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1866 Lithogram illustrating Atlantic Petroleum Storage Company

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Standard Oil 1880 Cartoon

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Charles Reeves talking about his father's activism against Sunoco during the 1970's.

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Charles Reeves sharing memories of his father who was a civil rights activist in the 1970's and the impact it's had on him.

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Charles Reeves sharing his memories of the Schuylkill River.

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Aerial view of the Atlantic Refining Company taken by the Aero Service Corporation.
Image courtesy of: https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/refineries-oil/atlantic-refining-plant-1/

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Atlantic Refining Company plant, 3314 Passyunk Avenue, Point Breeze, Philadelphia. ca. 1921-1926
Image courtesy of https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A61520

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John Frederick Lewis, Looking across the east bank of the river north of Gray’s Ferry Bridge, over a dump for filth and an open sewer, and then towards “Woodlands.”, 1924
Image courtesy of http://floatingarchives.com/

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Melissa Toby expressing her concerns about the growing instances of urban violence in her community today.

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Tammy Reeves talking about an increase of urban violence in her neighborhood today.

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Tammy Reeves sharing her memories of going to the Schuylkill River with her brother during her childhood.

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Charles Reeves discusses how he used to cross a bridge that led to the refinery when he was younger, which to him at the time was a way to escape the projects.

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Melissa Toby describing her early memories of the refinery and its smell.

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Tammy Reeves sharing her memories of growing up and attending school near the refinery and the stories she and her sister used to exchange about this site.

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A fire at the PES refinery August 17, 1975.
Imagine courtesy of The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Charles Reeves describing how he would design the former PES complex.

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Tammy Reeves talking about the future of the PES refinery complex.

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Imagine a Future Beyond Refining

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Hello from the house boats of Girard Estates!

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Charles Reeves talking about how the climate has changed in his lifetime

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Surging Seas Risk Map of South Philadelphia

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Melissa Toby talking about how she experiences climate change

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Melissa Toby talking about the "funky" smell of the air after the June explosion

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Tammy Reeves speaking about the health impacts her family experiences from living close to the refinery.

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Melissa Toby talking about the health impacts she suffers.

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Charles Reeves speaking about how living fence line to the refinery has impacted his health and the health of his family

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A fire burning at the PES refinery the morning after the June 21st explosion.
Image courtesy of WHYY

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Tammy Reeves talking about her initial response when the PES refinery exploded in June 2019

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Flames and smoke coming from the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refining complex after the explosion on June 21, 2019

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Charles Reeves talking about growing up in the projects

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An 1830 view of the Gray's Ferry Floating Bridge, with Gray's Tavern and Gardens in the background by George Lehman, digitallibrary.hsp.org

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1816 painting from The Sketchbook of Captain Joshua Rowley Watson showing the Gray's Ferry floating bridge, Gray's Ferry Tavern, and stairs to a portion of Gray's Gardens, www.philamuseum.org

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Detail from an 1802 map of Philadelphia published by Charles P. Varle, from the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection.

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Tammy Reeves talking about growing up in the projects

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Tasker Homes, 1958.

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