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Kensington's Cobertizos

Have you ever noticed those bird cage-like porches in Kensington? Often though of as merely, yet highly ornamental, security measures, Hidden City examines the use of the many covered porches, or cobertizos found in North Philly, including their rich history that traces back to Moorish influences that "blur the boundaries of public and private space." [Hidden City]