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jea25 t1_j5qggz0 wrote

Reply to comment by ConfiaEnElProceso in Former Philly Mayor John Street endorses Rebecca Rhynhart by ConfiaEnElProceso

Google Neighborhood Transformation Initiative. He certainly wasn’t perfect, but he did a lot to clean up vacant lots and raze abandoned houses.

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tsarstruck t1_j5rf49o wrote

NTI was a collosal waste of money.

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katecrime t1_j5tb7al wrote

Only a person who never spent any time in North Philly in the early 2000s could say that.

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ForwardPress t1_j5tv49y wrote

Correct. Ridge on the Rise and the maintenance of vacant lots was awesome but they eventually took the money being used for it and gave it back via tax breaks for Comcast and others and bloated bad faith contracts by the FOP.

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AbsentEmpire t1_j5v1rx9 wrote

You couldn't be more wrong if you tried. It was a very successful program and was widely popular with residents in the most disinvested neighborhoods of the city.

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