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better-philadelphia-pa · 3 months

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The Carson Luxury Apartments in Philadelphia, PA

Are you searching for the best two bedroom apartments in Northern Liberties area? There’s no doubt young families prefer such type of living space. If you’re looking for an exciting apartment home, you can check out the website of The Carson Luxury Apartments. As such, you can find the best selections. In addition, the apartment is also pet-friendly. Well, your cats and dogs are welcome at The Carson. Let your pup burn off some energy and make friends in our spacious rooftop dog park, while you enjoy the fresh air, greenery, and views. Later, take your dog for a walk to nearby Liberty Lands Park or check out the latest pet supplies and treats at Doggie Style Pets or Unleashed by Petco. Don’t forget to familiarize their pet policy, by the way.

Philadelphia, PA

Essentially, many people are aware that Philadelphia, PA area is one of the renowned places in the world for years. Moreover, many parents rely on the quality of education the schools there have been providing for years. Then, education in Philadelphia is provided by many private and public institutions. As mentioned in online articles, the School District of Philadelphia is the local school district, operating public schools, in all of the city. In addition, the Philadelphia School District is the eighth-largest school district in the nation with 142,266 students in 218 traditional public schools and 86 charter schools as of 2014.

Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, PA

These days, the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, PA has been attracting many visitors. Even before the pandemic, the Philadelphia Museum of Art or PMoA is already popular. Basically, it is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Because of its remarkable displays, many parents bring their children there. Moreover, the main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Eakins Oval. Then, the museum administers collections containing over 240,000 objects including major holdings of European, American and Asian origin.

Meet the Pennsylvania dad who battled addiction to save his relationship with his son

One of the inspiring reports this year in Philadelphia, PA is about a father. Based on the news, Noah Langnas and his son Aaron encourage each other when they're out hitting golf balls. Noah Langnas shared that, "It's the most important relationship in my life.” But that relationship was jeopardized when the father said he got lost in addiction. He admitted, "I was a sales manager for a Fortune 500 company, and my second back surgery didn't go as planned. I took two pills and six years later basically woke up in rehab." Through the haze of addiction, he knew he needed to get clean to save his relationship with his son.

Link to Map Driving Direction

Philadelphia Museum of Art 2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA 19130, United States

Head southwest on Anne d'Harnoncourt Dr/Art Museum Dr 53 sec (0.2 mi)

Take N 24th St and I-676 E to N 5th St 8 min (2.5 mi)

The Carson Luxury Apartments 570 N 5th St, Philadelphia, PA 19123, United States

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mariacallous · 11 months

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The problem is that vengeance is neither a strategy nor a tactic. The Israeli government doesn’t have the right to defend its citizens but the duty to do so. And it failed miserably. At these critical hours, it has the responsibility to act for the immediate release of the captives and abductees. It must do whatever it takes to assist in locating those who are missing and remove civilians from harm’s way. Sending tanks into the Gaza Strip, or damaging the infrastructure required for humanitarian needs and targeting Gaza’s civilian population, is not a solution but will only exacerbate the already catastrophic situation. One does not need a sick imagination to envision ISIS-style televised executions of hostages nor to see how a military reaction might flare up Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. Recent events give us good reason to fear that tensions within Israel’s mixed cities could reach a boiling point; The delicate, already scarred tissue of cohabitation might be finally torn apart. With an extreme right-wing government in power, one can trust any large-scale military maneuver will be accompanied by draconian emergency laws and a denial of basic civil liberties. This would not save lives – neither of Israeli citizens nor of approximately 2.2 million Palestinians who have been suffocating for years in Gaza’s refugee camps and have nothing to lose besides their chains. Hamas planned the October 7 attack, expecting an Israeli retaliation and preparing for a potential land invasion. It would be a disastrous walk into a death trap.

About 200 Israeli citizens were violently abducted to the Gaza Strip and are now being held there, alive, including women, children, and elderly needing medical assistance and care. At the time of writing, dozens of media outlets report that the Israeli government is refusing a humanitarian prisoner exchange deal brokered by Egypt and Qatar under which Israel would release about 30 Palestinian women prisoners in exchange for the release of the Israeli women and children captured by Hamas. Rejection of such a proposal is unthinkable. Instead, we see an exceedingly long line of politicians, pundits, and ex-generals sermonizing the need to “dismantle Hamas” and “flatten Gaza.” For an Israeli, this choreography is familiar ad nauseam: if only those ex-generals would have been as eager to do their job of defending civilians as they are eager to storm the TV studios; if only those propagandists would stop being a caricature of Herr Kantorek, the nationalist teacher from Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front, full of bravado and talk about the bruised national honor, happy to send others to be killed in the trenches. They will talk about the need to restore Israel’s “deterrence” – as if deterrence is a human being that needs to be saved and not the captives that are held hostage – and they will call for revenge. As a Jew, this rhetoric makes me sick: open calls for lynching and widescale population transfer, “gloves off” genocidal violence against modern Amalek. It echoes the darkest moments in Jewish history.

I plagiarized the title of this piece – The War Against Cliché – from the late Martin Amis. In a similar spirit, I call upon us to free ourselves from fixed, ready-made forms of thought and expression, to think rather than surrender to atavistic Pavlovian conditioning. After 40 weeks of political and social turmoil, many Israelis feel that, in addition to physical security, they are grappling with a total breakdown of trust and a state apparatus that cares very little about their wellbeing. At such times, they do not need a hysterical speech from an incompetent defense minister, ordering a complete siege on the Gaza Strip with no electricity, food or water that would create a humanitarian disaster because “we are fighting human animals”; nor do they deserve a president who embodies the Peter Principle, climbing the ladder by failing every previous job he had, incapable of saying a single sentence that does not contain an overused phrase. Israelis cling to stories of the incredible bravery of ordinary citizens who found themselves in impossible situations, like Rachel Edri, a working-class Moroccan-born woman from Ofakim, who did not lose her cool and conversed with her kidnappers in Arabic, offering them coffee and cookies, while the police SWAT teams surrounded the house. Israelis need the gregarious valor of those who would negotiate with enemies to save lives. The gap between the generosity and magnanimity displayed by Israel’s civil society and its politicians’ pettiness and poor thinking has never been as great as it is today. If we want to save lives, the only war we should launch now is a war against deadly clichés. If someone will cry “humiliation” at you, answer: “humility.” Both derive from the same root, the first a sign of indignation, while the other – a virtue.

If Israel learned anything from the Yom Kippur War, perhaps the most painful and traumatic war in its history, it is that its power has limits. A half-century ago, thousands of lives were lost so that a rigid paradigm of thought would be scrutinized, without which one could not have jump-started the process that ended in a peace treaty with Egypt, Israel’s previous archnemesis. Ultimately, as William James wrote, nations are not saved by wars but “by acts without external picturesqueness; by speaking, writing, voting reasonably; by smiting corruption swiftly; by good temper between parties; by the people knowing true men when they see them, and preferring them as leaders to rabid partisans or empty quacks.”

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writingdollworlds · 2 years

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Hello and welcome to my doll blog!

I am 18 years old, autistic and LGBTQ+, with a special interest in American Girl. I like and follow from @jamboy1111 as that is my main.

At my heart, I am a writer, and I hope to spark inspiration in y'all who come across my blog. I have a lot of fun and wacky ideas, and I hope you enjoy yourself here! I currently have 37 dolls, if you want to hear more about the story that my collection inspires you can look under the cut ^^

The idea to make a yearbook type of collage came from @futuristicsaladparadise, there will be many updates to this yearbook but for now this it it!

As a note, I have very poor memory due to a medical condition, which makes it difficult for me to understand children's povs. So most of my dolls end up being teenagers, I also aged up the canon dolls to be 13-21. This is not for any bad reason, at the end of the day these dolls are meant to be and canonically are 7-13; plus there are children in the fandom. If you make NSFW anything about these dolls you will be blocked with no hesitation. You have no respect from me.

Have a good day!

Also for the story of my collection there is a small TW for death so please be warned if that is a trigger for you!

The story for my collection may not be original. With so many doll collectors floating around, I'm sure someone has thought this up before. Either way I created this without that influence.

My collection story mixes the stories of all the dolls into one that makes sense to me. All dolls start in their own stories, their own timelines/universes. But due to a magical well they all get transported to one small northern town. Really all the dolls, in the blink of eye in one rural towns clearing. Not only did all these people show up, but the town shifted to accommodate them as well. Gabriela's Liberty center is added to the town square. Which now has the world by us room in it. There is a new dance and gymnastic studio. Various homes and shops all crop up suddenly. They come to coin this event as being Blinked. I haven't figured which dolls family will be in the town originally before everyone shows up; but whoever it is, their guardian inherited a large manor from a distant family member. When everything was blinked, most of the rooms were transformed to suit the dolls that were blinked. Apartments and other houses appeared in town too to make the town livable. They tried several things to get back, but nothing worked. Most decided to make the best out of their situation. About a month after everyone got blinked they all received letters from any family left behind. To the family, the blinked person is simply away from home. For school, college, travel, tour, or other various means. The blinked can write back as long as they don't share details that would mess with timelines. Speaking of, blinked are also unable to view any records that would cause any problems. For example, they could view details about the molasses flood but not if they died in the molasses flood. Information that is deemed unsafe is blurred out, almost glitchy. Any person who tries to read it to them sounds distant and staticy. There is several explorations of their circumstances. Some try to sort through all the odd and ends to see if anything can made of it. The best conclusion they can get to is that over several universes, timelines, and eras several people who were not meant to die were put in perilous situations and in an attempt to over correct itself a good number of people were blinked on accident. These people include Caroline, who went to sea and got stuck in a storm. Judith (OC) and Saige who were part of a horse competition that went awry. And a few others. Every other person was doing normal activities and seemingly got caught in the crossfire. Most are able to adapt to their new surroundings due to the fact they are not alone. There are dozens of people who understand your feelings. Friendships blossom and it doesn't take long for everyone to be there for each other too.

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jf3co · 6 years

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New Single: Sweet Thing

Dear Reader,

I’ve been making music for a long time and it wasn’t until recently that I decided to ‘do something’ with it; that something is as follows: I am putting out 9 songs, and am working on an additional album of ”low fi” stuff from my old, what I affectionally call “garage edits” but are, in reality, bedroom stuff or basement stuff, initially recorded as scratch tracks for what I considered “hobby music”, on component-built personal computers (cheap), using cracked music production software (cheaper), and video game soundcards as DAW (cheapest).

To introduce you to the music I put out, I would like to add the following preamble; years ago back in Philadelphia we had a ragtag group of friends whom all relocated into a section of Philly that was being remediated from dilapidated industry to housing in a section of Northern Liberties. This group included young professionals, small business owners, and (proudly stated) a surprisingly high number of women entrepreneurs… a salon owner, a pilates studio owner, a yoga studio guru, aspiring model, a pet groomer, and (last but not least) an exotic dancer. We were all friends.

Friends do things together. Hang out together. Patronize each others’ budding businesses. Support each other. And… visit each other at work. Oftentimes we’d wind up at the strip club - to name names, it was Club Risque on Delaware Avenue in Philly. Our exotic dancer, our stripper, with whom I had a schoolboy crush on, with whom I would always say to her that my plan was to seduce her and turn her into a soccer mom who drives a minivan and picks our kids up from soccer practice (despite her penchant for full-body tattoos and motorcycles), would want us to come in and hang out with her at work. I would always request that she dance to “

Rocket Queen

” by Guns N’ Roses… so much so that I wouldn’t even need to request it… if I walked in, Rocket Queen would come on, she would come out, and she would rule the stage with her acrobatics.

Ever since, I wanted to make a “stripper song”. Instead I spent the remainder of my time being young, capricious, inappropriate, while pushing the thresholds of this little machine that I get to steer through the universe; an undisciplined, unquenched test pilot. At times, I’d pile the salesgirls from place-of-employement into my Jeep, head to the club, and then give everyone a stack of money to spend, which became sort of a tradition that I continue to carry with me today, most recently at Jumbo’s Clown Room in Los Angeles.

A bit older now, I get to go back and review my many-years-old ‘to do’ list and check off a few of those items. One of which is to proselytize that exotic dancing is powerful, not degrading, it is massively effective entertainment, not sleazy, and while the showrooms can be filled with every manner of Creepy Creeperson, at least they are, ahem, visibly honest, and are in no numbers more so than in your average church, just with more diversity, camaraderie, stratification, whom all came to, if only for a moment in time, acknowledge the power a woman has to simply and completely own; to own herself, to own her presence, to own the room, to own us each individually, and to own her budding understanding of her power.

Other items on that checklist include things like finishing some music. So, with that weighty preamble and minor jaunt down memory lane, I would like to introduce you to my song, the stripper song, “Sweet Thing (Fall Apart)”; hopefully you will give it a listen. And if you ever get the chance to pile into a Jeep with no backseat with a car full of intoxicated salesgirls actively drinking wine, if only to hand them each a stack of twenty-some singles, requesting of them that no woman on stage is allowed to pass without receiving a dollar from the pile, I would highly recommend it; bonus points if this song is blaring in the background.

Your Pal, ~ Joe

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/3OZ4FPLG7Y4dqccSvJkMtV

Apple - https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sweet-thing-garage-mix-garage-mix-single/1427803918

Google - https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Joe_Friend_Sweet_Thing_Garage_Mix?id=Bev4ctxwycgrkzim44ydo7wdnze

Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GJ8MF3B

Deezer - https://www.deezer.com/us/album/70810662

Tidal - https://tidal.com/browse/album/93639876

Napster - https://us.napster.com/artist/joe-friend/album/sweet-thing-garage-mix

DistroKid - https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/joefriend/ejPV

#music #musician #recording #alternative #alternative rock #Joe Friend #Joe Friend Band #jf3co #Sweet Thing #Amazon #Apple Music #iTunes #DistroKid #Google Play #SoundCloud #Spotify #Tidal #Deezer

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killthebxy-archive · 7 years

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a quick sum-up of the main points:

default verse age: 22 years (thread dependent);

tends to be taken as older than he truly is, because of the overall grunge style (including worn out clothes + unkept facial hair);

has a tattoo of a wolf on the inner part of his right forearm (click here);

bisexual & aromantic; into casual sex rather than real relationships;

heavy smoker & drinker, and frequently plays around with drugs (mostly cannabis, with the occasional intake of hard drugs);

is quite short-sighted, but rarely ever wears his glasses;

loves playing Candy Crush;

taught himself to play the guitar and is also talented at singing;

plays football with friends and is actually a quite good striker;

sucks at winking because he cannot blink only one eye at a time.

please note that this text includes mentions of the following content: toxic relationships, substance abuse and addiction, mental disorders, bullying, anti-social behavior/delinquency and crime

there are two subverses in this verse. in the less used of them, Jon was raised by/ lives with a mother figure (usually, Lyanna Stark, but it’s adaptable according to thread), whose lover (usually, Rhaegar Targaryen, but also adaptable) abandoned her after finding out she was pregnant OR never got to know of the pregnancy and has no idea Jon exists. in my default subverse, Jon is the child of Ned Stark with an unknown woman, whom he was never told much about — in this aspect, similar to his upbringing in canon. the only thing he knows about his mother is that her last name is/was Snow (Jon’s official last name is Stark but, as soon as he turned of legal age, he had it changed to Snow, as a sort of rebellious act against his family). also, similarly to canon, he has a good relationship with (almost all) his siblings (especially with Arya) and a cold one with Catelyn and Sansa. with Ned, it tends to be ambivalent, for different reasons. from here on, the text will apply to both subverses.

during childhood, adolescence, and now young adulthood years, Jon has become a very emotionally detached person, in that he deliberately refuses to allow somebody else close to him, as far as any type of relationships go (this includes his siblings, despite their getting along well). he’s grown to become a very independent person who rather do everything himself than trust others to help. he actually openly defends this sort of stance, claiming that people cannot be trusted and are only nice to/ interested in you when they’ll gain something from it. therefore, whenever he feels himself getting attached to somebody, he will be the one to either make it clear that’s just a temporary thing or even to cut contact with that person for good — it’s a self-defense mechanism. despite his extroverted, very social demeanor, the great majority of his interactions are at a superficial level only, and the persons he truly confides in are very rare.

Jon has attention deficit disorder (ADD), without hyperactivity, which was never diagnosed. because of this, he was never good at school/ studying, unlike his siblings — which, in turn, quickly led him to grow uninterested in school. he does like to learn, but only if it is an autonomous process and something he’s interested in — for example, he can sit with his guitar for hours till he learns how to play a song by ear. for the most part, however, staying focused is hard for him and this tended to have most of his teachers believing he was lazy/ disobedient and did not study because he did not want to put effort into it. this whole situation resulted in Jon feeling inferior to his classmates, especially his siblings, and the ways he came up with to hide his insecurities were to (a) lose interest in almost everything school related (the exceptions being physical education, music classes, and, to a degree, handcrafting/ arts classes), and (b) to become a bully. even though he used to be a small built child, shorter and skinnier than most other kids, having such outlet for his frustration and anger quickly had him feared even by kids who were bigger/ older.

at around age 14/15, Jon fell in deep love with Ygritte ( @arcusignis ) . she’s the one he lost his virginity with, and it was also the first time he allowed himself to become so emotionally close and attached to someone. as typical of the intense idealism of teenagers, he gave himself entirely to this relationship and it became sort of his main goal in life. he proved himself very romantic and selfless, which is something not usual in him at all, and invested everything in this relationship — even already making plans to get married to Ygritte. thus, when she decided to leave town to pursue her own dreams of a music career (more information: HERE), Jon was absolutely devastated. he never spoke to anyone about it, not even Robb or Arya, because he felt utterly foolish and humiliated — the persons who knew of the relationship were only told it was over, but were never told why nor given any sort of details. for the most part, Jon forced himself to repress this entire experience and never openly spoke about it, ever since. this failed relationship was the main reason for him to become the way he is nowadays — having no interest at all in a serious romantic relationship, preventing himself from getting emotionally intimate with somebody again, believing that love doesn’t exist and that people only want you while they have a use for you, and nowadays collecting lover after lover after lover just for the sake of sex — note: Jon is VERY likely to cheat in a relationship and will show no remorse about it.

Jon is terrible at emotional regulation and tolerance of frustration/ delaying gratification, whilst having high levels of sensation seeking and a borderline anti-social personality configuration. speaking with people about his problems is something he does not do, as stated above, and his primary way of reacting to negative emotions/ experiences is through hostility or even violence. as a way to compensate, he began smoking and drinking while still underage, and nowadays shows symptoms of addiction to both substances. with drinking, particularly, he uses it as a coping mechanism and is not a functional drinker at all — because his usual tendency is to binge drink as to numb the negative emotions as soon as possible. his eating habits are also not consistent at all and he tends to eat mostly junk food. to make up for all of this, however, he can keep himself healthy for the most part because he loves to work out and does it pretty much every day. as well, he loves football and often plays with friends --- while he’s quite good at it and scores plenty of goals, however, his terrible temper and chainsmoking habits make it so that he never considered becoming a professional player. all in all, Jon is very impulsive and emotionally immature and often (re)acts like a child would, including the temper tantrums, and has a very limited capacity to consider the consequences of his choices. because of his detached onlook on life, he also never worries himself with it and lives on a “seize the day” basis.

Jon has a big problem with authority/ authority figures, as well as with social conventions, and is an anarchist at heart. sometimes he behaves in such manner on purpose, as to purposefully shock others and get their attention this way, and sometimes it’s because he genuinely does not realize he’s doing wrong/ hurting someone in some way — due to his low levels of empathy and perspective taking. Jon is bad at following rules/ instructions, even when they are for his own interest, and liberty/freedom is the main moral value he lives by. if it means being independent and autonomous, he will not hesitate to make poor choices which will get him in trouble for the most part, and will not regret them either. because of this and of sensation seeking, Jon is known for para-suicidal behaviors, which means he does not openly or actively seek death, but his actions easily put him at risk in a more covert manner — for example, drunk driving. all of this also results in frequent breaking of the law and, ever since he turned of legal age, he’s been arrested a fair number of times, which earned him the nickname of Jailbird. even though he’s adopted Snow as his official last name, as mentioned, this is also used as a nickname sometimes, given that “snow” is street slang for heroin — unlike drinking and smoking (cigarettes and cannabis), Jon only does hard drugs occasionally and for the hell of it, but his favorite is always this one.

Jon lives alone, in a small studio apartment located in a suburbial neighborhood. he was born in northern England and is currently living in the USA ( adaptable to thread ), and retains his accent. even though Ned was willing to keep paying for his studies, Jon quit school entirely after being expelled from the current one during the last year of high school, for troublesome behavior. as a curiosity, he was able to get through it until this point by often charming his classmates into cheating and letting him copy the responses to the tests. he already did some part-time activities while underage exactly because he wanted to start saving money, and moved out on his own as soon as he could afford it. his only company is Ghost, who, in this verse, maintains his pure white fur but has blue eyes. he’s obviously not as large as a direwolf, but, being a wolf hybrid, is still larger than most dogs. he was bought as an exotic pet and abandoned by the original owners after growing so big, and became a feral dog who was used to abuse and, for that motive, would snap at everybody and wouldn’t allow them close. upon their first meeting, however, Jon showed more curiosity about Ghost than actual fear —another of his nicknames is also stray dog, so he thought the two of them at least had that in common—, and even ended up giving him his entire burger, when noticing the poor animal was starving. gradually but quickly, Ghost grew used to Jon and the two of them became inseparable. whilst they don’t share the warging bond like in canon verses, they are still very close and extremely protective of one another.

Jon currently works at an average café nearby his home, as waiter and bartender. after adopting Ghost, and needing far more money for his food and needs and vet visits, he also started working at a gas station. whenever juggling these two jobs isn’t enough, he has no problems with resorting to illegal activities such as selling drugs — and, if necessary, will sleep with people for money, though this is rare. soon after meeting Ygritte, and because he wanted to impress her, Jon taught himself to play the guitar. he also sings well (click HERE for the singing voice claim). after Ygritte left town, he started a band with some friends which he named PELVIC SORCERY (all capitalized, for the aesthetics), and ever since he dreams of becoming famous and making a real living out of music. the songs he writes and composes are often about troubled life experiences or unrequited/ tragic love or the lust for freedom which characterizes him so well. the genre fluctuates between pure rock and some metal or electronica influences, according to his mood and inspiration.

wrapping this up, Jon is a very problematic person in this verse. he’s got a good heart, but rarely shows it due to his life story and experiences, in fear it will make him look weak and that people will take advantage of it. thus, he always has this very tough, very confident, very arrogant attitude and will never admit (not with words, anyway) he may be suffering or in need of help — not even around close family members or friends. he’s a lone wolf and believes he can count on himself only, but he’s cunning, sly, and has no issue with deceiving or manipulating others if it’s in his best interest. even so, being so extroverted, he usually is a good company and people are easily charmed by his playful, flirting, bad boy facade. the real damaged core only shows when he’s drunk enough and starts letting go of his filters, but even so he’ll deny all of it come morning again. his whole overlook on life is very detached/avoidant, and he purposefully stops himself from getting invested in almost everything, for subconscious fear that it will one day disappear or be taken away from him. his only true loves are Ghost, his guitar, and his motorbike.

an alternate subverse (please note that the rest of the text will include mentions of suicide):

everything is pretty much the same here as just described, but PELVIC SORCERY does make it as a band and becomes a worldwide phenomenon. their debut single (HERE), one of the many songs dedicated to Ygritte though Jon never explicitly admits to this, was a groundbreaking hit and, in a matter of weeks, everything changed. a millionaire contract with their recording label, fans, concerts, signing sessions, meet & greets, tours --- all of a sudden, Jon is living the life he always dreamed of. nevertheless, his internal conflicts remain untouched and he doesn’t change much as a person --- while now taking better care of himself, for example his voice, he’s known for often getting into trouble with the press/ fans/ other celebrities/ his own band members, and there’s at least a monthly scandal all over the headlines and first pages. which obviously drives the band’s manager up the walls, but Jon is so overly loved for his terrible-but-magnetic personality and ensures such high sales and sponsors that no one really does anything to change his ways. if anything, he’s regarded as the new Axl Rose. as his chronic pattern of addiction and self-destructive behaviors continues spiraling, my closure for this subverse is that Jon ends up finishing his own life at age 27 --- in a similar way to his idol, Kurt Cobain.

#long post #long post for ts #modern verse background

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laughtrout72-blog · 5 years

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Weekend Picks: Last Chance For Winter At Dilworth Park, Cinderella On Stage, NHL Stadium Series And More

It’s another can’t-miss weekend in Philadelphia full of great events, including the end of winter — sort of.

The winter attractions next to City Hall — collectively known as Winter at Dilworth Park — wrap up for the season on Sunday. Don’t miss one last chance to embrace the season at the ice rink, cabin and Wintergarden.

Speaking of wintry things, the Coors Light NHL Stadium Series welcomes the “Battle for Pennsylvania” on Saturday for a very special game outdoors at Lincoln Financial Field as the Philadelphia Flyers try to defeat the intrastate rival Pittsburgh Penguins.

On the arts scene, Broadway Philadelphia puts a modern twist on Cinderella at the Academy of Music, local acts celebrate the 20th anniversary of the iconic Things Fall Apart album by The Roots at World Cafe Live, the Barnes Foundation opens an exhibit of early photography and The African American Museum in Philadelphia closes its exhibition about cotton and slavery.

Select concerts this weekend — including James Blake, Flogging Molly and Scott Bradlee’s Modern Jukebox — are part of the Visit Philly Live Nation Hotel Package, a stellar hotel package that includes up to $230 in show-enhancing perks, including free hotel and concert parking, complimentary food and drinks during the show and other bonuses.

And lastly, don’t miss a chance to turn a fun weekend into a sleepover. Book the Visit Philly Overnight Hotel Package for a winter weekend getaway featuring up to $218 in free perks.

Follow Uwishunu on Twitter and Instagram for updates throughout the weekend.

Read on for our guide to this weekend in Philadelphia.

Attractions | Center City

Last Chance: Winter at Dilworth Park

It's the final weekend for this popular winter destination near City Hall, where visitors can ice skate, warm up in the cabin and stroll through the wintergarden...

Attractions | Avenue of the Arts

Swing @ the Kimmel at the Kimmel Center

The interactive (and free!) virtual-reality swing temporarily installed inside the Kimmel Center sparks nostalgia for childhood and playground memories...

Opening: Into the Mural at Meg Saligman Studio

Visitors get a closer look at mural making in this self-guided immersive experience that includes a scavenger hunt and hands-on adventures...

Visit Philly Overnight Hotel Package Winter Getaway

Book a Philly getaway for stays this winter and get up to $218 in free perks, including free hotel parking...

Blue Cross RiverRink Winterfest

Skate on the Olympic-sized ice rink, warm up in the cozy lodge, enjoy boardwalk eats and play arcade games at this open-all-winter waterfront attraction...

Orchid Extravaganza at Longwood Gardens

Delicate orchids drape windows, spill from planters and float overhead in this stunning display, on view all winter...

Black History Month in Philadelphia

This weekend's celebrations include a Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson tribute (Friday), an Underground Railroad discussion (Saturday) and a focus on enslaved cooks' influence on food (Sunday)...

Philadelphia Fishing Show at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center

Catch a fish in the trout pond, check out the latest rod and reed designs and stop by seminars about specific species of fish...

Live Music, Comedy, Theater and Dance

Theater | Avenue of the Arts

Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella at the Academy of Music

This weekend only, enjoy Broadway Philadelphia's modern take on this classic fairy tale, complete with elaborate costumes and sets...

74 Seconds...to Judgment at the Arden Theatre Company

Philly playwright and director Kash Goins (Creed, Split) wrote and stars in this story of six deadlocked jurors struggling to define "justifiable homicide"...

Shen Yun at the Kimmel Center

Classical Chinese dance and live orchestra music bring 5,000 years of ancient performance traditions to life on stage...

Last Chance: Broads at Plays & Players Theatre

Comedy theater company 1812 Productions honors the funniest females of the '40s, '50s and '60s in this three-person revue that ends Sunday...

Renaissance in the Belly of a Killer Whale at Theatre Horizon

Three women tell the story of gentrification in Harlem in this funny and emotional one-weekend-only show...

Ongoing Exhibitions

Last Chance: Cotton at The African American Museum in Philadelphia

Philadelphia artist John E. Dowell explores the relationship between cotton and slavery through photographs and installations in this exhibit closing Sunday...

Exhibitions | Center City

#TrackTakeover at Walnut-Locust Station

Works by local artists replace 110 ad spots in the subway at SEPTA's Walnut-Locust Station in this installment meant to spark civic and public art awareness...

Fabulous Fashion: From Dior's New Look to Now at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Museum exhibit meets runway fashion in an exploration of color, materials and evolving trends that includes pieces from iconic designers from around the world...

America to Zanzibar: Muslim Cultures Near and Far at the Please Touch Museum

Kids and their caregivers can see mosques, explore global markets and learn about local and global Muslim traditions at this hands-on exhibit...

More Must-See Exhibitions in Philadelphia

Philadelphia's museums and galleries showcase can't-miss art and objects from around the globe and around the city...

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella is on stage at the Academy of Music for five performances this weekend. (Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella | Photo by Carol Rosegg)

Final Fridays: Celestial Bodies at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

An evening dedicated to the cosmos includes ink painting lessons, dance performances and a tour of the museum's recently reopened Chinese Galleries...

Events | Northern Liberties

The Spruce Foundation's Cabaret: Snowball Revue at the Ruba Club

Philly burlesque performers Honeytree Evileye, Kyla Ren and more perform, and New Liberty Distillery provides signature cocktails at this LGBTQIA* fundraiser...

Live Music, Comedy, Theater and Dance

James Blake at The Fillmore Philly

The soulful singer is touring behind his first album in almost three years, Assume Form, at this show that's also part of the Visit Philly Live Nation Hotel Package...

An Evening of Stand Up Comedy: Seth Meyers at Keswick Theatre

The Emmy Award-winning Late Night with Seth Meyers host and Saturday Night Live alum performs two shows in Montgomery County ...

The Philadelphia Flyers take on the Pittsburgh Penguins in the outdoor Coors Light NHL Stadium Series at Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday. (Photo courtesy Philadelphia Flyers)

Sports | South Philadelphia

2019 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series at Lincoln Financial Field

The Philadelphia Flyers face the Pittsburgh Penguins in round two of this Pennsylvania hockey battle, which takes place at the home of the Philadelphia Eagles...

Food and Drink | University City

15th Annual Beer Fest at World Cafe Live

More than 30 brewers, including many local independent makers, share three-ounce samples of their beers with a backdrop of live entertainment, prizes and giveaways...

Opening: Ancient Egypt at the Penn Museum

A special exhibit and the reopening of the Artifacts Lab offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse of objects in the under-renovation Lower Egypt Gallery...

Kennett Winterfest in Kennett Square

Bundle up for this seventh annual beer, food and music festival, featuring pours from 60 breweries and tunes from Chester County-based band AfroBear...

Bouts on Broad at The Met Philadelphia

Boxing returns to North Philadelphia inside the newly renovated historic opera house with fighters Gadwin Rosa, Branden Pizarro, Malik Hawkins, Jeremy Cuevas and Samuel Teah on the bill...

Live Music, Comedy, Theater and Dance

Things Fall Apart: 20 Year Celebration at World Cafe Live

Chill Moody, Zeek Burse and more local acts celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of the iconic Things Fall Apart album from The Roots...

Theater | Avenue of the Arts

The Life and Legacy of Marian Anderson at the Kimmel Center

The world premiere of the film about Anderson's life showcases the songstress' Philadelphia roots and her role in breaking down racial barriers...

Flogging Molly at The Fillmore Philadelphia

The punk rock group with Irish influences is on tour behind its new album due in June at this show that's also part of the Visit Philly Live Nation Hotel Package...

Silent Disco at XFINITY Live!

Experience an immersive kind of concert in a noiseless space where everyone rocking out can only hear the music in their headphones...

See the new photography exhibit, From Today, Painting is Dead, opening Sunday at the Barnes Foundation. (Photo courtesy Barnes Foundation)

Exhibitions | Logan Square

Opening: From Today, Painting is Dead at the Barnes Foundation

A new look at old photography explores the beginning of the art form through nearly 250 never-before-seen photos taken between the 1840s and 1880s...

Food and Drink | Chestnut Hill

Chestnut Hill Restaurant Week

A dozen restaurants offer fixed-price dinners between $30 and $64, plus BYOB options and free parking after 6 p.m....

Oscars Party & Screening at the Philadelphia Film Center

Movie lovers dress up and spend Hollywood's biggest night in Philly with food, drinks, a silent auction and the Academy Awards playing on the big screen...

Live Music, Comedy, Theater and Dance

Music | South Philadelphia

Michael Bublé at the Wells Fargo Center

The crooner is on tour fresh off the release of his 10th studio album, Love, and ready to perform top hits like Everything and Haven't Met You Yet...

Music | North Philadelphia

Philadelphia Orchestra Free Concert at Teatro Esperanza

The Philadelphia Orchestra continues efforts to bring its music to nontraditional venues with a free (registration encouraged) afternoon performance...

Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox at The Met Philadelphia

The group's Welcome to the Twenties 2.0 Tour adds 1920s jazz influences to current pop hits to help prepare the audience for the 2020s at this show that's also part of the Visit Philly Live Nation Hotel Package...

Source: https://www.uwishunu.com/2019/02/things-to-do-in-philadelphia-this-weekend-february-22-24-2019/

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Coliving brand Quarters picks NoLibs spot for first Philly location

By the end of the year, a German coliving brand called QUARTERS aims to have a hub up and running in Northern Liberties — on the 1100 block of North American Street, just down the street from WeWork’s inaugural Philly spot.

Once completed, the NoLibs six-story complex will house 74 shared apartments, or 186 “units,” for a total of 60,000 square feet of space on the site of what used to be a takeout beer store.

As a refresher: Coliving’s central thesis is that independent workers and entrepreneurs can save by paying one global price for access to a workstation and housing, increasing efficiency and eliminating commute time. Residents usually get access to communal work areas and independent living quarters.

“With its steady economic growth, incredible cultural institutions, top universities, and major airport, Philadelphia is well positioned for continued growth and well-matched to QUARTERS’s unique offering,” said in an emailed statement Gunther Schmidt, founder and CEO of Berlin-based MEDICI LIVING Group, QUARTERS’ parent company.

According to Schmidt, QUARTERS will aim to offer a combo of community and “deluxe living accommodations” at a price 10 to 20 percent more affordable than the going rate for standard studio apartments in the buzzy NoLibs neighborhood.

QUARTERS announced at the end of last year that it raised $300 million in funding at the end of last year in a bid to expand its U.S. presence. It currently operates hubs in Chicago, New York and Berlin.

Together with a $1.1 billion funding round raised by MEDICI LIVING Group, the two orgs plan to deploy 1,800 new units in the U.S. market over the next three years, and 6,000 additional units to the European market by 2024.

Upon launch, QUARTERS’ location in NoLibs could be the only active coliving option in the city. Coworking hub Indy Hall had a coliving project called K’House, but it was shuttered in the summer of 2017. A European company called Startup Home — through its U.S.-based division, Startup Home US — mulled a Philly expansion in 2016, but no plans have materialized so far.

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Source: https://technical.ly/philly/2019/03/12/coliving-quarters-philadelphia-philly-location/

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phillybaguettes · 5 years

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Let’s break bread. Give us this day our daily bread. The band Bread.

Yes, nothing brings people together like some good old fashioned bread, and at the top of the list of all-time great breads sits the mighty baguette. While Philadelphia is known for its classic Italian breads and hoagies, it’s never had much of a reputation as a baguette town. But as this one-post blog hopes to show you, we’re a city on the rise, like a baguette gloriously puffing up in the oven. And while it may not be obvious, there is no shortage of bakeries in this town churning out beautiful batons that would make even the gruffest Frenchman say “oui oui” with delight.

So one hot and humid summer afternoon, fellow baguette head Brian Chu and I set out to tour Philly’s quietly thriving baguette scene. First on our list was Artisan Boulangerie, a South Philly staple owned and operated by Cambodian immigrants André Chin and Amanda Eap. Chin honed his baking skills in Paris before moving to Philadelphia to open his own French bakery about twenty years ago. This is a no-frills joint that makes tasty pastries and breads each morning, then stays open til they sell ‘em out. They’ve been crushing it in a hip part of South Philly since long before the third-wave coffee shops and yoga studios joined the fray. Even though it was our first stop of the day, they were already pretty much out of everything, including baguettes! (get here early folks) But luckily, the charming Ms. Eap convinced us that a “banette” is essentially the same thing, but in her opinion, even tastier. We couldn’t say no to that, and quickly got to work on what turned out to be essentially a baguette with a big old paunch in the middle, gradually tapering to pointy ends.

Aesthetically, this bread is an absolute beauty, with precise flour-dusted ribbons wrapping around its soft bubbly bulge. While it was quite tasty, it was more reminiscent of a French bread than a baguette, lacking the crispy edges and airy middle that I crave. It’s doughy and chewy in the interior, and while I could see it being a great vehicle for a sandwich, it did not quite cut it on its own.

From there, we ventured a few blocks east to the Bok building, the eight-story monolithic former public high school that has recently reopened as a hip space for small businesses and organizations, housing everything from a pre-school to a rooftop bar. We had our sights set on Machine Shop, a wholesale bakery that’s been operating out of Bok for a few years. While we knew they don’t sell directly to the public, we figured it was worth a shot to see if we could pop our heads in and check out the operation, and maybe ask them where to find a nearby retailer that carries their bread. As luck would have it, Bok’s security is fairly lax, and we signed right in and walked up to the fourth floor bakery to find co-owners Katie Lynch and Emily Riddell sweeping up the joint and getting ready to end their day by delivering bread to local restaurants. We sheepishly explained our baguette tour concept, and Katie was kind enough to not only give us a free baguette, but to tell us about the operation and show us around the small and charming space.

Whoa Nelly, was this a good baguette. Rustic in appearance, with a deep brown hue, and an organically irregular shape with nice crispy ridges and ends, you could almost see and hear how good this baguette was before even tasting it. Breaking the crispy and crunchy exterior revealed an impossibly airy middle, with big pockets resembling the moon’s craters. Each bite had the perfect combination of a satisfying crunch followed by a nice chew, and with the addition of salt and butter it was a baguette lover’s dream come true. This baguette utilizes sourdough instead of yeast, along with just a touch of whole grain added to the white flour, all of which, while not quite traditional, gives it a depth of flavor rarely found in baguettes. Moral of the story - get this baguette.

It would be tough to top, but from Machine Shop we hopped on our bikes and headed north to Old City to see what High Street on Market had to offer. The more casual sister restaurant to the ultra high-end Fork, High Street is a full service operation for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, but also has a sort-of secret side biz as a bakery. While I’d only had their bread with meals, it is damn good, and I wanted to see if it might be worth swinging by next time I’m in need of a nice baguette to go. They have a number of loaves for sale, including a picturesque spelt baguette.

This was certainly the most Instagrammable baguette of our tour, a bit stouter than most, with deep dark ridges flanked by sensual white-dusted ribbons. Despite its beautiful appearance, the crust didn’t crunch and crackle as I had hoped, resulting in a baguette that was a bit too tough to break apart. The inside, however, was delightful all around, hitting the right balance of chewy and airy. It was a bit bland on its own, with a mild fermented taste that was not quite as pronounced as Machine Shop, but was hitting all the right textural notes. It was a great vehicle for toppings, and was absolutely beloved by French bulldog Xavi.

We were a bit full, a bit parched, but there was plenty more baguette bounty to get to, so we soldiered on to Northern Liberties to hit up the hip bakery and coffee shop Kettle Black. Though the owners/bakers were not present at the time, the friendly barista was happy to tell us that this joint opened because the French owners had been living in Philly for a while and just couldn’t get a baguette that lived up to their lofty expectations.

Well, those must have been some damn lofty expectations, because this baguette was an all around banger. Starting with a rustic appearance with deep dark hues from the ridges and ends, intermingling with the golden brown of the crust, this thing was a beauty with zero fussiness. Similar to the Machine Shop baguette, this baguette had the perfect combination of crunchy exterior and soft chewy interior, with the elastic and springy dough meshing about the porous craters. They use an all-natural fermentation process, but the sourdough taste was a bit subtler than our previous two baguettes. Definitely a baguette worth going out of your way for, and I’ll be back soon to check out their bagels and other goodies.

Next stop - another French spot with a significantly different aesthetic, the brightly lit, white-walled Center City bakery J’aime. This place has a very modern French vibe, with a pastry case full of dainty pastries and miniature quiches. While the focus here seems to be on the cutesy sweets, they do offer two baguettes, a “French” (which looked more like a French bread loaf than a baguette) and a sourdough. We opted for the sourdough, which despite its oddly round ends had a nice appearance, with precise and thin ribbons giving it a satisfyingly geometric vibe.

Unfortunately, just holding this baguette I could tell we were dealing with our densest bread of the day. Just as the sky was hinting at some heavy rain, it seemed the forecast was also calling for a heavy baguette - an arguably worse omen. The interior was lacking the large cavernous holes that we all know and love, with little tiny air pockets in their place. This was a doughy, chewy, and soft baguette, and on top of that it was undersalted and dry. While this place seems to be doing great work with the pastries, they are sadly lacking in the baguette game.

When we left J’aime, the wind was howling and it seemed that heavy rain was imminent, so we biked as fast as we could to seek some shelter, non-baguette food, and beer at Parc. Oh, we would also be getting a baguette there. Duh. Parc is a Disneyfied French bistro, one of the OG’s of the Stephen Starr empire. While the annoyingly high prices ($15 Frosé), the annoyingly bougie crowd (a healthy mix of tourists, Jersey-ites, and old people who live in Center City), and the annoyingly on-the-nose faux Frenchiness (pretty sure it says joie de vivre AND je ne sais quoi on the menu) make you wanna hate this place, they actually make some damn good French comfort food. In fact, my love of their baguette is what inspired this tour in the first place.

I’ve been hitting this restaurant up for all my baguette needs for years, because they’re baking them all day long, so it’s the ideal way to get a fresh-out-of-the-oven baguette at just about any time. While there’s nothing flashy about the Parc baguette, it’s so consistent and inoffensive that it’s the perfect vehicle for a pre-meal meat and cheese board. It’s never gonna steal the show, but this is a baguette you can set your watch to. Solidly middle of the road in almost all of the factors that we’ve been analyzing (crunch, chew, airiness, flavor, appearance), it’s hard to praise this baguette too much, but it’s also hard to find fault with it. For $3 and always fresh, there’s no reason I won’t be fighting through the crowd of befuddled old folks and out-of-towners to snag one of these the next time I need an impromptu baguette.

After a nice salade lyonnaise and beer at Parc, the storm had subsided and we ventured across Rittenhouse Square to Metropolitan Bakery, a Center City institution that’s been running the French baked goods game since the early 90′s.

Right off the bat, Metropolitan set itself apart from the pack by offering a third of a baguette for a cool $1.35, definitely an appealing option for those that are craving just a taste of baguette. Sadly, despite this customer-friendly option, and their dope old-school French signage, the baguette itself was a disappointment. Similar texture and bubbly exterior to Artisan Boulangerie, it was very lacking in crunch. The soft crust gave way to an gummy interior that was laboriously chewy, and while the taste was solid, the unfortunate texture left much to be desired.

In Summary

Artisan Boulangerie (South Philly): Aesthetically pleasing soft and chewy blank slate ($3)

Machine Shop (South Philly): Boldly flavorful sourdough baguette with earthiness from a touch of added whole grain, a textural superstar with a most satisfying crunch and perfectly airy middle (Wholesale only, but available at various coffee shops and restaurants, as well as on site Friday mornings)

High Street on Market (Old City): Instagram-ready spelt baguette with a slightly fermented taste ($3)

Kettle Black (Northern Liberties): Delicious rustic baguette with deep dark crispy crust and springy air-filled interior ($3.50)

J’aime (Gayborhood): Neat and tidy appearance, but a bland and doughy interior ($3.78)

Parc (Rittenhouse): A baguette you can set your watch to. Hot and fresh any time of day and a simple crowd pleaser ($3)

Metropolitan (Rittenhouse): Unique value and a mild but pleasant taste, but an overly chewy texture and no crunch ($1.35 for a third)

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Monthly Special - Get Up to 2 Months!

New construction luxury apartments for rent in Northern Liberties. Monthly Special: Get up to 2 months on select units! Call for more details! +1 215-948-4858.

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Start-up company aims to turn Philly rowhomes into co-living spaces

In recent months, Philly has seen a co-living boom, with developers eyeing large new construction projects that act as dorm-like buildings geared toward recent graduates and young professionals.

But San Francisco-based company Bungalow is seeking to tap into Philly’s growing co-living trend in a different way. Rather than erecting new buildings like those in Northern Liberties and Fishtown, they’re signing two- to three-year leases at existing rowhomes in places like Old City, Center City, and turning them into co-living spaces.

Bungalow announced the launch of its Philly project last week, saying they currently have over 10 homes with rooms to rent in and around Center City, but they hope to grow to 120 rooms across 40 properties by 2020.

“Bungalow leverages a two-sided marketplace between young people who need a great home, and baby boomers who own existing housing stock in areas where rent has become drastically decoupled from income,” said Andrew Collins, the CEO of Bungalow in a statement.

A current listing for various Bungalow rooms shows prices ranging from $650 in South Philly, to $970 in Center City. Collins claims that, on average, a Bungalow room costs 30 to 40 percent less than a studio apartment.

The start-up, which is based in San Francisco, says they will match roommates, provide fully furnished common areas, and cover utilities including WiFi and a monthly cleaning service. They also let residents move between homes and cities without breaking a lease, according to Collins’ statement.

Source: https://philly.curbed.com/2019/5/23/18637205/san-francisco-startup-philly-rowhomes-coliving-rental

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Co-living apartment building to open in Northern Liberties

Northern Liberties will soon be the site of a new “co-living” concept which allows renters to share certain aspects of their living space, like a kitchen and bathroom, with other tenants.

The concept, called Quarters, is the brainchild of real estate company Medici Living Group, which has planned similar locations in New York and Chicago. The Northern Liberties space will go in at 1150 North American Street—currently a beer distributor—and will be a seven-story building with 60,000 square feet of space total, according to a statement from the group.

In the building, 186 living units (which are essentially private, locked rooms) will be grouped together across 74 shared flats, each with communal kitchens and bathrooms. The goal of the concept is to cut down on living costs, especially for young professionals. Medici claims that a “deluxe living accommodation” like Quarters is able to offer prices that are 10 to 20 percent more affordable than comparable, surrounding studio apartments.

The Philly and New York projects—which will be advertised online late this year and in 2020, respectively—represent the group’s next step toward, “achieving its goal of becoming the WeWork of co-living,” the statement said.

The announcement follows a $300 million investment which allows Medici Living Group to open more locations in places like Washington D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, and more.

For now, the group says they’ve tapped Philly because of its economic growth, cultural institutions, universities, and its major airport.

“Philadelphia is well positioned for continued growth and well-matched to Quarters’s unique offering,” they said.

Developers Spain Property Group broke ground on the place at the end of last year and they have plans to wrap up construction by the end of 2019.

Source: https://philly.curbed.com/2019/3/12/18261681/co-living-apartment-building-northern-liberties-medici

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San Diego East Village skyscraper would be one of city's tallest

Developer Liberty National Corp., based in San Diego, is proposing a 40-story, 414 feet tall residential high-rise to join a cluster of the city’s tallest buildings near the northern fringes of East Village. The apartment tower, with 415 units and 7,610 square feet of commercial space, would be on the south side of B Street between 10th and 11th avenues. If approved, it would be the 15th or 16th tallest building in the city, depending on when it opens. Downtown planning agency Civic San Diego’s design review committee got their first look Wednesday at the project, which gave it favorable reviews. It will be another two to three months before the project returns to the design committee with changes, and then eventually to the full board for approval. Committee member Jennifer Ayala said she appreciated how well the building appeared to fit in the neighborhood. “It has a blend of residential and business feeling,” she said, “and that location could use a building that transitions well.” The developer is proposing to not include low-income housing on site, instead paying $3.4 million in inclusionary housing fees. While it could become an issue when the full board reviews the project, it does have something that Civic San Diego has struggled to get recently — density. The 11th and B project would maximize a half block site, about 30,000 square feet, in an area where planners are trying to jam in more housing. Some developers are deciding to build smaller projects on sites that could have substantially added to downtown’s housing supply. Developer JPI in September proposed a 318-apartment project on a full block site in East Village that could have held up to 900 apartments. Civic San Diego ended up approving the project when JPI added 50 more apartments. While there is pressure locally to reduce parking requirements, Liberty National is planning 582 parking spots at the 11th and B project with three floors below ground and six levels above. “I’m an advocate for the market determining how much parking you should have,” committee member Theodore Shaw said, “but you are way over.”

The building would join a four-block cluster of buildings on B Street that are some of San Diego’s tallest. Buildings nearby include Vantage Pointe Apartments at 420 feet, The Rey apartments at 304 feet and Symphony Towers at 499 feet. A few blocks away, a 490 foot apartment building from Bosa Development on Broadway is under construction. A Jiffy Lube and parking lot would be removed to make way for the building. Plans call for four penthouses (1,601 to 1,747 square feet), 42 three-bedroom apartments (1,299 square feet), 61 two-bedroom apartments (1,020 to 1,165 square feet), 215 one-bedroom apartments (590 to 743 square feet) and 93 studios (500 to 560 square feet). Read the full article

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Jalsa, Mumbai Jan 27, 2017 Fri 10:35 am

Birthday - EF - Jitendar Shir ..... Fri, January 27 .. so dear Jitendar Ef we did wish you on the Blog last night for today, but as you may have noticed the post just decided to break away .. so here is wishing you for today all the vey best on your birth and may there be hundreds of such occasions ever .. with our love ..

So even though I absolutely detest recounting what I have lost in the Blog the previous night due to a technical problem, I am going against temperament and .. haha .. ‘tradition’, to relive those hours late at night when they were penned .. sorry .. punched .. !!

Mr Ratan Tata

Mr Tata and I are members of a Committee constructed by the GoM, that Government of Maharashtra, to monitor suggest and give advice to an initiative by it to enhance conditions of the villages and rural regions of the State - to enhance their living conditions, education, development, involvement, job opportunities, farming benefits et al .

The picture is a moment when the meeting got over, and the story is as follows :

Mr Ratan Tata and I are also involved in the campaign by the Government for the eradication of TB, and during one of its earlier meetings, when we were being led to the dias, I politely stepped back and urged Mr Tata to walk ahead first, before me, to get on to the stage for the press conference. He in his exemplary manner, insisted that I go first. I disagreed. And for a few minutes, this ‘pehle aap, pehle aap’ - ‘you first, you first’, for those that are Hindi language challenged - continued. [ Of course many of you that are familiar with that famous story that goes with this ‘pehle aap’ attitude, will be better placed to describe to the other Ef, its origins. If not here it is. LUCKNOW, the capital city of UP, the State of Uttar Pradesh in Northern India, and from where yours truly had his origins, was and still is to some extent renowned for its hospitality and etiquette and Nawabi manners. The city and its environs were ruled by the Nawab’s before the British invasion, a class of regal rulers, known for their delicate and immense love for all the good things of life, food, music, dance, manners etc. They would find it rude and improper to lead or walk ahead of their guests at any invite or function or event. Much like the English say ‘ladies first’, the Nawab’s would always, with utmost courtesy, say ‘pehle aap’.. ‘you first’ ... The story goes that two (2) Nawab’s during their erstwhile rule, were at a railway platform to board a train, and following tradition and etiquette, kept doing ‘pehle aap, pehle aap’ to each other, before getting on to the train. Neither relenting, this little conversational etiquette driven tradition, continued for quite a while, until both realised that in their formalities, the train had departed !! ]

where were we .. yes .. Mr Tata ..

So at this event when the two of us were on the verge of recreating that Nawabi railway station episode, I remarked to him, not the story of the Nawab’s, but in all politeness and regard : ‘Age before beauty !’ and he laughed and gave in.

This happened almost several months ago. But when we met at the meeting the pictures of which you see above, he came forward to shake hands as he passed by me standing for him respectfully, and said ‘age before beauty’, to which we laughed again.

I was surprised he had remembered ... !

Haaah aah .. pheew .. end of story !

Next DEEWAR ..

The temple in the film was a set built at the Chandivalli Studios in Mumbai. It is a most remarkable studio. Has been existent I think form the day the first film was made .. hehe .. is just a vast piece of land, with a small area covered with lawns and a few pine trees and other bushes of varied colours, and a small area in the complex made into a rural village, with huts etc ., thats it. But I doubt if there is any film in the history of the Industry that has not used the studio for some shooting or the other. It has never been the location for an entire film, but in the entire film there shall always been a small sequence that has been shot there. Now, I am talking of my time .. now I believe it is mostly used by Tv and others .. but there we are ..

So the temple set was made in the outdoor at Chandivili, and the other made indoors on a floor at RajKamal Studio. The introduction shot of mine and the night scene when I crash my car on the steps is at the outdoor .. the ‘aaj khush toh bahut ..’ scene praying for my Mother’s life, and my death scene was done indoors .. BECAUSE .. we needed greater controlled light and liberty to shoot it any time .. and the benefit of silent shooting and the possibility of not having to dub the scenes for sound. Two scenes, that I shot in there, the prayer for Mother and the death, were never dubbed. I begged Yash ji not to. I would not be able to recreate the original sound, and he graciously agreed ..

There are two sounds in the film during these scenes which I wonder many have noticed. In the prayer scene - ‘aaj khush toh ..’ when I plead the God to give me back my Mother, the camera moves closer to me in a trolley shot, and what can be heard in a short portion of it is a wood sound, like someone stepping on a wooden floor plank, that has been either not firmly fixed or is loose. That sound is the sound of the track on which the trolley runs. Tracks in those days were made of wood, unlike what they are now, metalled and mechanised so there is smooth movement and no sound !!

The other is the death scene. As I say my last lines on the lap of my Mother, Nirupa Roy, you hear the chime of a clock. The audience and the connoisseurs of cinema, complimented Yash ji on the placement of the chime during the death scene, as back ground sound. WRONG ! it was never a back ground sound put in, it happened originally. You see, on the set of the temple as part of a property, there was a clock, and most coincidentally and almost in a most weird telepathic symbolic manner, went off on its own, at a most appropriate time while the shot was running !! We just kept because we could never remove it, for I had requested not to dub the scene. We had to go with the original sound. Many that do not know the detail, felt it was such a pertinent touch - ‘time telling Vijay that it was now running out on him’ .. !!

AND ..

Nirupa ji played my Mother, and the scene where she slaps me in the early part of the film, is a real slap. And I have to admit that it was the strongest hands that I have ever encountered in a lady. My ears were ringing after that whack for days .. !!

Haaa .. another .. phew ... !!!

and this scene was shot in Yash ji’s apartment in Pali Hill, where he lived during that time .. and this is the flat where I during the shooting of the film, met Adi Chopra, just born, for the first time .. today he has become this magnum studio head producer director writer .. and a most respected fraternity member !!

OH .. and the car that I drive in to the temple at night after getting shot by Shashi ji, was supposed to stop at the steps, but in my ‘josh’ I rammed it in and it climbed up a few steps , from where I emerged !! Got a speaking to by Yash ji and the stunt director, for doing that. They said the steering wheel could have given in because of the impact, and crushed me .. !!

OKAAY .. enough no more ... !!!

Good morning and apologies for the disappearance of the post last night .. tonight of course there shall be another - unfortunately that too shall have to be tolerated !!

Amitabh Bachchan

heck ! one more .. I shot for the climax at night at Ballard pier for DEEWAR, where I am running and get shot by Shashji .. finish shooting by 5 am, have the best omelette parathas at Tardeo a lane close by, with Yashji and Shashji for breakfast, drive to the airport catch a flight to Bangalore and shoot for SHOLAY in the day, take a flight back at night to Bombay and shoot for DEEWAR at night. Did that for 7 days !!

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Old City’s arts community finds its way amid a sea of change

As the neighborhood grows, local art institutions must decide whether to stay put or close up shop

When Ruth and Rick Snyderman close their Snyderman-Works Gallery at the end of July, they’ll be leaving behind a very different Old City than the one they knew when they first moved to 303 Cherry Street in the early 1990s.

Except for a smattering of artists who had begun squatting in or renting big spaces in the 1970s at low rates (some as cheap as 40 cents per square foot), the neighborhood was mostly a derelict industrial area and a wholesale kitchen district. According to Rick, “You could roll a bowling ball down 3rd Street without hitting anything.”

Unfazed, the Snyderman’s proceeded to turn the ground floor and basement of their recently purchased building into the new home for their American crafts-focused gallery. They also turned the upper floor a lofted apartment, their home.

Together with the small band of other arts businesses that had begun flocking to the large spaces and more affordable price tags of Old City addresses, the Snyderman’s promoted their new neighborhood and initiated programs such as First Fridays, transforming a hodgepodge mix of visual artists, performers, and designers into a veritable arts and design district.

Fast forward 25 years, and Old City—Philadelphia’s city center for its earliest two centuries—is a different place. “We have the most art and design spaces per capita of anywhere else in the city,” says Job Itzkowitz, executive director of Old City District. And it has plenty more residents than the 80 listed in the 1970 U.S. Census.

303 Cherry Street from 1965 to today.

The district’s current population of 3,500 (going on 5,000, Itzkowitz adds) expects more than the subpar living conditions willingly accepted by the artists who first moved to Old City. To cater to these demands, the area is experiencing a wave of new development. The recently completed Bridge at 205 Race Street, an 18-story mixed use building with 146 apartments, is expected to begin occupancy this summer. Meanwhile, construction has begun on The National at 130 N. 2nd Street, which will add 192 residential units next door to Elfreth’s Alley.

But what will this mean for the established artists, who once moved to Old City looking for big spaces on the cheap?

For some longstanding residents, such as The Clay Studio, it will mean moving to more affordable quarters. The ceramic arts-focused nonprofit was born in Old City back in 1974, founded by artist Ken Vavrek and four of his students from Moore College of Art & Design. They initially met on the third floor of Vavrek’s rowhome near Cherry and Orianna Streets, but quickly outgrew the space and moved four times before ending up with a 30-year rental lease with generous terms at 139 N. 2nd Street.

Their landlord, Harry Caplan, owned many nearby properties (including The National) and was dubbed “the mayor of 2nd Street,” says Christopher Taylor, president of The Clay Studio. “I think [Caplan’s] genius was, ‘Look, if I can get a group in here to improve this clunky property and give them a low enough rate to invest their cash into the building and bring human beings around, then all the property values will go up and all the activity will rise’.”

The Clay Studio may have done too good of a job. Their lease expires in January 2019, and with the increased property values in the area, they can’t afford to stay. The 2016 average rent per square foot in Old City was listed at $24.07, among the priciest in the city.

Snyderman Works-Gallery will be turned into an interior design studio.

Artists and galleries go where property is affordable, moving to Northern Liberties, Fishtown, and Kensington (including The Clay Studio, which will be building a new home for itself at 1425 N. American Street). And some of the older galleries that came to Old City early on—such as Snyderman-Works Gallery and Rosenfeld Gallery—are closing altogether as their owners retire.

In order to maintain the artistic focus of the neighborhood, Itzkowitz has spoken with commercial brokers to try to recruit large, New York-based galleries to open showrooms in Old City.

But overall, the creative community still wants to be in Old City, if it can afford it. Arch Enemy Arts, a contemporary art gallery, opened in Old City in 2012 and its co-founder and director, Patrick Shillenn, is also active as a board member of Old City District.

And 303 Cherry Street, which has been home to Snyderman-Works Gallery for the past 25 years, will soon house the local interior design firm Kelly Mericle Design. “After exploring different neighborhoods in Philly, we chose Old City for a number of reasons,” Mericle says. “We love that Old City has a strong sense of community, and it’s inspiring to be surrounded by like-minded individuals who have a passion for design and the arts.”

Ruth and Rick Snyderman are staying in the neighborhood, too. “In moving out of our building, we didn’t want to look anywhere else but Old City, because it’s really like a little village,” Ruth says. “Many times, when you walk out and just want to go to the mailbox on the corner, it takes a half an hour because you see so many people to talk to, that you enjoy.”

from http://philly.curbed.com/

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