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JUNE 23, 2011
Splash on Passyunk
Following its most recent makeover, a water-flowing East Passyunk focal point will be celebrated tonight. Amanda L. Snyder Review Managing Editor
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reviously the Singing Fountain at East Passyunk Avenue and 11th and Tasker streets was nice to view, but was not a place where residents and visitors would congregate since the iron fence cut off access to the centerpiece and no benches were available on the strip of land in the midst of the busy avenue. But with Passyunk Avenue Revitalization Corp.’s recent renovations such as tearing down the fence and adding amenities such as benches, a chess table and lighting, the centerpiece has attracted more residents than before. The revamped fountain will be rededicated 8 tonight in See SINGING FOUNTAIN page 12
Sports
After the South of South Neighborhood Association raised the needed funds for two BigBelly trash cans, the City’s Streets Department installed the receptacles at 23rd and Christian streets and 18th and Catharine streets two months ago. P h o t o P r o v i d e d b y R ya n D o n n e l l
Reducing waste Big night for the big men Three athletes are hoping to hear their names called during tonight’s NBA Draft. By Bill Gelman.............Page 32
A South of South civic has implemented solar-powered compact waste units to reduce litter on a larger scale. By Alexis Abate Review Contributor
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s pieces of paper and plastic bottles blow down the street with a gust of wind, it’s no wonder trash and litter have become two major neighborhood concerns. With an increase in recycling and the implementation of single
streaming, improvements have been made, but more may be needed. When residents in the South of South Neighborhood Association catchment area, which spans the area from South Street to Washington Avenue and west of Broad Street, were surveyed last year, a vast percentage identified trash and litter as two challenges with about 70 percent
requesting more trash and recycling receptacles, so the association has been hard at work developing a solution for these problems and granting that request. So far, three BigBelly solar waste units have been installed with one each at 19th and Christian streets, 23rd and Christian See BIGBELLY page 8