In the early 1900s, the Philadelphia neighborhood of Northern Liberties filled with artisan immigrants. The area thrived on manufacturing, blending foreign cultures through dexterous trades. Leather tanneries and iron and stove foundries formed its foundation. It berthed a collage of architecture, where its Federal-style, Greek revival and Italianate buildings are still preserved. It's also where Robert Covington makes his home.
It’s an ideal location for the Philadelphia 76ers swingman, suddenly the team’s longest tenured player in terms of on-court availability. Northern Liberties sits on the western edge of the Delaware River, an equidistant, 15-minute drive from both the Wells Fargo Center and the Sixers’ sprawling new practice facility on the Camden, N.