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Cockfighting in Philadelphia: 200-Plus Years of Feathery Mayhem
Truly, this is a city that loves to watch winged animals duel to their bloody deaths.
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Telling the Story of the Great Recession Through Billboards
A Philadelphia photography project transforms ad spaces with pictures of the working poor.
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You Are Where You Wear
The often subtle (and occasionally lucrative) art of expressing city pride, via t-shirt.
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Maps
The Rise of the Super Commuter
The number of people who work in a different city than they live is growing rapidly.
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The Grocery Store of the Future?
Virtual supermarkets may be coming soon to a transit station near you.
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Hot or Not, the Philadelphia Edition
Which street scene is more beautiful? A website endeavors to answer that question.
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The Measure of a Beautiful Street
The OpenPlans.org team wants to see if it can quantify what makes one street nicer than another.
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The Art of Capturing a City From a Rooftop
An interview with Toronto photographer Tom Ryaboi, who likes to capture the city from up high - way up high.
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What the Latest Report on Racial Inequality Doesn't Tell Us
New numbers from the Urban Institute require some context.
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Postcard From Philadelphia
A Charles Dickens birthday party at a bootleg statue and other news.
