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For your Friday entertainment: three minutes of mid-century Philadelphia boosterism.
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Spring Mix: springtime in the city photo call
Spring is probably Philly’s finest season, and Eyes on the Street wants you to share what this time of year looks like in your corner of the city.
Spring Garden station is awash in color
A new artwork called Six Places in Motion was recently installed on the platforms of the Broad Street Line’s Spring Garden station. Does the pixelated floral abstraction strike your fancy or is it garish?
R. Eric Thomas on finding a “New Attitude” in Philadelphia at TEDx
Eyes on the Street continues its TEDxPhilly: The City video series with storyteller R. Eric Thomas who offers a love letter to the creative energy of this city, which helped him find and foster his voice.
Philadelphians hop on board, set Soul Train dance line record
Hundreds of Philadelphians turned out for a giant Soul Train dance line on Monday to honor the memory of the show’s host and creator Don Cornelius. It looks like we set a record.
Comcast Center: reflections on city light
Frequent Eyes on the Street photo contributor, Steve Ives (aka phillytrax), shared his observations about the Comcast Center’s bright reflections.
Under the Clothespin: Sneak Peek
Artists Miriam Singer and Emilie Ledieu have been busy building Under the Clothespin, a whimsical cityscape mosaic, in the Centre Square subway entrance. Here’s a sneak peek at their soon-to-be-revealed project.
Amy Hillier on mapping experiences and opportunities in cities at TEDx
Eyes on the Street continues its TEDxPhilly: The City video series with Amy Hillier, co-director of Penn’s Cartographic Modeling Lab and planning professor at PennDesign. Hillier uses maps as tools to visualize disparities in opportunities and experiences in the city.
Code for America’s Jennifer Pahlka talks networked cities at TEDx
Eyes on the Street continues its TEDxPhilly: The City video series with Jennifer Pahlka, founder and executive director of Code for America. Pahlka sees cities getting better, in part because they’re learning to use technology and enlist citizens in open data projects that improve city services.
Youngjin Yoo on seeing cities as computing platforms at TEDx
Eyes on the Street continues its TEDxPhilly: The City video series with Youngjin Yoo, head of Temple’s Urban Apps and Maps Studio, who wants us to see cities as computing platforms, and harness the information architecture of cities to solve tough urban problems.
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