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sprawlers: Some notes from my Urban Economics Class
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Some notes from my Urban Economics Class. My favorite concept from the Urban Economics class I took with Dick Voith in 2007 was this:. 1 city growth rates are skewed so that cities grow more quickly than they decline;. 2 urban decline is highly persistent;. 3 positive shocks increase population more than they increase housing prices;. 4 negative shocks decrease housing prices more than they decrease population;. 5 if housing prices are below construction costs, then the city declines; and. Neat excerpt f...
preservator.blogspot.com
PRESERVATOR: October 2014
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We are the village green preservation society. Wednesday, October 22, 2014. HOT LINKS: Creative church reuse, Manhattan layers, 15 San Franciscans, Petrified Forest honors. 1962: Petrified Forest National Park visitors compound. It's been too dangin long. With that, some hot headlines:. In Pittsburgh former churches are being converted into more than condos - they're becoming everything from hotels to hookah bars. Can we pull this sort of things off in more places? Links to this post. My Own Time Machine.
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November | 2011 | toshonslist
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Conversations: Catch up…. Poem: A Statement of Wonder. November 12, 2011. Life, where have you brought me? Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Join 1 other follower. Top Posts and Pages. Poem: A Statement of Wonder. School District of Philadelphia. Star and Buc Wild. 8221; (Tupac voice). The Laws of Physics Do Not Care That You Are in a Hurry https:/ t.co/NlgZzDHSqK. What y'all know about MOB STYLE? Blog at WordPress.com.
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NW Philly groups land Knight Foundation grant to attract immigrants, improve walkability — NewsWorks
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To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. March 31, 2015. NW Philly groups land Knight Foundation grant to attract immigrants, improve walkability. By Neema Roshania Patel. About Neema Roshania Patel. Neema is an associate editor at NewsWorks/WHYY. Her work has appeared on NPR, PRI's The World, NewsWorks/WHYY, Kiplinger, CNBC and NJBIZ. MAUSA will be using its $261,500 grant to create an innovation hub for immigrant entrepreneurs. C...
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Philadelphia Neighborhoods: Art Museum | Fishtown | Fitler Square | Graduate Hospital | Queen Village | Rittenhouse Sq | South Philly | Washington Sq West
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We Know the Neighborhoods. How We Market Homes. Center City Residents' Association. Design Advocacy Group of Philadelphia. Philadelphia Neighborhood Information System. I've Made a Huge Tiny Mistake. Board of Revision of Taxes. Central Philadelphia is the most walkable district in any of America’s big cities. Thanks to the simple Roman grid that city founder William Penn laid out in 1682, everything you’d want to visit, buy or eat fits withina few square miles. Art Museum »». Bella Vista »». Carolyn Perl...
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The Philly Home Blog: April Housing Market Snapshot, Philadelphia County
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The Philly Home Blog. Monday, May 16, 2011. April Housing Market Snapshot, Philadelphia County. Sales are down about 17% over April Last year, but April last year was the last month of the home buyer tax credit. April 2010 sales were up 17% over 2009, so it seems last year was a bit of an outlier and volume is at 2009 levels for April. Monthly Statistics for the Date Range Selected (TREND MLS). Pricing Details of Sold Units for the Date Range Selected. Original List Price : $2,100. Sold Price : $1,900.
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New theater company brings message of hope, redemption to Mt. Airy — NewsWorks
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To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. June 29, 2012. New theater company brings message of hope, redemption to Mt. Airy. By Jana Shea for NewsWorks. While Quintessence Theatre Group takes a summer hiatus, a newcomer has stepped up to fill the void in Mt. Airy's Sedgwick Theater. Come and See Productions. People need hope now more than ever," stated Director, Garfield Randleman. Randleman co-wrote the play last year with three others...
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CityCentric Charlotte: February 2013
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Ideas and observations on city-building. Wednesday, February 27, 2013. In my first post, I noted that recent events/trends inspired me to start this blog. Here are some things on my mind. I'm a regular reader of Urbanophile, an Indianapolis-based blog that advocates for strong center-cities. A post last month discussing transit. For Indy made me think, "Hmm, Charlotte-Mecklenburg County mirrors these trends in some ways.". The Urbanophile's transit post also referred to a previous post. See BAE study), a...
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