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Thanks @phillymag.com. I have to say that the @centercityphila.org team agrees. #bestofphilly

Vital City | Is New York Broken? Even in an era of widespread catastrophism, hope and optimism continue to power the city.

This piece is great

www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/is-...

Some love for our barriers from @jongeeting.bsky.social in @thephilacitizen.bsky.social thephiladelphiacitizen.org/open-streets...

On my morning run today, I was too early to check out the amazing new Christian to Crescent bike and pedestrian connector, which opens today. Thanks Schuylkill River Development Corp for this dazzling contribution to Center City’s livability.

“The third space is the street.” - Trevor Noah

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Oh I have thoughts but this is an IRL convo

YouTube video by CCD Philadelphia Open Streets: West Walnut | Center City District

We loved Open Streets so much that we made a short film. youtu.be/N7Mjp758YyU

Open Streets is expanding into Midtown Village! Mark your calendars to join us for four Sundays from June 8 to June 29, where you can shop, dine, and stroll through one of Center City's vibrant neighborhoods.

Details➡️ bit.ly/4jYmyxq

Deep reading is an absolute joy—good for mind and spirit. Also, a competitive advantage for knowledge workers.

-Hardcopy book
-No digital devices nearby
-Pen for underlining, jotting down thoughts
-Notebook to collect ideas that pop into mind
-At least 30 min

Like a muscle.

Unpopular opinion: I know it's cool to wear your earbuds and carry a book while pasting a disinterested, don't-talk-to-me expression on your face, but I like to talk to the person sitting beside me on airplanes. I liked it when we were willing to be inconvenienced by strangers.

Get ready for the April finale of Open Streets: West Walnut this Sunday! Seven blocks of car-free bliss await you in #CenterCity. Shop, dine, and enjoy family-friendly activities along the way. Who's joining us?

Cycling in Center City Greater Center City contains more than 200,000 residents and 300,000 jobs within an area of less than six square miles. Add in visitors on top of that, and you get more than 400,000 people on the stre...

🚲 Did you know that there's an estimated 18,500 bicycle trips per day to and through Center City?

This Earth Day, check out our new StoryMap, "Cycling in Center City," that highlights the impact that cycling has in facilitating a functional, viable, safe and attractive Center City. bit.ly/3Y8ciKC

I plan to go to church* today.

*open streets

Can you translate?

Central Paris bike-lane filled with people riding bikes.

Remember, Paris wasn’t “always this way.”

Not that many years ago, Paris was choking in car traffic. And it wasn’t a safe place to ride a bike for transportation, so not many people tried.

This is new. This is a result of deliberate vision, and bold leadership.

Cities are a result of choices.

“All the rules are made up.

We can actually approach envisioning and creating the future however we want.”

— Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (@ayanaeliza.bsky.social)

Could Philadelphia’s embrace of the Open Streets spur more civic innovations to come? | Editorial The traffic-free days, and the Center City District that hosts them, represent Philadelphia leaders thinking big — and sticking the landing.

What an endorsement of Open Streets by @inquirer.com So grateful for this, but more than anything, grateful for the sparkling @centercityphila.org team. www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...

Without a robust public transit system, Philadelphia just doesn’t work | Opinion Absent additional funding from the state, the proposed cuts to SEPTA service would be devastating to the region's post-pandemic recovery.

Our compact, walkable downtown can only exist because transit allows visitors, residents, and employees to be concentrated in a small geographic footprint that would be physically impossible to serve with private vehicles alone.

www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

In my view, the most powerful scene. Reflecting on friendship.

Thank you for doing this! 💜

Teenager daughter approval unlocked.

Two colleagues.

KURT VONNEGUT: Oh, she says well, you're not a poor man. You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And, see some great looking babes. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And, and ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know… And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And, what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around. And, we're not supposed to dance at all anymore.

Being a dancing animal and seeing some great looking babies is good for the soul, the body and the high street! “Happy Cities” @charlesincities.bsky.social is a great read.

Why Europe is going ‘car free’ At a time when NYC and the Trump administration are battling over a congestion pricing program, Europe is dramatically scaling back its relationship with cars.

Fascinating article. wapo.st/3Dq3x7K

LFG

Philadelphia Story: The Next Borough (Gift Article) WEARING a Paul Green School of Rock T-shirt, his bangs plastered to his forehead in the summer heat, Laris Kreslins pulled in front of a handsome brownstone on Rittenhouse Square, the priciest neighbo...

See also www.nytimes.com/2005/08/14/f...

Is Philadelphia the New Hot Spot for New Yorkers? (Gift Article) A study found that New Yorkers seeking to leave town most often search for homes in Philadelphia.

“History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” – Mark Twain. #sixthborough www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/r...

Opinion | How Covid Remade Our America, Five Years Later (Gift Article) It feels as if the pandemic is behind us. But we’re living in the world it made.

This is a great read. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Shopping at the brand new Aritzia (open today!) on Walnut Street like it’s my job.

Philadelphia is the city New Yorkers want to move to most — yes, really StreetEasy reveals that Philly has officially surpassed Miami as the most popular out-of-state metro where New Yorkers are looking to move.

Unsurprising

nypost.com/2025/02/14/r...