Fight gun crime with pocket parks

In Philadelphia—yes here!—Penn professors and the Horticulture Society made pocket parks out of abandoned lots in North Philly. It reduced crime and improved mental health. Broaden that citywide.

Fight gun crime with pocket parks

In Philadelphia—yes here!—Penn professors and the Horticulture Society made pocket parks out of abandoned lots in North Philly. It reduced crime and improved mental health. Broaden that citywide.

BY Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Nov. 30, 2018

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