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- ↑ "Whitman Park neighborhood in Camden, New Jersey (NJ), 08103, 08104 subdivision profile - real estate, apartments, condos, homes, community, population, jobs, income, streets". City-data.com. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
- ↑ Maciag, Mike (June 2014). "Why Camden, N.J., the Murder Capital of the Country, Disbanded Its Police Force". Governing . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
- ↑ Friedersdorf, Conor (December 12, 2013). "The Surveillance City of Camden, New Jersey". The Atlantic . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
- ↑ "Whitman Park Redevelopment Plan" (PDF). City of Camden Department of Planning and Development. June 6, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
- ↑ Vargas, Claudia (October 13, 2013). "Whitman Park's Polish American residents still love their neighborhood". Philadelphia Inquirer . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
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