Prema (@premagupta) Bsky

Thanks @phillymag.com. I have to say that the @centercityphila.org team agrees. #bestofphilly

9 months ago 7 1 0 0

Vital City | Is New York Broken? Even in an era of widespread catastrophism, hope and optimism continue to power the city.

This piece is great

www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/is-...

10 months ago 555 80 17 8

Some love for our barriers from @jongeeting.bsky.social in @thephilacitizen.bsky.social thephiladelphiacitizen.org/open-streets...

10 months ago 10 1 0 0

On my morning run today, I was too early to check out the amazing new Christian to Crescent bike and pedestrian connector, which opens today. Thanks Schuylkill River Development Corp for this dazzling contribution to Center City’s livability.

11 months ago 13 1 0 0

“The third space is the street.” - Trevor Noah

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

11 months ago 3 0 0 0

Oh I have thoughts but this is an IRL convo

11 months ago 1 0 0 0

Open Streets: West Walnut | Center City District YouTube video by CCD Philadelphia

We loved Open Streets so much that we made a short film. youtu.be/N7Mjp758YyU

11 months ago 15 6 0 0

Open Streets is expanding into Midtown Village! Mark your calendars to join us for four Sundays from June 8 to June 29, where you can shop, dine, and stroll through one of Center City's vibrant neighborhoods.

Details➡️ bit.ly/4jYmyxq

11 months ago 22 7 1 3

Deep reading is an absolute joy—good for mind and spirit. Also, a competitive advantage for knowledge workers.

-Hardcopy book
-No digital devices nearby
-Pen for underlining, jotting down thoughts
-Notebook to collect ideas that pop into mind
-At least 30 min

Like a muscle.

11 months ago 11 1 1 0

Unpopular opinion: I know it's cool to wear your earbuds and carry a book while pasting a disinterested, don't-talk-to-me expression on your face, but I like to talk to the person sitting beside me on airplanes. I liked it when we were willing to be inconvenienced by strangers.

11 months ago 971 42 1589 1895

Get ready for the April finale of Open Streets: West Walnut this Sunday! Seven blocks of car-free bliss await you in #CenterCity. Shop, dine, and enjoy family-friendly activities along the way. Who's joining us?

11 months ago 1 1 0 0

Cycling in Center City Greater Center City contains more than 200,000 residents and 300,000 jobs within an area of less than six square miles. Add in visitors on top of that, and you get more than 400,000 people on the stre...

🚲 Did you know that there's an estimated 18,500 bicycle trips per day to and through Center City?

This Earth Day, check out our new StoryMap, "Cycling in Center City," that highlights the impact that cycling has in facilitating a functional, viable, safe and attractive Center City. bit.ly/3Y8ciKC

1 year ago 9 2 0 1

I plan to go to church* today.

*open streets

1 year ago 31 2 1 0

Can you translate?

1 year ago 0 0 1 0

Central Paris bike-lane filled with people riding bikes.

Remember, Paris wasn’t “always this way.”

Not that many years ago, Paris was choking in car traffic. And it wasn’t a safe place to ride a bike for transportation, so not many people tried.

This is new. This is a result of deliberate vision, and bold leadership.

Cities are a result of choices.

1 year ago 985 252 11 20

“All the rules are made up.

We can actually approach envisioning and creating the future however we want.”

— Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (@ayanaeliza.bsky.social)

1 year ago 24 4 0 3

Could Philadelphia’s embrace of the Open Streets spur more civic innovations to come? | Editorial The traffic-free days, and the Center City District that hosts them, represent Philadelphia leaders thinking big — and sticking the landing.

What an endorsement of Open Streets by @inquirer.com So grateful for this, but more than anything, grateful for the sparkling @centercityphila.org team. www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...

1 year ago 6 2 0 0

Without a robust public transit system, Philadelphia just doesn’t work | Opinion Absent additional funding from the state, the proposed cuts to SEPTA service would be devastating to the region's post-pandemic recovery.

Our compact, walkable downtown can only exist because transit allows visitors, residents, and employees to be concentrated in a small geographic footprint that would be physically impossible to serve with private vehicles alone.

www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

1 year ago 44 12 1 3

In my view, the most powerful scene. Reflecting on friendship.

1 year ago 569 20 43 1

Thank you for doing this! 💜

1 year ago 3 0 1 0

Teenager daughter approval unlocked.

1 year ago 6 0 0 0

Two colleagues.

1 year ago 15 2 0 2

KURT VONNEGUT: Oh, she says well, you're not a poor man. You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And, see some great looking babes. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And, and ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know… And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And, what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around. And, we're not supposed to dance at all anymore.

Being a dancing animal and seeing some great looking babies is good for the soul, the body and the high street! “Happy Cities” @charlesincities.bsky.social is a great read.

1 year ago 46 19 1 4