In Kensington, Hope Is Hard-Won — But It’s Growing

For years, the Philadelphia neighborhood has been inundated with addiction, homelessness, and fear, while city officials stand idly by and neighbors suffer. But something new is on the horizon.

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One afternoon in April, a beautiful spring day, I drive with Eddie and Anthony from the Last Stop in Kensington to Graffiti Pier on the Delaware River.

Eddie Zampitella founded the Last Stop, a nonprofit that helps people with drug and alcohol addictions, 30 years ago. It is what the name implies: a place for anyone to go when they’ve run out of hope…

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