Residents seek answers on next steps during meeting [Video]

PHILADELPHIA – Residents in a Fishtown neighborhood are asking what happens next with Graffiti Pier after part of the pier collapsed last month into the Delaware River. FOX 29’s Steve Keeley reports on a community meeting on the issue Tuesday night.

If you haven’t seen one of the new stylish Philadelphia waterfront developments, Northbank has a touch of South Beach to some, but mostly quiet working professionals and families who now are concerned about their neighbor, Graffiti Pier attracting not just artists but also trouble.

Homeowners who paid a million dollars said they now regret it. Some said they have become victims of crime and witnesses to crimes as they spoke at this well-attended meeting at Northbank Tuesday, the new development along the Delaware riverfront.

Government leaders are negotiating with the pier’s owner, Conrail, to acquire the pier and land around it to make it a public park and make it both …