At a Crossroads, CCRA Charts a Leaner Future Under Nathaniel Margolies

Nathaniel Margolies, the new president of the Center City Residents’ Association.

When Nathaniel Margolies arrived in Philadelphia in the summer of 2020, the city was shuttered by COVID-19 and shaken by unrest. “Every storefront was boarded up,” he recalled. “I thought, oh my God, I made a huge mistake.”

Six years later, he leads one of Center City’s most…