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Submitted by Michael McAteer on Sun, 01/25/2009 - 9:19pm
After years of requests, the state is preparing to close the prison. Activists see that as not only an opportunity to redevelop a 17-acre tract of prime riverfront land with its view of the Philadelphia skyline, but as the catalyst for the rebirth of the original neighborhood in a city that consistently ranks as one of the nation's poorest and most crime-ridden.
The Story:
http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200990124004
Related Story..
http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009901230348
Pictures of neighborhood around Camden, NJ's Riverfront State Prison:
http://www.camdennewjersey.org/Camden,%20NJ%20Riverfront%20Prison%20Neig...
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