Voices of Kensington: Vanishing Mills, Vanishing Neighborhoods

by Jean Seder

Book Overview

The Kensington residents (of the textile manufacturing area of Philadelphia) sketch a remarkable picture of the rigors and joys of life in an industrial community. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0939009374
• ISBN13: 9780939009374
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: EPM Publications
• Length: 93 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

You will never forget the Voices of Kensington

This book is composed of the unforgettable stories of Kensington residents. Their experiences are told first hand, in the words of the Kensingtonians themselves. The stories and corresponding photographs take you back to their world and their way of life. Anyone interested in the history of Philadelphia should read this book. Kensington was once a vibrant working class neighborhood. Its factories once led the world in textiles and shipmaking. Now Kensington filled with abandoned homes and warehouses and characterzed by crime, poverty and racial hatred. What happened?!? Read this book and hear the stories of the people of Kensington.