morning. >> north philly without blumberg projects is like harlem, new york, without harlem. l.a. without compton. it's going to hurt. >> it's like a piece of history. it's a part of me that's being blown up. >> reporter: these towers first opened in 1967, a symbol of opportunity. by last fall, every resident had been relocated out. >> it's been a long, long, long, long journey getting here. >> reporter: philadelphia housing authority president calvin jeremiah says the towers became magnets for crime and an icon of public housing stigma. the authority imploded another high-rise, the queen lane apartments, in 2014. part of its citywide plan to add more of these low-rise town house units. >> we want to create communities where families can thrive, where children can be out playing. >> reporter: during tomorrow's implosion, residents in the dust zone should keep windows closed and the very closest neighbors must evacuate, like lisa brooks did tonight. >> i think the neighborhood is going to be much better, because it was not that good. >> reporter: but for those whose lives were

two of the blumberg apartment buildings at 23rd and jefferson were levelled the morning as part of the philadelphia's housing authority plan to modernize the complex. for some who once lived in the apartment complex, today was bittersweet. >> it was kind of sad to see your home being destroyed. but it will be built back up much better. >> the implosion will make way for a citywide plan for more townhouse units. >>> getting ready for round two. as villanova is getting ready for the game, their fans are exploring the big apple and we're there. violeta? >> spring is on the way but we have rain and snow to get through before the weekend is over with. i'll have the details coming up in my first alert forecast. >>> yes, it is tournament time and villanova is preparing. they take on the iowa hawkeyes just after noon in brooklyn tomorrow and fans are getting excited for this big game. let's go to nbc 10's keith jones. you caught up with some of the fans enjoying the sights of the big apple. >> reporter: yes, like some of the sites like the one behind me. brooklyn heights. there's a lot of anxi

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not torn down but imploded at the norman blumberg apartments at 23rd and ingersoll. it is part of the philadelphia housing authority's plan to revitalize the area with new apartments and townhomes. some people are being asked to evacuate during the implosion. those in the center section of this map should leave by 5:00 a.m. and throws in red section are in the dust zone and they should keep their doors and windows closed. >>> so, villanova has an easy time of it. temple has to endure a heartbreaking defeat. it is all about march madness and ducis rodgers has the game stories. >> a wild one for temple and iowa. for anyone else not wearing temple colors this might have been the most exciting game of the tournament but for the cherry and white this game against iowa is sickenin sicken. the owls trail by 12 points. they come back. he makes all three. final seconds ot game tied great did he have on the shooter. but adam woodbury puts it back in at the buzzer. probably got away with a pushoff. temple loses at the buzzer 72-70 so the owls are done. nova and unc ashville all

i came home from the hospital to norman blumberg housing development.es, were birthed right here just in back of me in this building. >> i came out here because i wanted to be part of this transition. there's a lot of memories here. and we're moving forward with change. change is good and i want to embrace it and welcome it. it would be remiss of me not to be here today to take advantage of this opportunity. >> and karen and bill, we are told that this transformation has about 10 phases and will take several years. but still, exciting nonetheless for this community. >> sounds good. thanks for the update. >>> new this morning, firefighters are trying to figure out what sparked a fire at a beauty salon in the northeast section of the city. it happened just after 2:00 in the 3000 block of kensington avenue the athe bamboo beauty salon. thankfully no one was hurt. another fire overnight a 2-alarm fire broke out at a day care center. this was in the 100 block of ridge avenue in darby and so far no word on what may have caused it. >> right now police are sear

two of the blumberg apartment buildings at jefferson were leveled as part of the philadelphia housingplan to modernize the complex. for some that lived in the apartments, the moment was bittersweet. >> it's kind of sad to see your home destroyed. but it will be built back up much better. >> implosion will make way for part of a citywide plan to provide more low rise townhouse units. >>> students will get more funding thanks to efforts of philadelphia mayor jim kinney and hundreds of local vips. nbc 10 was in center city for the mayor's masked ball. the gala raised money for the local chapter of the united negro college fund. comcast vice president of community investment was among those honored for their work in the community. nbc 10 telemundo 62 and comcast were proud sponsors of this year's ball. >>> today the st. baldrick's foundation will hold a head shaving event in philadelphia the public in center city will host the event at 1:00 this afternoon. money raised through pledges will go to childhood cancer research. >>> today you can enjoy some beautiful flowers while you shop. toda

love, the history, the experience, the memories that has been created here, that's what defines blumberg housing development. >> from old to newspaper, in the coming years, the property will provide more than 1200 housing units, both rental and ownership, affordable, and market rate. the project has ten phases, the first phase here on 24th street, already underway, families will be living in these houses, by next fall. the entire project would take five to seven years to complete. people who were relocated from the towers will have first dibs on the new gigs, according to the pha. the goal is to make this a community where families can thrive. >> far too long we've told them that they needed to wait for something better. they don't have to wait any more. >> north philadelphia, jennifer joyce, "fox 29 news". >>> the suspected masterminds of the paris attacks officially charged today. he is facing terrorist murder in belgium. a convoy caring sella, one of europe's most wanted men, left a brussels hospital for an unknown location this morning. he was being treated for leg wounds after he wa

. >> reporter: also set for implosion 15 low rise buildings at the norman blumberg apartments.t's part of a plan by the philadelphia housing authority to replace the highrises with 1200 new apartments and townhome style ownership units. this is the ninth implosion site for pha, the last one was here in germantown in 2014. it's part of an effort to rid the city of crime riddled highrises. >> i say often that families in public housing want the same thing that families who are not in public want. want to live in communities that are safe, want our children to go to good schools u folks who live adjacent to the implosion site in the orange section of the map will be asked to leave their homes by 5:00 a.m. many people who live in the red section are in the dust zone and are encouraged to stay inside and keep their doors and windows closed. folks who live nearby say they're interd to see how they're neighborhood will change once the buildings are gone. >> the kids won't have to worry about too much going on while they're out here playing. that's basically what it was. it was a lot o