On City Strolls, Fat Ham' Writer Was Inspired by Ghosts of Absence'

James Ijames recalls the loss of nostalgic Philadelphia businesses, reflecting on gentrification's impact on cultural spaces, particularly for marginalized communities.

Ijames lamented, 'I loved TLA Video because they carried queer independent films, like The Watermelon Woman. It was the only place I could find that stuff.'

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