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A local block wins a citywide contest and earns an environmental makeover in the process. By Joseph Myers r e v i e w s ta f f w r i t e r
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ost South Philadelphians know and appreciate the fact that they live in a culturally hip area. Courtesy of Terry Jack and the residents of the 1200 block of Wolf Street, they also will soon know how environmentally cool their region is. Mayor Michael Nutter declared the Lower Moyamensing block the winner of the RetroFIT Philly “Coolest Block” contest May 13 and personally informed Jack two days prior. “His message was so cordial,” Jack said See COOLEST BLOCK page 11
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Constitution High School junior Dominiq Gilyard snapped pictures of South Philly including, “Urban Industry,” bottom, which was matched up with “Polluted Living,” taken by Bismillah Alizada, a student from Afghanistan. Both images are part of an exhibit at the National Constitution Center and the National Museum of Afghanistan
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Two local teens photographed their communities as a part of an international exhibit now on display at the National Constitution Center and in Afghanistan.
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By Amanda L. Snyder R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
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ong before meeting his peers from Afghanistan, Dominiq Gilyard had desired to become an Army general to protect his family and friends, but that recent encounter has added inspiration. “I also want to protect other countries that desire freedom, justice and liberty,” he said. “They want a government that is fair and not oppressive.”
The 18-year-old junior at Constitution High School, 18 S. Seventh St., had an opportunity to meet 10 Afghan students — whom he and his classmates now keep in touch with via Facebook — and their principal through a National Constitution Center project that matched his school with Marefat High School in Kabul, Afghanistan. The exhibit opened at the center, as well as the National Museum of Afghanistan Friday. “It’s still a little bit surreal that it’s all in
place and in tact,” Jeff Stern, international engagement manager for the Constitution Center, who returned from Afghanistan last week, said. The exhibit, “Being ‘We the People’: Afghanistan, America and the Minority Imprint,” which runs through Sept. 26, features 70 photographs taken by students from both schools focusing on themes such as citizenship, freedom and See EXHIBIT page 13