West Philadelphia Broadside, August 22, 1970

[Philadelphia: West Philadelphia Broadside], 1970. A one-off publication by the East Powelton Concerned Residents, one of the community groups most actively opposed to the West Phila. Corp.'s development plans around Drexel and Penn. Includes a long profile of the West Philadelphia Corporation, on an injunction prohibiting the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority from demolishing any buildings related to the expansion, an article reprinted from the Distant Drummer on FBI involvement in the dispute, and other brief community organizing tidbits.

Tabloid format printed on newsprint, 4 p., illus. Fine. One copy in OCLC at UPenn., although we note copies in Emory's Black Print Culture Collection and at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Item #07622

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