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City employees post a second notice sign at the encampment at 22nd and the Parkway, August 17, 2020, in Philadelphia.}

Philadelphia officials had been negotiating with encampment organizers to find a way to house those who were living there. But they appeared to be too far apart, leading Mayor Jim Kenney to say that continuing the talks would be “fruitless.” Officials ordered that the sites would be shuttered when signs were posted Monday morning.

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