Clean 2K S Watts

08/14/2021

After the optimistic enthusiasm of CM Squilla's, Commissioner Warren's, and L&’sI visit to 2000 S Watts, progress and communication have stopped. Snipes removed their dumpsters and Verizon cleaned up power lines. But the other businesses feel emboldened because city leadership approached them and have done nothing since. We, unfortunately, have to keep updating our site with the latest information since this is still ongoing:

(WARNING: Graphic Pictures) We're taking back 2000 S Watts. The front doors of our narrow street face the backs of stores on S. Broad, which treat our block like a trash can. When a residential neighborhood is allowed to look like a landfill, people treat it that way by throwing more garbage in and....

08/06/2021

Rite Aid leaves its trash out all week. It encourages people to pick through it and leave their own trash. Plus, the neighbors have to look at it and it blocks the sidewalk along with their illegal enclosure. A day after neighbors cleaned up the block watch Waste Management drag boxes down the street, leaving a stream of debris.

08/06/2021

The Philadelphia Citizen thoughtfully and thoroughly documented our struggle!

Residents of one South Philly block tried for months to get the City to take action against businesses piling garbage on their street.

07/05/2021

A small block in South Philly is feeling hopeless. Businesses illegally dump their trash, blatantly ignoring the law. Elected officials and city administrators, who explicitly champion clean street agendas, endorse this behavior. When a residential neighborhood is allowed to look like a landfill people treat it that way.