One of the best things to see at the IMAX Theater in Philadelphia was not the main film but this seven-minute film shown as the opening-act. As part of my routine, I troll through various websites plugging in the word Philadelphia to see what’s being written and show about us. Some times I catch an [...]

Bollywood film crew shooting scenes in front of the PNC Bank Building made to look like a FBI office. Image credit: Ross Irwin

I’ve been meaning to post something about this story all day just because I know how much my colleague Alan loves the Bollywood stories. But now I realize I’ve never seen a [...]

As we reported on WHYY News a couple days ago, the Philadelphia International Cycling Classic is in danger of being can canceled for 2009 due to a shortfall in funding and a new city policy that requires events to pay for the use of city services like policing and clean up.
I have to admit, if [...]

Skateboarding in Love Park became an issue in the 2003 mayor’s race when the Katz campaign (full disclosure: at my suggestion as a Katz staffer after I was informed about the issue by the proprietor of this blog) decided to put Sam on a skateboard and make a call to reopen the park to the [...]

Last week we started an unconventional photo contest of sorts where instead of accepting submissions or captions, our resident photographer and excellent intern Masashi Hanada takes the photos and we ask you to identify the object and put it in its geographic and, if possible, symbolic and historic context. The response was great and we [...]

I just spent about 45 minutes going through the 200 or so blog posts that my Google Reader had for me this morning and was struck by the number of otherwise well respected blogs who choose to take part in these stupid April Fool’s Day efforts.
If, and it’s a big if, I came across one [...]

On a cold day like today, what better way to go for a quick lunchtime walk around the neighborhood at lunch than to drag that little Google Street View man around the blue-lined streets and alley ways that define his universe.  Earlier on one such jaunt, I stopped by the corner of 4th and Bainbridge.
Now [...]

Jon, Jon, Jon - why did it have to come to this?
In a world that is such a target-rich environment for his brand of political humor, why did Jon Stewart have to start his pre-inaugural version of The Daily Show Monday night with a weak, throwaway gibe at our fair city?
He opened the show with [...]

Governing.com’s blog The 13th Floor posted this item about Arlington County, Virginia’s move to Second Life.  With their effort to reach out to the millions and millions of people who meet and collaborate in this on-line community, Arlington County joins Missouri as the only two governments - that anyone is aware of - to make [...]

Philebrity wants to know.
What am I talking about?  WHYY’s Susan Phillips got the reaction from Comcast, whose monopoly over cable could be threatened by City Councilman Darrell Clarke’s legislation to give Verizon a license to run its FiOS system in Philadelphia.
You can listen to her story here.
Anyway, like the Philebrity post mentions, it’s not altogether [...]