Homeless camps move around. Drug addiction is always going to be there. But you're right she's giving it a shot. At least maybe it won't be as bad as it was let's pray
Al’s Toggery was a men’s clothing store, Father and Sons was a shoe store. Kresge’s and Woolworth’s were 2 different stores known as ‘5&10’ stores. The original name of Four Sons pizza was indeed Father and Sons until the dad died and the four sons continued the business and changed the name (another outlet was down on Front Street).
That’s crazy! Where they all went because there was so many of them and now their is hardly anyone. Imagine living around there and u can’t even go downstairs to the store without seeing all of that, it’s scary.
I went to Pharmacy school in West Philly before I went on to get my Master's and PhD. in Chemical Engineering and I have never seen Philly so clean. I remember what it was right before the huge cleanup. I remember when I would visit friends that lived down there and people would run up to your car and you had to keep your windows up or someone would throw something in and then say you owed them money. Scary times. I believe you were talking about those times. I had a couple friends who were undercover cops back then . They were scarier than anyone I could think of....lol
@@_Dennis2Society215 It's all a sham to steal our "Golden Cities" and History. All these people got scholarships from the UN and associated fronts, Now they are called to pay back. Pay Back for them is maintain Calm while they destroy , and take over a city. When It looks worse, a few more fires etc, BLACKROCK is going to buy whole blocks for $1 million..Then they will build 5000 apartments on that block, and Rent will be $1000 for a studio..BUT , you must sign up to a climate pledge , and become a UN WORLD CITIZEN and deny US Citizenship. Take any Vx they say, Shut off money for speech, NO GUNS..No Car. Rent an E Bike, But only for the 15 min zone.. This is DUE by 2030..They are in Express mode.. The Gvt of Philly signed the Agreement with the UN , If not done by 2030, They are going to be in trouble.
I just walked by there one hour ago and it's quite cleaner than just a week ago. I even saw myself standing on the 60 bus stop corner and waved at the camera the cops have next to Esperanza medical center and it's live RUclips free video feed.@@Flap_Dzack
Where are the people? My belief is that poverty and addiction just migrates to another area. So let’s make bets if they move to west Philly or Mayfair.
But its pushed the addicted deeper into the neighborhood...my street has a large corner property and they been trying to set up a tent and campfire for a week prior to cleanup Me and my man and neighbors wont allow it and keep chasing them
I think the next step is when we see some sort of festival in that very area. I'm not talking about that Derby thingy. I mean something in this exact spot with craft vendors and music and food trucks and such.
I'm confused, when they did the clean up during winter the authorities said there were 5,5000 homeless in the Kensington area, so where have they disappeared them to?? Summer is here, all it takes is one 90 degree in the shade type weather and they will all return!!!! These people are down and out, they will return to what they know and the drug dealers know this. 🙏 Prayers for your city and the families that have to deal with this on a daily basis.
Thanks for the update. I'll keep praying for mayor parker and her administration. She's showing signs that she'll end up being one of the very best mayors Philly has ever had. And I agree about Kenney. Who has to be the worst mayor Philadelphia has ever had. That man has much blood on his hands. Thanks for giving us some of the history of Kensington, from way back. God bless. Stay safe.
Until the people get clean, they're always gonna follow the path of least resistance. The city needs to focus on the problem before Kensington becoming nice leads to another neighborhood becoming the new Kensington.
I'm glad Rainbow finally closed. I can't see how they could be profitable in those conditions, addicts out front and what I can only assume was a large amount of theft. As a fellow retail worker, I can't imagine what it was like to work at that location
The final nail in the coffin for that Rainbow....last year a crackhead lit a fire INSIDE the store in an effort to distract staff so she could shoplift. Yes. Rainbow said enough.
HERE WE ARE!!! KENSINGTON PA!! HOME!!.. OF THE JUNKIES AND PILL POPPERS!!!! It's really sad Captain.. I watched some of those RUclips live streams in Kensington... People shooting up and overdosing right on live stream... Hopefully they continue cleaning it up
It wasn't Levits furniture in Kensington. 3:55 It was Levin's furniture and appliances just down Kensington from K & A. You could also buy a Kensington row house then for about $5K or $6K, $10K tops. Now Kensington looks like its booming. The stores that aren't boarded up have their steel gates locked. You know things are really dismal when even the bars close down. 15:43 It looks slightly less dirty, but its still Filthydelphia.
Al's Toggery shop was a clothing store back in the day. Used to get all of my school clothes there. I graduated high school in 91 and I remember him telling my mom and I it was his last year as things were getting to be too much for him.
In New York City they took abandoned buildings and fixed them up and made them shelters for homeless people with the Department of Homeless Police on duty there 24 hours a day, so they can feel safe.
Used to be in Philly all the time for concerts, comedy show, and to just be in the city but I haven't been back in years and probably wont be back anytime soon. Its not like I live far away I'm right over the bridge in south jersey
Kensington is apart of a bad part of my life that I’m way past but I always wanted to know how a place could get so bad. And what it was like before. I seriously appreciate your insight!
Is this progress, though, or has the problem just been moved to another location? Interesting video but it's so odd seeing those areas without the usual inhabitants.
I live in bridesburg, too. I'm afraid they are going to push the people our way. They did this a few years ago, and it went right back to the way it wss.
I remember back in the mid 80s Xmas decorations were all along Kensington Ave including Lehigh Ave. Plus do you remember gears feed store around k&A or gaybricks stable Lehigh & airamingo in the old coal yard behind the Penn jersey auto parts store
You say that there are good people, doing good the only good they are doing is enabling and encouraging the junkies. They need to be helping the Real Residents that help. There are a lot of us that need help.
Thanks for the background and history. I'm from another state and moved here 27 yrs ago. K&A always had a bad reputation even in 1997 when I moved here.
I know you from Adam's channel, teaching the Woo about baseball and cheese steak sandwiches. Oh son of a gun, second i say that you do a should out to him. Aren't you cool. At first I thought you were pretty loud, bombastic is a sense but you make it work for you. I've watched a few videos on the 'old' kensington and am blown away but it now, think you're civil pride is stellar and i hope contagious. God willing, we don't meet the pengins in the playoffs :)
So glad I’m long gone. Rode thru K&A on the bus 10x a week for 7 years. Sometimes had to bicycle when SEPTA was on strike at midnight. Saw people O.D. on the bus, one guy wanking off on front seat bright sunshine morning til cops drug him off, one guy punched out k.o cold, bullet shot into bus, had to transfer to next bus, one bus driver just pulled over, stopped, refused to go on, apologized, continued on, bus driver alerted me dude who already had one bike was stealing my bike , I just wrestled it off him cursing, he was like 15, I put it back on the front of the bus, continued going to work, bear spray went off on my leg accidentally, bus driver said nothing, I could go on.
What they failed to mention is that they have already sold the majority of those properties and that construction is about to begin 🧐..The rules of being able to get 5 to 10 years free from taxes... They didn't explain that though 😮😮 Developers have already spent their money
3:05 underneath this bridge smells horrid! This one & the one on Kenzo n Lehigh.. even though it’s still smells bad, it’s NOTHING compared to 3 years ago. You could smell that emerald street bridge all the way from Aramingo ave. It smells like a 60/40 mix of piss & sweat.
I walk tru there like one hour ago and yes is clean but now all the people are sleeping and getting high round the whole hood now is worst im on g and tioga believe me when I tell you they are moving from Kensington to the blocks and corners close to Kensington they are cleaning one area but destroying another that is stupid
It's easy to criticize. Do you have anything to offer? For the past few years this place was growing and involving more young fellas to destroy their life.
@@benice2998 don't talk if you don't live here im from Kensington were you from??? im not a critic im just saying the truth they clean Kensington but now they created a bigger problem watch and see then you talk and yes I got a lot to offer tru sports that's what I do after I retired playing pro basketball
This is all because of #OPERATIONCLEANSTREETS they sent and the dealing and using from 9th Street and Clearfield to Somerset and pushed it down to past 5th Street and next thing you know we have #GTAKENSINGTON
Bringing back many memories. I was born and raised there and haven't seen it in a while look like this. Thanks!
I have never seen it so clean, lol I’m shocked
OK, Well they also confiscated 150 ATVs, so I'll at least respect this mayor no matter how this push turns out. She gave it a shot
Homeless camps move around. Drug addiction is always going to be there. But you're right she's giving it a shot. At least maybe it won't be as bad as it was let's pray
@@janetmartin1904 yeah. It probably won't work but I don't hate her.
Al’s Toggery was a men’s clothing store, Father and Sons was a shoe store. Kresge’s and Woolworth’s were 2 different stores known as ‘5&10’ stores. The original name of Four Sons pizza was indeed Father and Sons until the dad died and the four sons continued the business and changed the name (another outlet was down on Front Street).
Four sons!
That’s crazy! Where they all went because there was so many of them and now their is hardly anyone. Imagine living around there and u can’t even go downstairs to the store without seeing all of that, it’s scary.
Very clean. Would like to see where all the homeless moved to??? Good work Captain.
I went to Pharmacy school in West Philly before I went on to get my Master's and PhD. in Chemical Engineering and I have never seen Philly so clean. I remember what it was right before the huge cleanup. I remember when I would visit friends that lived down there and people would run up to your car and you had to keep your windows up or someone would throw something in and then say you owed them money. Scary times. I believe you were talking about those times. I had a couple friends who were undercover cops back then . They were scarier than anyone I could think of....lol
WOW, looks so much better!!! Hopefully it stays this way!
Thank you for your update. the philly captain
Thanks for the update. Let's see how lomg this lasts.
Thank you for the update.. Now we're dealing with homeless drug addicts too ... Its everywhere in the USA.
I'm glad to hear so many positive things going on.
Thanks for telling some history of the avenue and how it used to be, very interesting.
Thank you for covering what is happening in Kensington, Captain.
You’re right the issue was to clean Kensington and get the tent up out of there
Great vid! Pls do one next week! City needs to clear out one street at a time and KEEP IT THAT WAY.
She did a good job cleaning Kensington up now she needs to clean up the rest of Philly.👍💯
Its all back, Kennsington Live Cam..They are all on floor, crap everywhere again.
@@Flap_Dzackwow . I’m about to go check 😭🤦🏽♂️
@@_Dennis2Society215 It's all a sham to steal our "Golden Cities" and History. All these people got scholarships from the UN and associated fronts, Now they are called to pay back. Pay Back for them is maintain Calm while they destroy , and take over a city. When It looks worse, a few more fires etc, BLACKROCK is going to buy whole blocks for $1 million..Then they will build 5000 apartments on that block, and Rent will be $1000 for a studio..BUT , you must sign up to a climate pledge , and become a UN WORLD CITIZEN and deny US Citizenship. Take any Vx they say, Shut off money for speech, NO GUNS..No Car. Rent an E Bike, But only for the 15 min zone.. This is DUE by 2030..They are in Express mode.. The Gvt of Philly signed the Agreement with the UN , If not done by 2030, They are going to be in trouble.
I just walked by there one hour ago and it's quite cleaner than just a week ago. I even saw myself standing on the 60 bus stop corner and waved at the camera the cops have next to Esperanza medical center and it's live RUclips free video feed.@@Flap_Dzack
Thats great but not the answer
Where are the people? My belief is that poverty and addiction just migrates to another area. So let’s make bets if they move to west Philly or Mayfair.
Wow, that’s the cleanest I’ve ever seen this area look. Thanks for sharing.💯👍🏾😀
But its pushed the addicted deeper into the neighborhood...my street has a large corner property and they been trying to set up a tent and campfire for a week prior to cleanup
Me and my man and neighbors wont allow it and keep chasing them
Captain, I feel like we done this before
Over & over
Thank you for the video! Looks good down there now.
Same, I went to conwell, too. I think you were thinking levins and it’s such a shame what happened. Every shop was open and bustling in the 70’s.
#hashtagpiss 😂😂
Hoirty toirty im dead...its HOITY TOITY
Nice ta see that for the time being its cleaner than its been in 10 YEARS
The Philly clean-up is like pissing in the ocean.
Must be an election year. 🤪🤪🤪
I think the next step is when we see some sort of festival in that very area. I'm not talking about that Derby thingy. I mean something in this exact spot with craft vendors and music and food trucks and such.
Good job captain
I'm confused, when they did the clean up during winter the authorities said there were 5,5000 homeless in the Kensington area, so where have they disappeared them to?? Summer is here, all it takes is one 90 degree in the shade type weather and they will all return!!!! These people are down and out, they will return to what they know and the drug dealers know this.
🙏 Prayers for your city and the families that have to deal with this on a daily basis.
Thanks for the update. I'll keep praying for mayor parker and her administration. She's showing signs that she'll end up being one of the very best mayors Philly has ever had. And I agree about Kenney. Who has to be the worst mayor Philadelphia has ever had. That man has much blood on his hands.
Thanks for giving us some of the history of Kensington, from way back.
God bless. Stay safe.
Thanks to the cleanup hopefully we can get some other videos from the 100 RUclipsrs that do driving videos of Kensington 7 days a week.
Come back a month later and see what happens.
Lasted 3 days😔
Until the people get clean, they're always gonna follow the path of least resistance. The city needs to focus on the problem before Kensington becoming nice leads to another neighborhood becoming the new Kensington.
I'm glad Rainbow finally closed. I can't see how they could be profitable in those conditions, addicts out front and what I can only assume was a large amount of theft. As a fellow retail worker, I can't imagine what it was like to work at that location
The final nail in the coffin for that Rainbow....last year a crackhead lit a fire INSIDE the store in an effort to distract staff so she could shoplift. Yes. Rainbow said enough.
@@stevenhickey326 that's awful. I'm surprised they didn't say enough years before that
Anyone remember Levins or Kelly’s Korner?
My family worked at Kelly's korner going back to my Grandmother in the 50s
I been praying for Kenzo, good job Mayor Parker, good work Captain!
Great update!! We used to have a Levitz out in Bucks County, bought plenty of furniture there ❤
Thanks for awesome video
HERE WE ARE!!! KENSINGTON PA!! HOME!!.. OF THE JUNKIES AND PILL POPPERS!!!! It's really sad Captain.. I watched some of those RUclips live streams in Kensington... People shooting up and overdosing right on live stream... Hopefully they continue cleaning it up
It wasn't Levits furniture in Kensington. 3:55 It was Levin's furniture and appliances just down Kensington from K & A. You could also buy a Kensington row house then for about $5K or $6K, $10K tops.
Now Kensington looks like its booming. The stores that aren't boarded up have their steel gates locked. You know things are really dismal when even the bars close down. 15:43 It looks slightly less dirty, but its still Filthydelphia.
Well I Love That Dirty Water, Philadelphia You’re My Hometown!! Roxborough Manayunk Rules!!! Go Birds!!!
they will be back in a few days!...I PUT MY LIFE ON IT!
Al's Toggery shop was a clothing store back in the day. Used to get all of my school clothes there. I graduated high school in 91 and I remember him telling my mom and I it was his last year as things were getting to be too much for him.
In New York City they took abandoned buildings and fixed them up and made them shelters for homeless people with the Department of Homeless Police on duty there 24 hours a day, so they can feel safe.
Fascinating. Thank you.
all this did was disburse them. Go look at Franklin Mills. There's a load of tents set up there now.
Moses cleaned the whole street .
They gotta bring all that architectural back.
Used to be in Philly all the time for concerts, comedy show, and to just be in the city but I haven't been back in years and probably wont be back anytime soon. Its not like I live far away I'm right over the bridge in south jersey
Kensington is apart of a bad part of my life that I’m way past but I always wanted to know how a place could get so bad. And what it was like before. I seriously appreciate your insight!
Is this progress, though, or has the problem just been moved to another location? Interesting video but it's so odd seeing those areas without the usual inhabitants.
What happened to the people??? Did they get help or midnight train?
No one here seems to care
@@mombun1320 when you criminalize mental health issues like homelessness and drug addiction, it makes it difficult to normalize caring for it...
I live in bridesburg, too. I'm afraid they are going to push the people our way. They did this a few years ago, and it went right back to the way it wss.
Respect, Captain
This is the HBO series "the wire". Just in real life. Kensington is almost exactly the same plot, just in Baltimore
Hamsterdam, ya know
“ You’ll love it at Levits !”
My biggest question is, those ppl that they gave clean needles to get high and condoms to have sex for money to get High, where did they move em too?
So, you prefer that they use and share dirty needles, and have unprotected sex for drug money? Hmm.
They will be back....It won't last.. It's been going on for way to long.....
I ❤ it! EMPTY
The pizza place was called Four Sons. At least in the 80s and 90s it was.
Four Sons was a pizza place from the 60's until 2016 when Dancing Clown Kenney came into office and unleashed hell onto Philly.
I’ve been watching you for a few years now & I noticed you’re more empathetic than you were. You’re kinder….
Also, the pretzel factory. I could buy a fresh baked Philly pretzel for 25 cents. Beat that today!😂
I hope they keep up with the clean up. I have never seen anything like what that area looked like.
very good Biff comparison
i wonder where they all went? Did you know this?
On the side streets
You’re awesome bro you answers my questions with a video. I’ll like that!
That’s Al’s Toggery shop . Toggery is a term for high end clothing . Wise guys would shop there .
If this women does half the things she set to accomplish. She’ll be better then the last 5
Renndell and Nutter weren’t that bad. Street and Kenney sucked.
@@ThePhillyCaptain love your stuff captain
I remember back in the mid 80s Xmas decorations were all along Kensington Ave including Lehigh Ave. Plus do you remember gears feed store around k&A or gaybricks stable Lehigh & airamingo in the old coal yard behind the Penn jersey auto parts store
You missed a vintage car @ 18:37 , yeah it's a the fixer upper I know..still nostalgic ❤🇺🇲1970s American Cars
You say that there are good people, doing good the only good they are doing is enabling and encouraging the junkies. They need to be helping the Real Residents that help. There are a lot of us that need help.
I don’t think giving a person a hair cut is enabling. It could be the first step on the right path
@@ThePhillyCaptain yes any thing given to them is enabling them. If they don't get everything given to them they will go and get help.
@@rosewoldsmit7089 No, they won't. If they had that inclination, they would have done that already ..
Hey Philly Captain great video..All the best from the City of Phila and other groups trying to help for the better about Kensington..TOODLES
i grew up in OLNEY my whole life my wife was from olney 1978 into april 5 2014 i left olney april 5 2014
Crest-keys. And Humphrey s was at Clearfield and Kensington
Thanks for the background and history. I'm from another state and moved here 27 yrs ago. K&A always had a bad reputation even in 1997 when I moved here.
I know you from Adam's channel, teaching the Woo about baseball and cheese steak sandwiches. Oh son of a gun, second i say that you do a should out to him. Aren't you cool. At first I thought you were pretty loud, bombastic is a sense but you make it work for you. I've watched a few videos on the 'old' kensington and am blown away but it now, think you're civil pride is stellar and i hope contagious. God willing, we don't meet the pengins in the playoffs :)
So glad I’m long gone. Rode thru K&A on the bus 10x a week for 7 years. Sometimes had to bicycle when SEPTA was on strike at midnight. Saw people O.D. on the bus, one guy wanking off on front seat bright sunshine morning til cops drug him off, one guy punched out k.o cold, bullet shot into bus, had to transfer to next bus, one bus driver just pulled over, stopped, refused to go on, apologized, continued on, bus driver alerted me dude who already had one bike was stealing my bike , I just wrestled it off him cursing, he was like 15, I put it back on the front of the bus, continued going to work, bear spray went off on my leg accidentally, bus driver said nothing, I could go on.
Ontario and Frankford is Harrowgate. Most of the original architecture along Kensington Ave has been butchered over time.
Woolworth's, omg, pop the balloon and win a free Sunday! Good times, good times.
What they failed to mention is that they have already sold the majority of those properties and that construction is about to begin 🧐..The rules of being able to get 5 to 10 years free from taxes... They didn't explain that though 😮😮 Developers have already spent their money
I can remember as far back as Rizzo. I'm dating myself.😅
Temple University Hospital❤
Kresge was always Kresge Woolworth was further up. Woolworth, you could get a .01 to .99 cent banana split by popping a balloon.
Father and Son was a shoe store,went there for new shoes before school started.
Awesome
3:05 underneath this bridge smells horrid! This one & the one on Kenzo n Lehigh.. even though it’s still smells bad, it’s NOTHING compared to 3 years ago. You could smell that emerald street bridge all the way from Aramingo ave. It smells like a 60/40 mix of piss & sweat.
That’s awesome! It was so bad it had become a national embarrassment it was on the news even in Northern New England
I lived at Frankford and Tioga for 25 years only time they sweeped streets with sweeper was election years lol
Every year is an election year
Please god protect theses people in America
I walk tru there like one hour ago and yes is clean but now all the people are sleeping and getting high round the whole hood now is worst im on g and tioga believe me when I tell you they are moving from Kensington to the blocks and corners close to Kensington they are cleaning one area but destroying another that is stupid
It's easy to criticize. Do you have anything to offer? For the past few years this place was growing and involving more young fellas to destroy their life.
@@benice2998 don't talk if you don't live here im from Kensington were you from??? im not a critic im just saying the truth they clean Kensington but now they created a bigger problem watch and see then you talk and yes I got a lot to offer tru sports that's what I do after I retired playing pro basketball
7:11 “goooin’ for a scoot”
Rusty nail is also the name of a alcoholic drink.
Original gangsta from Kensington u Are
I’m an OG an old grandpa
Hey Capt you ever do a video on The Rock in Kensington? Curious to know your thoughts
I haven’t
Jim Kenney is the Chip Kelly of mayors
This is all because of #OPERATIONCLEANSTREETS they sent and the dealing and using from 9th Street and Clearfield to Somerset and pushed it down to past 5th Street and next thing you know we have #GTAKENSINGTON
This guy sounds like he's from Bridesburg or Richmond. My job made me move to the city 2 more months and I can move out I can't wait
Philly Captain u are A Original Gangsta from Philadelphia
I would wear military grade boots and a hazmat suit with full gas mask
It’s too hot for a hazmat suit.
You saying “he blowing” he’s doing his job!
11:24 is this where you got hit by another person and they tried to flee? The location is what I’m asking.