Popular Brooklyn co-working space 3RD Ward will renovate a set of buildings in lower Kensington at 4th and Girard, near Crane Arts. The complex, with includes the restoration of three buildings including the Luke’s Church, will have craft space, a cafe, and a gallery.
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Nathaniel Popkin is co-founder of the Hidden City Daily and author of three books of non-fiction, including Philadelphia: Finding the Hidden City (with Peter Woodall and Joseph E.B. Elliott) and two novels, Everything is Borrowed and Lion and Leopard. He is co-editor of Who Will Speak for America, an anthology forthcoming in June 2018, and the senior writer of the film documentary "Philadelphia: The Great Experiment."
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