Philly Streets

I don’t understand why mainstream journalism outlets can’t produce a story as compelling, well told, & unbiased to the extent where they’re able interview the literal source of the issue. Andrew & his team are seriously a breakthrough in modern journalism.

Shout out to those local guys for looking after Andrew and his team and giving Channel 5 the security space to make these interviews happen. And for looking after the vulnerable people in the neighborhood.

Please don't ever change your style of journalism. It is pure gold

Andrew Callahan you are a national treasure. You do not exploit these people. You respect them and treat them as humans. You are delivering all of the substance about the history of these areas that none of the other channels are. Your videos are absolutely ESSENTIAL for society. Thank you

Bro it's so freaking crazy that you got these brothers talking. Incredible journalism.

Man the ice cream trucks going off in the background while in the middle of a hellscape is mad dystopian. Thank you for raising awareness and for your incredible journalism Andrew, don’t ever stop.

Andrew, you and your team honestly deserve a Pulitzer Prize for your excellence in journalism. This isn’t “content,” this is real journalism that even the likes of Russell Baker, Donald L. Barlett, David Halberstam, Walter Cronkite, or even Tom Brokaw
would be envious of.

As someone who has frequented these streets and have seen the damage and pain firsthand.. I am shocked at how well made this documentary is. You managed to capture the actual feeling of being there and did it in a way that did not degrade anyone. The amount of information I learned from this documentary, even though I’ve been in these streets myself, blew my mind. You are doing amazing work and I hope you make it all the way. I’ll be watching. Good work.

This isn’t just “content”. This is real journalism. You’re doing the right thing, Andrew. You’re trying to tell all sides of the story, and you’re doing it in an engaging, informative, yet entertaining way.

Andrew has single handedly taken over the role VICE used to do. Absolute amazing work bringing these stories to us 👍

I’m a musician in Philly, last week I picked up my drummer in Germantown and was going to do a gig in fishtown at York and Sepviva. It was around 6 o’clock so I used gps to keep me off city ave and 76 cause traffic. We got a first hand look down the back roads near K&A and the badlands, don’t usually have a reason to drive thru there but it has become so surreal, the situation with folks health that are out there at K&A, then just two streets later we got close to Frankford ave and cold brew shoe box houses with ring doorbells. You really can’t believe it exists even when you’re right there. I totally believe the city is 100% in bed with the developers.

This is one of the best pieces of journalism I’ve seen in a long time on YouTube. Thank you for giving the people suffering from this crisis a real voice, without sensationalism.

I continually find myself in disbelief that Andrew went from like wacky street interviews to doing hard hitting, confronting and legitimate journalism, it’s incredible.

This man gathered more intel in one documentary than some investigators have gathered in their whole career😂 I love your work, Andrew! This is REAL work!

Woah, the contrast between this entire situation, especially coming from the experience of women just before, and the ice-cream truck is just insane, surreal, with that music, very real and sad juxtaposition for an ending.

Very well directed doc, as always.

One of the best YouTube Documentaries I have seen. Well done keep doing what you’re doing.

The ending actually gave me chills, the happy music over the the people suffering was was dystopian as hell.

After seeing how Andrew contacted the trank brothers, actually followed their directions to meet them, getting in their headquarters and hold a long conversation with them, I have nothing but respect for the C5 crew's commitment to the project. Not many people would manage to find their way into these situations, let alone consciously walk into such shady environments. It's unreal to me.

Massive respect for all of the people involved in this channel

This is an exceptional documentary. You have addressed difficult issues unflinchingly, but with tact and compassion. There is no hint of ‘poverty porn’ voyeurism. Each individual is thus able to be presented as another human being, many with a complicated history and dealing with significant personal crises. I feel as though I have learnt so much about this subject in the past hour. Thank you for not making the suffering into ‘content’.

44:30 guy in white t shirt who grew up in Kensington is a true gentleman and a scholar, as they say. Highly intelligent, college educated but stays there and helps the people who flock to his community. Someone with a smaller heart might have been more resentful or whatever.
Glad to hear someone finally articulate the dirty real estate game going on behind Kensington, and expose Chinese labs behind powdered tranq.
Balls of steel journalism bro, you’re more than a ‘content’ creator