Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Rittenhouse Square, one of Philadelphia's most elegant parks - Invaded by 60 homeless people


Philadelphia - Along one row of benches at the northeast corner of the square, six men are lined up - some covered by dirty blankets, others simply rolled over on their side. Elijah Mauldin, a Fairmount Park Commission maintenance worker, said he regularly picked up human waste from the homeless near a shed on the west side of the park. The Rittenhouse Square City Institute branch of the Free Library estimates that 25 percent of its patrons are homeless people who use the restrooms and enjoy the air-conditioning. An unidentified man bathes in a Rittenhouse Square fountain this morning. (See picture) More... Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Netflix