Philadelphia 2035 (Republic: job market, asbestos, public schools)

[Pine to Vine]

Originally Posted by mslhu

I think the cliche is that Philadelphia neither booms nor busts.

Lived in Houston for 26 years, through a couple of cycles. During the boom years, the infrastructure can’t keep up with the influx. During the bust years, homes drop in value, retail closes and friends lose their jobs.

Slow and steady wins the race.

[Pine to Vine]

During our first December here in 2011, the Christmas Village was a rather dreary scene in Love Park, a space desperately in need of . . .well . . . some love. Fast forward and in less than a decade, the Christmas Village is a bustling fun affair, spreading across Love Park to the City Hall north apron and courtyard, as well as Dilworth Park. Throw in a Ferris wheel, a carousel, a skating rink, a beautiful city tree and a light show on city hall and it has turned into a great holiday outing.

Now, if we can only finish up the flying saucer.

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by Pine to Vine

During our first December here in 2011, the Christmas Village was a rather dreary scene in Love Park, a space desperately in need of . . .well . . . some love. Fast forward and in less than a decade, the Christmas Village is a bustling fun affair, spreading across Love Park to the City Hall north apron and courtyard, as well as Dilworth Park. Throw in a Ferris wheel, a carousel, a skating rink, a beautiful city tree and a light show on city hall and it has turned into a great holiday outing.

Now, if we can only finish up the flying saucer.

Hopefully by Spring it will be open.

Agreed about everything else. Pretty amazing really.

[DavePa]

Originally Posted by Pine to Vine

During our first December here in 2011, the Christmas Village was a rather dreary scene in Love Park, a space desperately in need of . . .well . . . some love. Fast forward and in less than a decade, the Christmas Village is a bustling fun affair, spreading across Love Park to the City Hall north apron and courtyard, as well as Dilworth Park. Throw in a Ferris wheel, a carousel, a skating rink, a beautiful city tree and a light show on city hall and it has turned into a great holiday outing.

Seems Pine to vine wants more a Navy Pier Chicago type scene. But the Delaware riverfront piers. Could do more like it. I mentioned a Ferris-wheel on of by the Piers and as a outsider it was as a Philly does its own choices and what it sees fit.

Of course I'm on her ignore ...... but I reply anyway.

[MarketStEl]

Originally Posted by DavePa

Seems Pine to vine wants more a Navy Pier Chicago type scene. But the Delaware riverfront piers. Could do more like it. I mentioned a Ferris-wheel on of by the Piers and as a outsider it was as a Philly does its own choices and what it sees fit.

Of course I'm on her ignore ...... but I reply anyway.

There's a Ferris wheel on the City Hall apron this year, near the hall's northeast corner, and a carousel in City Hall courtyard. The skating rink (on the north side of Dilworth Park) has been part of the Christmas fare for at least three years now, and the rink is open throughout the winter season (there's another seasonal rink at Penn's Landing). Note his use of the past perfect tense rather than the conditional future tense in the sentence mentioning all of these. It's not a wish, it's a statement of fact.

kyb01's ignoring you seems to rankle you a good bit. Why?

[southbound_295]

Originally Posted by DavePa

Seems Pine to vine wants more a Navy Pier Chicago type scene. But the Delaware riverfront piers. Could do more like it. I mentioned a Ferris-wheel on of by the Piers and as a outsider it was as a Philly does its own choices and what it sees fit.

Of course I'm on her ignore ...... but I reply anyway.

Dave, Pine to Vine is not making reference to the riverfront.

[DavePa]

Originally Posted by southbound_295

Dave, Pine to Vine is not making reference to the riverfront.

Of course not. I did in the past. It was seen as a outsiders nonsense. But she suggest it and it's fine anywhere In the Core.

But again, other cities can be examples for successes. Ferris Wheels in real strategic locations....... draw tourist.

[thedirtypirate]

Let the good times keep on rolling..

The 10 Hottest Job Markets in 2020

8. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Philadelphia, PA is not usually thought of as a fast-growing economy. But rapid recent growth in job postings suggests exciting changes may be on the horizon. Philadelphia’s economy is underpinned by financial services, healthcare research, and higher education. The metro area is also home to many Federal employees and contractors. One advantage it has over other large cities is its relatively low cost of living, which makes it an attractive place to start a company and hire top talent.

This has been the longest period of economic expansion in the Delaware Valley since at least the 1960s. I was wondering what effect the refinery disaster would have on the job numbers, but we're still up 40,000 jobs over the last 12 months.


Hopefully by 2035, we can finally rid city council of the corrupt anti-business buffoons who currently run the show.

[Duderino]

Originally Posted by thedirtypirate

This has been the longest period of economic expansion in the Delaware Valley since at least the 1960s. I was wondering what effect the refinery disaster would have on the job numbers, but we're still up 40,000 jobs over the last 12 months.

That is definitely good news! I also expected to see more of a jobs impact re: the refinery closure, but the area seems to have weathered that storm pretty well.

It's also worth noting that Philadelphia proper's economic growth has eclipsed growth in suburbs for a several years now, and it continues to.

If someone had predicted that trend 20 years ago, you'd have probably been deemed certifiably insane.

[PHL10]

Originally Posted by thedirtypirate

Hopefully by 2035, we can finally rid city council of the corrupt anti-business buffoons who currently run the show.

Unfortunately, that’s not the trend at the moment. We just swapped a republican for a working families party person. The other republican at large seat is likely to flip in 4 years as well.

Honestly, Republicans aren’t much better and are pretty ingrained into the City machine themselves but at least they gave some credence to being business friendly. WFP is basically organized to be the opposite.