An unusable bathroom in the basement of Cecil B. Moore Rec. Center in Strawberry Mansion.
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Ronald Lewis, president of the advisory council for Cecil B. Moore points out water damage on the ceiling of the rec. center.
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Ronald Lewis, president of the advisory council at Cecil B. Moore Rec. Center, shows an example of the bumps and bulges in the center's basketball court.
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Damaged fencing at Cecil B. Moore Rec. Center in Strawberry Mansion.
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Ronald Lewis, president of the Cecil B. Moore Advisory Council, points out where plaster is falling into a basement gym at the rec. center.
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Ronald Lewis, president of the Cecil B. Moore Advisory Council, points out the crumbling facade of an unusable bathroom in the basement at the rec. center.
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A toy train art project found left in an unused basement room at the Cecil B. Moore Recreation Center. Many rooms at the rec center have been shuttered due to neglect and lack of funding.
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This is the schedule of events for a week that are held for children at Cecil B. Moore Rec. Center in Strawberry Mansion. There are community events held here nearly daily.
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A Water Department folding barricade tucking into a hole in the concrete on the unusable tennis courts at West Mill Creek Rec. Center in West Philadelphia.
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Denise Carey, who leads activity programs at West Mill Creek, points out cracks where the wall is separating from the roof. Here, she said, the roof leaks and it has damaged computer equipment at the center.
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Denise Carey, who leads activities at West Mill Creek, displays the bucket used to catch drainage under the sink in the kitchen.
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Locals said this tree is damaging a retaining wall at the basketball courts at West Mill Creek Rec. Center.
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Another example of the damage to the retaining wall at West Mill Creek's basketball courts.
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The pathway through Tacony Creek Park in Juniata shows graffiti damage, while the overpass in the distance is a frequent destination for illegal trash dumpers.
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Graffiti under the overpass at Tacony Creek Park.
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Robin Irizarry, Philadelphia Watershed Coordinator for the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Inc., stands in the large field that a variety of wildlife call home at Tacony Creek Park
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Graffiti mars the playground equipment at McVeigh Park and Rec. Center in Kensington.
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Another example of graffiti at McVeigh Parks and Rec. Center.
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The playground at McVeigh Park and Rec. Center in Kensington is damaged, with torn and destroyed matting and equipment covered in graffiti.
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An example of the graffiti covering the playground at McVeigh.
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An example of the graffiti on the playground at Max Myers Rec. Center in Castor Gardens.
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For the past two years, Angela Smith, 12, has been trying to get the playground at Max Myers playground revitalized. Here, she points out holes in the safety matting under the playground equipment.
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Angela Smith, 12, stands in a divot in the safety matting at the playground at Max Myers rec. center, to show how deeply the matting is damaged.
