CAMDEN, New Jersey (WPVI) -- A Camden artist behind the "Bright, Not Blight" project is trying to change the public's perception of the city, one art installation at a time.

Jerry McCrea/The Star-LedgerA youth walks past a gutted home, an all too common sight along Broadway in Camden. Drugs and violence are steady companions in the city's worst sections. Stevie ...

Alan Mallach, a leading scholar on urban housing, blight and redevelopment, will come to Camden Feb. 27 to discuss post-industrial cities around the country and what Camden can learn from them.

CAMDEN, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Crumbling roofs and boarded up doors are a common eyesore on neighborhood blocks in Camden. "It makes the street look bad, it just gets filthy sometimes," said Ashley ...

Asked to complete the idea 'Camden is ... Montgomery plans to shoot portraits of 100 Camden residents for Bright Not Blight, ... It's the Rome of New Jersey ... all roads lead to Camden," he said ...

CAMDEN, N.J. (KYW Newsradio) — Graffiti, weeds as tall as small trees, and mounds of trash make for an unpleasant scene at the old U.S. Petroleum station on Admiral Wilson Boulevard in Camden ...

CAMDEN – Blight affects everyone in Camden. No matter what neighborhood, no matter who you are, abandoned buildings affect the quality of life — sometimes dramatically. Mayor Dana Redd shares ...

The national spotlight has fallen on Camden, New Jersey. That city dissolved its police department in 2013 and replaced it with a countywide force. But the reasons why that happened are very different ...

Terri Still has lived in Camden, New Jersey since she was in second grade. But these days, as she walks around her neighborhood, she tries not to look around her to avoid seeing the blight that ...

Cities across the country continue to look for ways to tackle blight. Here, a couple of recent developments worth watching. Camden Okays Teardowns Last week, Camden, New Jersey, kicked off an ...

Camden Public Works crews spent Tuesday cleaning up a disused gas station, which county and city leaders described as a landmark of blight. The property is located just before Thorndyke Street ...