Photo Essay

The community around 35th and Libson showed me many things during my time there. My friend Kelly and I walked around at first in order to see some of the local businesses. A few things this neighborhood was not short of were churches and day care centers. Kelly and I interviewed two gentlemen enjoying ice cream outside of the Family Dollar. They informed us that crime was definitely a problem and pointed to the Mobil gas station across the street stating that it was robbed just two days prior. Both men had lived in the community all their lives and said that some things they'd like to see are "a Rec Center and a Home Depot" and when asked to describe the community in one word, "rough." Although the men were cynical about their neighborhood they were friendly and quite honest about the improvements they would like to see happen.