Haddonfield Borough Hall

Welcome to Haddonfield, NJ! I start us off at the center of town: Haddonfield's Borough Hall. Haddonfield sits in a desirable location being 9 miles from Philadelphia, an hour away from New York City, and an hour away from the infamous Jersey Shore. Haddonfield was founded by Quakers, and quickly became the center for a lot of historical successes. Haddonfield today is a successful residential walking community with historic homes, excellent public schools, lovely shops and restaurants, and historic sites like the Indian King Tavern.

Haddonfield is 2.84 square miles big, and is home to 11,000 residents. Although it is an incredible desirable place to live, it is ridded with toxicity in the most manipulative ways. After living here for my entire life, it took until this class came along to realize how Haddonfield uses its places and spaces to discriminate and push an agenda. I thought it would be beneficial to critically observe a place I had known and lived in for so long. I also think it is important to teach my little sisters, and little cousins who live in town the importance of recognizing the way Haddonfield discriminates through their allocation of space and place.