I thought this blog would look nice with a black and white header so I searched my files for a nice historic photo of Hunting Park.

I settled on a cropped photo of Philip Remich (1874-1947), whose granddaughter Helen Remich Dubas was raised in Hunting Park, graduated from Little Flower High School (‘64), and grew up to become quite the historic archivalist.

This photo is of Philip Remich in Hunting Park circa 1930 or so when most of our homes were just being built. After arriving in Philadelphia from the Timisoara area of Romania by way of Ellis Island (Filip Romich), he lived on Lycoming Street near the south end of the park.  I am pretty certain that this photo is of the inlet off of Lycoming at the southeast corner of Hunting Park just before Little Flower High School.

pre 1950: Philip Remich, given name Filip Romich. His passport gives his residence as Timis Torontal.

abt 1950: Eva (Schneider) and Philip Remich.

As we think about a way forward for Hunting Park and other distressed communities, collecting and publishing stories is a helpful process.  Most importantly to me, Philip Remich’s story represents that kind of neighborhood we’d like to be – a place where people can set up shop and pursue God’s best for their families.  If his granddaughter is any indicator, it looks like Hunting Park served the Remich family well.

And I think his photo serves my blog well.  What do you think?