Had a good time at the meetup yesterday
Rob from Phillies Nation, Marc from PhillyFanSportsTalk, and my friend, Howard, who shares his poetry at non-breaking space, got together yesterday at The Grey Lodge Pub in Northeast Philly. We had a...
View ArticleThe story in Detroit resembels the story in (some) Philadelphia neighborhoods
Amid industrial devastation and abandonment, low prices, infrastructure, and urban settings are luring new home owners willing to take a chance. That’s the story of Fishtown, Port Richmond, Frankford,...
View ArticleWill Bunch: “The day Philly stopped being a joke”
Will Bunch: “The day Philly stopped being a joke”: Everyone said the real problem was that Philadelphia — the nation’s sixth largest city and fourth largest TV market, birthplace of both the...
View ArticleLet’s hear it for Philly
Ronnie Palnesczky: Philadelphia high-school kids best MIT in $10M car contest Alex Hillman: We’re Not Done Yet NYTimes: Philadelphia Gives Homeowners a Way to Stay Put
View ArticleIt’s a mighty compliment
To be considered with such an awesome group of people. I think Daniel Rubin deserves much of the credit for being the host of and inspiring the discussion.
View ArticlePew: Rate of people moving into Philly increasing, rate of people leaving...
“Pew Study Finds an Increase in People Moving Into Philadelphia, Outpacing the Rise in Departures”. We still have a long way to go, but it is proof positive that Philadelphia’s long march towards being...
View ArticleMust reading about Kensington at Philly.com
The Inquirer recently wrapped up a series about the struggles faced in Kensington and Philadelphia’s First Congressional District – the 2nd hungriest in the nation: “Hunger in the First”: Alfred...
View ArticleA place to be this First Friday – see Albert Yee’s “Hands That Feed Us”
Albert Yee’s latest project, “Hands that Feed Us: A Peek Inside Our Foodshed” will be on display this First Friday, July 1st, 2011 from 6:30PM to 10PM at Gravy Studio. Like Howard Hall, I’m a long time...
View Article“Rebuilding the News”, How Did We Get Here and Why?
All great innovations come from an alchemy of the present *built* on the past. If you can tear it apart, see it from multiple perspectives, and observe the feedback loops that feed into the systems...
View ArticleSee Philadelphia in a new (and old) light: Developing Philly and The Great...
“Developing Philly” just posted the fourth update in its ongoing series to share the evolving and growing Philadelphia technology and media scene with the world. Each episode is under 15 minutes and is...
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