Monthly Archives: September 2008

Rise Up With Fists

Ask Stewart Ebersole four times why he runs around Philadelphia tacking painted plywood fists on abandoned buildings and construction sites, and you’ll get at least five answers. He says it’s to liven up the city, make a statement about urban blight, create a scavenger hunt and just say what’s obviously said by blanketing the city [...]

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They Said, He Said

By Aug. 22, the protestors had been camped outside of Philadelphia Nursing Home for five days. Most of them were paraplegic and confined to electric wheelchairs, and the only two tents were occupied by the able-bodied, so when the chanting and slogan-shouting ended at around 7 or 8 p.m. each night, they would simply recline [...]

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