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☆ Opinion: Stuck in traffic, I wonder if this European city’s car-free vision is working
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( David A. Andelman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The fact is that gas cars aren’t being weaponized on most of the continent the way they are in America. I’m all in favor of the commendable end to gas cars that Europe has now embraced – a decade or more hence. Of course, that’s only one corner of what’s happened to Paris traffic under the Hidalgo regime. The same toxic, planet-warming emissions are being generated, especially with all that idling in place in endless traffic jams. Perhaps a couple of decades from now when all those gas guzzling cars will be gone entirely?

Persons: David A, That’s, “, Giuseppe Sala, hasn’t, van, Laurent Nunez, ”, King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Anne Hidalgo, Hidalgo, Joe Biden, Eric Adams Organizations: CNN, French Legion of, The New York Times, CBS News, European Union, Sunday, ”, Concorde, Olympic, Seine, Maison de Radio, Notre Dame, US Locations: Europe, Asia, Paris, America, Milan, Italy’s, Swedish, Stockholm, Vienna, Pontevedra, Spain, –, dribs, Hidalgo, ”, Seine, Taxis, New York

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kelly Oubre Jr. wanted to set the record straight — yes, a vehicle struck him as he walked near his home and the driver fled. Yes, he suffered a traumatic injury and no — he doesn't care for anyone who questioned his account of what happened on that Philadelphia street last month. “This was and is a very traumatic situation for me and my family,” Oubre told reporters Monday at the 76ers' complex in New Jersey. The car, described as silver in color, fled, Oubre told authorities. Oubre said he's “ready to hoop” and rejoin the 76ers (12-7) as they chase a top spot in the Eastern Conference.

Persons: — Kelly Oubre Jr, ” Oubre, Oubre, “, he's, Nick Nurse, ___ Organizations: PHILADELPHIA, 76ers, Truman, Philadelphia’s, Washington, Sixers, Eastern Conference, Wizards Locations: Philadelphia, New Jersey, Philadelphia’s Center City

☆ Downtowns Are Full of Empty Buildings. Universities Are Moving In.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Michael Kimmelman | More About Michael Kimmelman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I’ll say straight off: It’s not architecture for the ages, but it’s an interesting, high-end model of an urban quad and a good example of how struggling downtowns are finding a glimmer of hope as satellite campuses. In design jargon, the term is “adaptive reuse,” which is the same story as turning empty office towers into apartment buildings. Universities like Hopkins are not the ultimate cure-all for what now ails downtowns across America, though, especially since they don’t pay property taxes like for-profit companies. Downtowns are still struggling. WeWork, which presently rents more office space than any other company in the United States, filed for bankruptcy this month.

Persons: David Rockwell, Hopkins, Paul Levy Organizations: Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, Rockwell Group, Philadelphia’s Center City District Locations: Pennsylvania, Washington, Texas, New York, America, United States, downtowns

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police said Wednesday they have yet to find any videotape evidence of an alleged hit-and-run accident involving 76ers guard Kelly Oubre, and coach Nick Nurse is standing by his player. “No video has been recovered,” Torres said in his email. Political Cartoons View All 1250 Images“I don’t think it's very fair to him to say that he made up some story,” Nurse said. Oubre has not attended any of the team's three games since the incident took place. Oubre signed with the Sixers on Sept. 26 and had just moved into the neighborhood where the incident allegedly took place.

Persons: Kelly Oubre, Nick Nurse, Miguel Torres, ” Torres, Eric Gripp, Nurse, Oubre, ” Nurse, “, ”, Oubre “, ___ Organizations: PHILADELPHIA, Philadelphia, 76ers, Associated Press, Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Celtics, Sixers Locations: Philadelphia, Camden , New Jersey

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored a career-high 50 points, Joel Embiid had 37 points and the Philadelphia 76ers improved to 8-1 with their eighth straight victory, beating the Indiana Pacers 137-126 on Sunday night. The 76ers are off to their best nine-game start since opening 10-0 in 2000-01 en route to the NBA Finals. “It may not look like we didn't play defense tonight, but (Indiana) plays so fast its incredible with the pace. Tyrese Haliburton led Indiana with 25 points and Myles Turner had 22. The 76ers pulled away with an 18-6 run, capped by Maxey' putback of a Patrick Beverley's errant shot.

Persons: — Tyrese Maxey, Joel Embiid, Maxey, Embiid —, —, “ Joel, ” Maxey, “, ” Embiid, Kelly Oubre Jr, Oubre's, Tyrese, ”, Tyrese Haliburton, Myles Turner, Rick Carlisle, Aaron Nesmith's, Patrick Beverley's, Nick Nurse, James Harden, ___ Organizations: PHILADELPHIA, Philadelphia 76ers, Indiana Pacers, Toronto, 76ers, NBA, Philadelphia, Center City, Pacers, ” Pacers, ” 76ers, Los Angeles Clippers, Wells, Center Locations: Philadelphia, Indiana, Center City Philadelphia

☆ $2 Million Homes in Pennsylvania, Montana and California
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Angela Serratore | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It is close to several museums, including Bucks County Civil War Museum and Library; Michener Art Museum, which has a sculpture garden; and Mercer Museum, which has a large collection of early American tools and vehicles. A SEPTA station is less than a mile away; from there, trains make the trip to Center City Philadelphia in about an hour and a half. Size: 3,908 square feetPrice per square foot: $512Indoors: A wrought-iron fence lined with neat hedges separates this property from the street. To the right is a family room with a fireplace that has a marble mantel. To the left is a living room connected to a dining room by a wide, column-flanked doorway.

Organizations: Bucks, Civil, Museum and Library, Michener Art Museum, Mercer Museum, SEPTA, Center City Philadelphia Locations: Doylestown, Pa, Hope, Trenton, N.J

☆ You Know Her Past. Mo’ne Davis Is Working on Her Future.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Wayne Coffey | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It was August 2014 when Davis’s Taney Dragons Little League team, out of Center City Philadelphia, won the Pennsylvania state championship and advanced to the Mid-Atlantic regional championship. Mo’ne Mania took off from there and didn’t stop even when Taney came up one game short of playing for the U.S. championship. The Sports Illustrated cover, with the words “Mo’ne Remember Her Name,” followed. Jimmy Fallon bet her a Philly cheesesteak she couldn’t strike him out in a Wiffle ball at-bat; Fallon whiffed and had to pay up. Davis, who is believed to be the only African American girl to compete in the Little League World Series, couldn’t go anywhere in Williamsport, Pa., without getting mobbed for photos and autographs.

Persons: Davis’s, Davis, Mania, Taney, Mike Trout, Kevin Durant, ”, Jimmy Fallon, Fallon whiffed, couldn’t, it’s, “ It’s, Scott Bandura Organizations: Davis’s Taney Dragons Little League, Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Atlantic, Little League, South Nashville, U.S, Philly Locations: Tenn, Williamsport, Pa

☆ The Real Reason Rent Costs Are Sky High: People Left Their Roommates
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( James Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Though rent growth has slowed in recent months, renters in large cities are still feeling the effects of the 2021-22 rent boom. Residents of these places are now asking the question: If so many people left, why is my rent still so expensive? The first was outbound migration, which led to weaker housing demand in city centers. "High house prices, high rents, and rising interest rates are probably pushing back against household formation," Ozimek told me. If more employees keep adopting remote work — which, I'll admit, is a big "if" — that indicates housing demand is bound to increase.

Hong Kong CNN —Fang Bin, a retailer turned citizen journalist who documented the early outbreak of Covid-19 in Wuhan, has been released after more than three years detention in China, a family member told CNN. In one video, Fang, a Wuhan resident who sold clothing, showed hospital corridors crowded with patients and their desperate relatives. Rights groups had repeatedly called for Fang’s release and information about his case and of others who were also detained after sharing information about Wuhan outbreak. Both had reported on China’s initial Covid outbreak in Wuhan in early 2020. Authorities have never confirmed how many people had been detained or prosecuted in connection with sharing information on the pandemic.

So You Want to Turn an Office Building Into a Home? There’s an appealing simplicity to the idea of converting office buildings into housing. Basically, they did this:How to Turn a 26-story Office Building Into a 30-story Apartment Building Cut a hole through 23 floors of the building. How to Turn a 26-story Office Building Into a 30-story Apartment Building Cut a hole through 23 floors of the building. That could change with tax abatements and subsidy programs, or if outdated office buildings lose so much value that the cost of acquiring them plummets.

☆ Philadelphia’s Center City Sees Resurgence in Housing, Economic Activity
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

PHILADELPHIA—This city’s downtown is showing fresh signs of renewed economic vitality, buoyed by strong housing demand, hospitality-sector growth and a return-to-work push led by employers such as Comcast Corp., despite ongoing concerns about crime. Cities across the country have struggled to rebound from the affects of the Covid-19 pandemic, when a shift to working from home hollowed out many downtown cores. Residents, business owners, workers and local commerce officials say they see clear improvement in Philadelphia’s Center City as the pandemic begins to turn a corner into its fourth year.

☆ A sentence that never ends: How probation kept a Pennsylvania man locked up through the pandemic — even after his release date
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-04 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +39 min

He was still a teenager when, a year after his school went under, he graduated to a new form of state supervision. Inmates walk the hallways during a media tour of the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 7, 2015. And such violations have bloated the probation system, with roughly 250,000 people now subject to restrictions on their freedom. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner listens during a press conference announcing Danielle Outlaw as the new Police Commissioner on December 30, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania State Senator Katie Muth was elected in the 2018 "blue wave," defeating the incumbent Republican.

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