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John Franklin Street (born October 15, 1943) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 97th Mayor of the City of Philadelphia. He was first elected to a term beginning on January 3, 2000, and was re-elected to a second term beginning in 2004.
Mayor of Philadelphia. Grew Disillusioned with Church. Became a Rabble Rouser. Chastised Abscam Defendants. A Respected Leader. Bid for Top Job. Sources. In 1999, John F. Street became only the second African American elected mayor of Philadelphia, the fifth largest city in the United States.
John F. Street is an adjunct faculty member in the College of Liberal Arts at Temple University where he teaches courses on urban politics and policy in the department of political science. Street is a 1975 graduate of Temple’s Beasley School of Law and has served as a Trustee at Temple University.
As his first public act of 2005, Mayor John F. Street decided to go to prison. Since he was inaugurated in 2000, Street has spent every New Year’s Day ministering to prisoners at the city’s...
The mayor set up the city Office of Health and Fitness after Philadelphia was dubbed America’s fattest city by Men’s Fitness magazine. Street’s mayoralty also came to the attention of Time Magazine, who in 2005 named him as one of America’s worst mayors.
John F. Street. When receiving the Philadelphia Award, John Street was a respected politician, at the pinnacle of his political effectiveness. Street became president of the City Council in 1992, the same year Ed Rendell became mayor and at a time of dire financial crisis for the city.
John F. Street was born on 4 December 1945 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor, known for Free the River Park (2008), Philadelphia: The Great Experiment (2011) and The Shame of a City (2006).
