"They were erected a generation later when many of the civil rights laws and civil rights progress that was made in the post-Civil War era was beginning to be reversed" - Judy Giesberg of @vugradhistory setting the record straight for @businessinsider businessinsider.com/confederate-st…

Uber would like to remind you that their business model relies on increasing congestion and emissions, by shifting people from public transit to private cars.

Approaching Rittenhouse Square and seeing crowds of people with their cameras up: Must be a celebrity sighting in the park! What it actually was:

Historians are dunking on the Project 1836 Law signed by Greg Abbott & fairly so. It's pure culture-wars inflaming rhetoric, a response to a virtually non-existent threat of Critical Race Theory. But if we only trash it, we're missing the good news of *opportunity.* A thread/1

The steps of #Pittsburgh’s historic Highland Park.

reject modernity embrace tradition

All smiles twirling with Temple University Diamond Marching Band at #templehc17. So proud to be part of this Diamond Girl legacy! #tfortempleu #goowlsman Temple University

Welcome to the moment! Philadelphia 76ers #sixerslive #wetrusted

I'm at The Philadelphia Inquirer talking about Philly's bad sidewalk policies for families, and people with limited mobility philly.com/philly/opinion…

Americans spend an enormous amount of money building parking that is rarely used, a bizarre luxury in places where people are struggling financially. This week, show your city just how excessive and unnecessary parking minimum laws are. bit.ly/2izL37T #blackfridayparking

"It's a policy of inequality that the City subsidizes market rate development while turning away families in need" - Beth McConnell on need for #MixedIncomeHousing

Philadelphia: Finding the Hidden City | Book Excerpt trib.al/AOb27xJ

"Hey Arnold!" creator Craig Bartlett on how he built the cartoon city that every ‘90s kid dreamed of living in: trib.al/xFoM5U7

With snow scheduled for the weekend, a new season of #NoSavesies will begin. We've seen some strange things used over the years to save parking spots -and we're hoping we see a lot less of them this year. Shovel and share -it's not worth fighting over. #NoSavesies #SavesieThings

Got to hang out at the Divine Lorraine last night to celebrate the release of “Finding the Hidden City” by Temple Univ Press. Thanks for the invite Hidden City Phila!

It’s such a privilege to perform this show with this fantastic, all-Philly cast for a second time! x.com/fringearts/sta…

If Philadelphia wants to be a World Heritage City we need to stop sacrificing historic buildings on the altar of parking. philly.com/philly/columni…

People come to The Woodlands for events like today’s #GoWestCraftFest all the time... crossing Woodland Ave from the Trolley Portal Design that prioritizes pedestrians would demand a crosswalk Instead, it’s clear that vehicular speed/thruput is more important than #visionzero