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Icepack
-A.D. Amorosi

August 29-September 4, 2002

naked city

Border Lines

Another in a series on the look and texture of Philadelphia neighborhoods.

Where: Called the Loft District by its residents, this neighborhood stretches from Broad Street to 10th Street, and from Vine Street to Spring Garden Street.

Who lives there: Young professionals are rapidly moving in as more space is converted to expensive lofts.

What it looks like: Old factories converted or in the process of being converted to lofts, mixed in with still-abandoned sites.

—Kass Mencher

Leslie Rockstein at the community garden at Hamilton and Ridge. The view from the window of Jany's a cafe at 12th and Wood, recently renovated due to changes in the neighborhood.
The intersection of Ridge Road and Buttonwood Street. Legend has it that this is the spot where Benjamin Franklin flew his kite during a lightning storm on June 15, 1752. 1000 block of Ridge Avenue.