# High Hopes

After a year of being sunken to their core, our spirits are finally on the come around and starting to feel lifted again. As we’re able to start imagining and planning for a life in a brighter future, 14th Street Magazine asked Philadelphia residents **one thing they’re looking forward to doing when the world is a better place.**

![](https://kleinsites-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2021/04/20190923/Amaris-Nieves-1024x683.jpg)“Go out and grab a drink, like to do so without having to wear a mask all the time and like getting to actually talk to people, not six feet away from them.”
-Amaris Nieves, 29, Fishtown

![](https://kleinsites-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2021/04/20191049/Kasandra-Lopez-1024x683.jpg)“Going to concerts and things like that, and just being around like, just a lot of people. Kind of the same thing, being able to like walk and talk to people that you don't know, you really can't do that anymore.”
-Kasandra Lopez, 25, Fishtown

![](https://kleinsites-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2021/04/20190947/Gary-Magnin-1024x683.jpg)“Get together, physically, with family.”
-Gary Magnin, 49, Fishtown

![](https://kleinsites-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2021/04/20191139/Richard-Magnin-1024x683.jpg)“Family and friends, get together and have a nice outing or something.”
-Richard Magnin, 56, Fishtown

![](https://kleinsites-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2021/04/20191155/Steve-Robinson-1024x683.jpg)“Local school gyms, we can open them up so we have somewhere to play basketball at during the wintertime and have a place to be.”
-Steve Robinson, 43, West Philadelphia

![](https://kleinsites-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2021/04/20191057/Mark-Johnson-1024x683.jpg)“Travel. I would like to go more so out of the country without having to worry about coming back and quarantine.”
-Mark Johnson, 23, West Philadelphia

![](https://kleinsites-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2021/04/20190931/Cory-Harrison-1024x683.jpg)“Getting out and exploring and just traveling.”
-Cory Harrison, 27, Belmont

![](https://kleinsites-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2021/04/20191203/Taji-Mixon-1024x683.jpg)“I would love to go to a concert and have live music back. Just really feel those vibes inside of a concert, when everyone's just like, geared towards the one thing.”
-Taji Mixon, 32, Point Breeze

![](https://kleinsites-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2021/04/20190940/Craig-Thomas-1024x683.jpg)“Just start traveling. I travel a lot anyway, so I've been all over. My next trip is probably going to be Sweden.”
-Craig Thomas, 61, Queen Village

![](https://kleinsites-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2021/04/20191146/Shaunda-Jennings-1024x683.jpg)“Travel. Anywhere. My favorite place is Jamaica.”
-Shaunda Jennings, 43, Southwest Philadelphia

![](https://kleinsites-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2021/04/20190956/Gregory-Pierce-1024x683.jpg)“A family vacation.”
-Gregory Pierce, 56, Southwest Philadelphia

![](https://kleinsites-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2021/04/20191130/Rhianna-Dean-and-Michael-Foster-1024x683.jpg)“We’re looking forward to getting married.”
-Rhianna Dean, 31 and Michael Foster, 30, Brewerytown

*Photos by Colin Evans*