This week we hear about a group of demonstrators advocating for more money to renovate a well-loved North Philly library, a long-stalled plan to build a subway along Philadelphia’s Roosevelt Boulevard, the hidden history of Black animators, and a shuttle program that takes Camden residents to the nearest full-service grocery stores… in Cherry Hill.
Gigi Guida
Gigi Guida grew up just South of Center City, where they lived until recently moving to West Philly. Gigi enjoys growing vegetables in tight spaces and delights in sharing the harvest.
They are a self-taught independent audio storyteller who released their first long-form audio series this April, called Seen/Unseen. It’s a genre-bendy immersive documentary about the power structures under construction in American public space… set at Philadelphia City Hall.
Gigi is interested in producing radio stories about Philadelphians who are prefiguring new worlds out of their lives in this one. Behind that is their deep curiosity around belonging and new (liberated) ways of being (together). I’m eager for instruction, more practice, and good company in making new things.
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South Square Market’s closure leaves an impact on the Graduate Hospital neighborhood
A grocery store at 23rd and South Street closed this summer after serving the Graduate Hospital neighborhood for almost two decades. These days, Graduate Hospital is the opposite of a food desert. There are nine other grocery stores within one mile. But some neighbors are still mourning the loss. Block by block reporter Gigi Guida…