The middle child with the biggest personality of the brothers, Mr. Street grew up to be a bombastic character with an eye for political spectacle.
Thomas Milton Street Sr., 83, who made a name for himself as an activist fighting poverty and homelessness in Philadelphia and later served in the Pennsylvania House and Senate, died Monday after a yearslong battle with cancer.
The middle child with the biggest personality of the brothers, Mr. Street grew up to be a bombastic character with an eye for political spectacle — his passion for issues like affordable housing often making headlines, getting ejected from City Council on multiple occasions in the late 1970s, constantly butting heads with then-Mayor Frank Rizzo.
Whether it was an issue of citywide concern or a hyperlocal problem, Mr. Street was all in for his response. “He was a smart politician and was willing to negotiate with people on both sides of the aisle,” said Judith Robinson, a Democratic committee person in the 32nd Ward, not far from where Mr. Street once lived near 19th and Diamond Streets. “That was a rarity among African American politicians at the time.”Mr. Street would spend the next 35 years — off and on — trying to again win public office, as a Democrat, Republican, and independent.
Mr. Street last made an attempt to run for office in 2020. He was serving as a Republican ward leader but planned to run as an independent in the mayor’s race, though he never filed nomination petitions.
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