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https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2015/05/measuring-health-of-parking-system.html WestWords: Measuring the Health of a Parking System Here's an odd little fact: For every dollar of parking revenue it collects from curbside meters, the Philadelphia Parking Authority collects... the healthwestwordsmeasuringparkingsystem https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-coronavirus-caravan-trundles-along.html WestWords: The Coronavirus Caravan Trundles Along Would You Buy a Used Car from Mr. Sincerity? Mr. Sincerity "Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war!" Donald Trump never tweeted this. I thi... the coronaviruswestwordscaravantrundlesalong https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2015/12/crossing-15th-street.html WestWords: Crossing 15th Street It is forbidden to cross 15th street on the south side of Arch. There are two little men who say so. They're stick figures, caught in the... westwordscrossingstreet https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2020/04/make-walnut-open-street.html WestWords: Make Walnut an Open Street The Hamster Cage Should Come with a Wheel to Run On Walnut at 13th. Mayor Kenney recently said we may be staying at home until Labor... westwordsmakewalnutopenstreet https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2013/07/george-zimmerman-giving-town-watch-bad.html WestWords: George Zimmerman, Giving Town Watch a Bad Name I served on a Town Watch in my neighborhood years ago. We were having a hooker problem. I don't wish to be overly judgmental, but I and ma... george zimmermanwestwordsgivingtownwatch https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2016/02/why-are-european-and-american-bicycling.html WestWords: Why Are European and American Bicycling So Different? The breakthrough moment for bicycles came at the beginning of the 1890s, when the "safety" bicycle finally offered a viable alternative ... european and americanwestwordsbicyclingdifferent https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2013/05/guns-without-responsibility-how-does.html WestWords: Guns Without Responsibility. How Does That Work? People talk a lot about the original intent of the people who wrote the Constitution. Often, though, it seems to me that we only give lip s... how doeswestwordsgunswithoutresponsibility https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2022/01/what-cold-civil-war-feels-like.html WestWords: What a Cold Civil War Feels Like A War An American soldier escorts prisoners in the rain during World War II. From Bill Mauldin, Up Front (1945) p. 21. Years ago a friend ... a coldcivil warwestwordsfeelslike https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2015/07/forging-community-one-flat-tire-at-time.html WestWords: Forging Community -- One Flat Tire at a Time Recently I've become a fan of the Indego bike-share program in Philly. I'm not an intensive user, but I am a member, and I enjoy occasionall... community oneflat tirewestwordsforgingtime https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2024/08/mussolinis-personal-sex-factory.html WestWords: Mussolini's Personal Sex Factory Mass Production Comes to the Land of Casanova Clara Petacci in the 1930s. I knew that Benito Mussolini had a retinue of mistresses. And I h... personal sexwestwordsmussolinifactory https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2017/02/who-are-undeserving-poor-who-are.html WestWords: Who Are the Undeserving Poor? Who Are the Deserving Rich? The struggle we are presently engaged in will, I think, go on for some time; personally, I look at it as simply the latest acute phase of a ... who arewestwordsundeservingpoorrich https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2019/11/jim-crow-was-failed-state.html WestWords: Jim Crow Was a Failed State So Why Do We Want to Go Back? Washington, D.C, Government charwoman. Gordon Parks/FSA, 1942. For a while now I've been thinking about... jim crowwestwordsfailedstate https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-pavements-of-asbury-park.html WestWords: The Pavements of Asbury Park Buried Treasure The Asbury Park boardwalk is built out of wood. This is worth mentioning because Ocean Grove, to the south, has started la... westwordspavementsasburypark https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2013/07/what-if-romeo-and-juliet-had-baby.html WestWords: What if Romeo and Juliet Had a Baby? David Brooks' article on mutts in the Times (June 27) really bothers me. I have a few questions. 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On a chilly Saturday recently, I... westwordsflexiblevanderbilt https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2020/01/those-pesky-bike-lanes.html WestWords: Those Pesky Bike Lanes They Just Don't Fit In Pine at Tenth, in warmer weather. Yeah, bike lanes really detract from the historic character of our neighborh... westwordspeskybikelanes https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2018/12/how-do-we-put-this-back-together.html WestWords: How Do We Put This Back Together? Lilliana Mason Says It Doesn't Look Good Migrant mother, California. Dorothea Lange/FSA, 1936. I've been living with this picture for... how dowestwordsputbacktogether https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-future-of-christ-church-park.html WestWords: The Future of Christ Church Park Looks Like This Billy the Goat and some friends in Rittenhouse Square. Steal Billy! No, just steal the kids. 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It... westwordsdithering https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2024/02/wounded-souls.html WestWords: Wounded Souls Albert Camus on Moral Compromise Neptune, N.J., 2023. I suppose this post is mainly for evangelical pastors and Catholic priests, especiall... westwordswoundedsouls https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2023/01/ron-desantis-comes-to-philly.html WestWords: Ron DeSantis Comes to Philly And the Mighty Union League Stumbles Poor Ron DeSantis, who really wants to be Benito Mussolini, got a warm reception on January 24, during ... ron desantiswestwordscomesphilly https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2010/07/some-things-actually-get-better.html WestWords: Some Things Actually Get Better Francis has been cutting my hair for several decades. 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I was standing with my grandfather, who wa... life onwestwordsfarm https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2016/12/fascism.html WestWords: Fascism Looking for an Analytical Tool Underneath the Epithet Boardwalk, Asbury Park I started thinking seriously about the concept of fascism ... westwordsfascism https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-people-screaming-were-white.html WestWords: The People Screaming Were White Hall of Mirrors in South Philly Outdoor dining, Asbury Park. Professor Elijah Anderson has written a book about Center City Philadelphia ent... the peoplewestwordsscreamingwhite https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2017/08/broad-street-cycle-track.html WestWords: Broad Street Cycle Track This was originally posted on the Facebook page of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia on June 4, 2014: Just to be truly radica... broad streetwestwordscycletrack https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2024/08/no-parking-v-no-stopping.html WestWords: No Parking v. No Stopping Don't Follow Leaders, Watch the Parking Meters One of the demands being made by reformers, after the death of Dr. Friedes, is to make the cu... no parkingwestwordsvstopping https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2022/01/of-planters-and-whimsy.html WestWords: Of Planters and Whimsy Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn My friend and son-in-law, Chris Murtha, sent me this picture of Willoughby Avenue, an open street near Fort Gree... westwordsplanterswhimsy https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2021/10/unnecessary-spaghetti.html WestWords: Unnecessary Spaghetti Getting On and Off the Ben Franklin Bridge You can actually stand next to Isamu Noguchi's 1984 Bolt of Lightning , which stands at the foot... westwordsunnecessaryspaghetti https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2020/03/bicycling-in-new-york-city.html WestWords: Why Did It Crash? The Bicycle Boom of the 1890s Sunday in Central Park. Marjory Collins/FSA, 1942. There's a cloud that lurks over the current boom in b... did itwestwordscrash https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2021/01/fitting-solution-to-problem.html WestWords: Fitting the Solution to the Problem Brooklyn's Fulton Street Shows Bureaucrats Being Flexible Say hello to Christopher Wallace, better known as the Notorious B.I.G. This mural... the solutionwestwordsfittingproblem https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2014/08/off-street-parking-at-italian-market.html WestWords: Off-Street Parking at the Italian Market - Current Conditions In my last post (August 3) I looked at the old Moyamensing Prison site at 11th and Reed in South Philly, which is currently occupied by an A... off street parkingthe italian marketwestwordscurrentconditions https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2020/04/void-on-center.html WestWords: Void on Center Ave, Caesar. Morituri te salutant. You may have noticed that Greek and Roman temples have their front doors in the middle of the facad... westwordsvoidcenter https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2013/04/its-not-like-gunsmoke.html WestWords: It's Not Like Gunsmoke Dodge City, Kansas, back in the cowboy days. A tall, big-hatted man walks out into the dusty main street. In the distance, another man squ... westwordslikegunsmoke https://westwords-news.captivate.fm/ The WestWords Podcast westwordspodcast https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-supreme-court-and-parking.html WestWords: The Supreme Court and Parking Once upon a time, in the land of Arlington, in Virginia, there was a residential neighborhood called Aurora Highlands. This little suburban ... the supreme courtwestwordsparking https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2016/01/reimagining-our-streets-bikes-will-lead.html WestWords: Reimagining Our Streets: Bikes Will Lead, But They Will Not Be Alone Bikes are a disruptive force on our streets. Thank God. 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A few days ago, U.S. Senator Patrick Toomey (R, Pa.) compared my son to a burnt-down... my sonwestwordssenatortoomeycalled https://www.westwordsbestwords.com/westwords-home/tournament-information Westwords | June 14 | Bay Area & Online - Tournament Information Tournament Information bay areaonline tournamentwestwordsjuneinformation https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2015/04/alleys.html WestWords: Alleys In Philly we have big streets, like Market Street; we have regular streets, like Walnut Street; and we have little streets, like Addison in,... westwordsalleys https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2015/11/richardson-dilworth-urbanist-for-ages.html WestWords: Richardson Dilworth, an Urbanist for the Ages I was born and grew up in New York City. I didn't move to Philadelphia until I was in my thirties. 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Surfing is probably not a good way to commute to work, but it is a... westwordssurfboardsgetaround https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2018/05/its-road-design-stupid.html WestWords: It's the Road Design, Stupid Fiddling While Rome Burns Emily Fredricks memorial, 11th and Spruce. Death on our streets. Where does it come from? One school mutt... the roadwestwordsdesignstupid https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2023/04/rebecca-rhynhart-for-mayor.html WestWords: Rebecca Rhynhart for Mayor She's Up to the Job The Others Aren't I've volunteered on a bunch of political campaigns, and many of the stories on my blog are political, ... westwordsrebeccamayor https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2017/11/focus-on-short-trips.html WestWords: Focus on the Short Trips Bus stop, Rittenhouse Square. I'm hearing that the commute from Center City out to King of Prussia is becoming increasingly excruciati... focus onwestwordsshorttrips https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2020/11/philly-plein-air.html WestWords: Philly Plein Air Dejeuner sur le Tarmac Rittenhouse Square, east side. There is in fact a revolution taking place on Philadelphia's streets, and it has to do... westwordsphillypleinair https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2021/04/is-it-park-or-is-it-traffic-sewer.html WestWords: Is It a Park, or Is It a Traffic Sewer? Arm-Wrestling Over MLK Drive The Philadelphia Art Commission had a hearing yesterday on the planned reconstruction of the MLK Drive bridge, ... a parkwestwordstrafficsewer https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-roots-of-republic.html WestWords: The Roots of the Republic Unearthing the Reality Annin Flag Co., Verona, N.J. Marjory Collins/OWI, March 1943. I recall two parts of American history that I didn't le... the rootswestwordsrepublic https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2018/02/what-should-we-do-with-humble-dumpster.html WestWords: What Should We Do With the Humble Dumpster? 1600 block of Moravian. I've been thinking we should worry about making an alley neat and clean as a first step, and then we can dream... we dothe humblewestwordsdumpster https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2021/04/on-demagogues.html WestWords: On Demagogues Francis Bacon and Max Weber Weigh In Lewis C. Levin, by Rembrandt Peale (1834). Demagogues have been around for quite a while. We owe the wo... westwordsdemagogues https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2021/08/a-shortage-of-serviceable-ducks.html WestWords: A Shortage of Serviceable Ducks Is the Right Running Out of Decent Canards? Not a duck. The word canard means duck in French. It also means a false or misleading story. In ... westwordsshortageducks https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-parking-dream.html WestWords: The Parking Dream My daddy told me this story. He was a young doctor. It was the 1930's, the Depression, but he was doing okay, and he'd recently bought a c... the parkingwestwordsdream https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2019/09/did-carpet-bombing-inspire-urban-renewal.html WestWords: Did Carpet Bombing Inspire Urban Renewal? Sifting the Rubble for Facts Pablo Picasso, Guernica , 1937. "Guernica is a small town of the Basque province of Vizcaya, lying in a ... carpet bombingwestwordsinspireurbanrenewal https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2021/10/rousseau-and-filibuster.html WestWords: Rousseau and the Filibuster Remember the Partitions of Poland Turkey Vultures, Joe Palaia Park, Oakhurst, N.J. I've gotten to a point in life where I'm not entirely sur... and thewestwordsrousseaufilibuster https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2024/09/surf-school-asbury-park.html WestWords: Surf School, Asbury Park Can 4-Year-Olds Learn to Surf? Yes. One of my hangouts is on the beach near the jetty that separates the surfing beach - the northernmost be... surf schoolwestwordsasburypark https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2024/10/campaign-poster-number-five.html WestWords: Campaign Poster Number Five This 1984 photo is from Asbury Park. My son kindly agreed to put a blanket over his head, creating (at least for me) both erasure and a blan... westwordscampaignposternumberfive https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2013/08/lidice-and-power-of-nothing.html WestWords: Lidice and the Power of Nothing Lidice Lois and I and our friends Greg and Martha Cukor just spent a fabulous two weeks in St. Petersburg (the one in Russia) and in Pra... the power ofwestwordslidicenothing https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2024/12/mayor-parker-signs-no-stopping-bill.html WestWords: Mayor Parker Signs No Stopping Bill Also Changes Taney Street to LeCount Mayor Parker signs the no stopping bill. Philadelphia, Dec. 4: Mayor Cherelle Parker had a busy lunch h... no stoppingwestwordsmayorparkersigns https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2017/10/at-least-it-makes-people-laugh.html WestWords: At Least It Makes People Laugh Philadelphia Parking Policy Sunset Avenue Pavilion, Asbury Park. I was at a meeting of the Asbury Park parking committee, and I ... at leastwestwordsmakespeoplelaugh https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2020/04/placebo.html WestWords: Placebo A placebo is a pill that a doctor gives to a patient, knowing that it will do nothing to heal the patient's body, but hoping that the gestur... westwordsplacebo https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2016/06/intraday-biking.html WestWords: Intraday Biking The things I carried. The history of bicycling in the United States has been overwhelmingly recreational. (See Why Are European and Am... westwordsintradaybiking https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2017/10/looking-three-ways-at-chestnut-street.html WestWords: Looking Three Ways at Chestnut Street Driving, Walking, Biking Graffito, Chestnut bike lane. The new parking-protected bike lane on Chestnut Street in West Philadelphia h... three wayswestwordslookingchestnutstreet https://westwordsphilly.blogspot.com/2016/03/what-streets-can-learn-from-boardwalks.html WestWords: What Streets Can Learn From Boardwalks The Asbury Park Boardwalk and the Teacup What would our streets look like if we gave them back to the people? In my opinion, they'd loo... learn fromwestwordsstreetsboardwalks