & neighbors of The Simple Way Community’s Potter Street House in Kensington Philadelphia are in need of fences for an abandoned lot turned urban garden and a ... http://www.gunstoplowshares.com/blog/archives/1