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Old 08-10-2018, 07:02 AM
 
Location: New York City
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Boston shouldn't even be in conversation!
Right, another example of the golden child city getting over credited.

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Would you say that any of these writers has any idea that we are into multiple waves or a generational wave of foisting good restaurants here going back nearly 50 years? Surely some of them must have heard of Perrier and Jean-Marie LaCroix.

It odd to me that they seem surprised that food here is as good as it is.
No, they probably didn't do their research/ know nothing about the city, except that it is cool now. But, thats life, and I still enjoy the positive press.
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Old 08-10-2018, 07:29 AM
 
Location: Boston Metrowest (via the Philly area)
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A nice, positive write-up in the Inquirer this morning about the city's improving wages/revenues:

Good economic news for Philadelphia: Tax revenues, wages up

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Let's start with total local tax revenues, which jumped by more than 11 percent. OK, part of that was due to the beverage tax, which was in existence for the entire fiscal year but only five months in fiscal year 2017. Even if you exclude the beverage tax, revenues were up nearly 10 percent.

The majority of Philadelphia-based tax revenue comes from the wage tax, and the good news is that job growth is strong. In June, payrolls were up 2.9 percent over the year. In comparison, the suburbs and the state rose 1.7 percent while the nation increased only 1.6 percent. As a result, wage-tax revenue jumped nearly 6 percent.

The improving wage-tax income is not coming strictly from the expanding employment base. Rising pay is also chipping in. According to Glassdoor Economic Research, Philadelphia's wages rose at the fastest pace of the 10 large cities it compared. Much of that gain came from improved hiring in higher-paid occupations.

Growing wages and jobs implies that businesses are doing better, and the 8.3 percent jump in the city's Business Income and Receipts Tax leaves little doubt that the business sector is healthy.
Good economic news for Philadelphia: Tax revenues, wages up
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Old 08-10-2018, 09:41 AM
 
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https://www.cnn.com/videos/travel/20...f-city-guides/

This was a great video! Positive (and deserved) food press for the city.
Helps that it was a CNN video so more people will notice.
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Old 08-10-2018, 09:45 AM
 
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Sure. When is Saffron going to retire? She can take Craig LeBan with her.

Both are examples of the how much that paper needs new blood.
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Old 08-10-2018, 10:26 AM
 
Location: New York City
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Another silly example of where people's priorities are at...

The Rizzo statue? It
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Old 08-11-2018, 09:18 AM
 
Location: Center City
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Plans for new development in Chinatown released: https://philly.curbed.com/2018/8/3/1...rdable-housing
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Old 08-11-2018, 09:27 AM
 
Location: close to home
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Another silly example of where people's priorities are at...

The Rizzo statue? It
All I can think of is Ratzo Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy.
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Old 08-14-2018, 07:29 AM
 
Location: New York City
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https://www.phillymag.com/property/2...hool-rankings/

Philadelphia area public schools once again perform spectacularly.
5 local districts nationally ranked.

Tredyffrin-Easttown (1, 4)
Radnor Township (2, 5)
Lower Merion (4, 18)
Wallingford-Swarthmore (5, 22)
Unionville-Chadds Ford (8, 43)
Central Bucks (9)
Great Valley (11)
Wissahickon (12)
Garnet Valley (14)
Rose Tree Media (15)
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Old 08-14-2018, 12:20 PM
 
Location: Germantown, Philadelphia
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https://www.phillymag.com/property/2...hool-rankings/

Philadelphia area public schools once again perform spectacularly.
5 local districts nationally ranked.

Tredyffrin-Easttown (1, 4)
Radnor Township (2, 5)
Lower Merion (4, 18)
Wallingford-Swarthmore (5, 22)
Unionville-Chadds Ford (8, 43)
Central Bucks (9)
Great Valley (11)
Wissahickon (12)
Garnet Valley (14)
Rose Tree Media (15)
The first number where two numbers appear is the district's ranking among Pennsylvania school districts. The second is the nationwide one, provided for districts that ranked in the top 50.
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Old 08-14-2018, 04:03 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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This is random but I crossed off a “Philly bucket list” item the other day. During the Free Streets event on North Broad, I got the chance to meet Jane Golden and help paint a new mural on the front of the Uptown Theater. I got to also take a tour of the theater which was really cool. Learned about the ‘chitlin circuit’. I was happy to see the main stage was still in relatively good shape.

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According to Ruth Brown, an artist needed to play at four specific theaters to prove they had made it: the Regal, the Howard, the Uptown, and the Apollo. This was called the "litchman chain".[5]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitlin%27_Circuit

Sadly there is no timeframe for rehabbing the entire building. Shoring up the roof is the next step.
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