What do you do with an abandoned elevated railroad that runs 1.5 miles through the heart of Manhattan? Turn it into a 7-acre urban park, of course.
Watch this amazing video about the creation of an oasis in the middle of the nation’s largest city. It goes to show what community involvement and a desire to preserve the past, in a way that benefits present and future generations, can do.
For more information about this amazing space, click here: http://www.thehighline.org/
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The Creative Cities International’s “Vitality Index,” has listed our two biggest cities as number eleven and twelve on their list of the top 35 U.S. cities. The index measures such things as demographics, cultural offerings and recreational amenities, such as parks and trails; as well as conducting surveys of neighborhood life, attitudes and atmosphere.
Pittsburgh ranked number eleven and Philadelphia ranked number twelve.
To read all about the survey, click here:
http://www.creativecities.org/VI%20exec%20summary%20071811.pdf
This is very sad news but yet hardly unexpected. The 27-year-old singer has made more headlines recently for her drug and alcohol problems than she has for making music. Another tragic end to a talented musician. Amy won twenty-eight awards, including five Grammy Awards for Best Pop Vocal Album, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best New Artist, all in 2008.
By now most people know Borders is going, going, gone in the very near future. The departure of Borders from many malls has book lovers everywhere scrambling for a new place to buy books.
Books-A-Million is looking to fill that void, at least in some Pennsylvania locations. Recently Books-A-Million opened a new store in a former Borders Express at Coventry Mall, Pottstown. I also noticed in my last trip to Park City Center, Lancaster that Books-A-Million had opened a store there too.
Now Books-A-Million, a Birmingham, Alabama based bookseller, is trying to acquire eight more locations in Pennsylvania (there are currently five PA stores). One site under consideration is the soon to be vacant Viewmont Mall Borders store in Dickson City. According to the Times Tribune, the Dickson City Borders is Lackawanna County‘s only general-interest bookstore.
You can imagine that the Viewmont Mall management and Lackawanna County book lovers are waiting with bated breath to see if this deal goes through.
To check out Books-A-Million’s complete list of locations from their website, click here: http://www.booksamillion.com/storefinder?id=5114383831772
With the demise of Borders, Books-A-Million will become the nation’s second largest book retailer.
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If you live in the Pottstown area and enjoy a freshly made, hand-formed burger and real milkshakes in a “Route 66 burger joint” atmosphere, then you should head over to Upland Square on Route 100 and lay a lip on some “comfort food” sooner than later.
Jake’s is next to Petco and owned by a Lower Pottsgrove couple, Darryl and Linda Hendershot. The Upland Square store is the 30th location for the franchise.
The Wayback Burger chain started out in Newark, Delaware as a single restaurant in 1991. It is now that is expanding into several states. Fortunately for our area, Pennsylvania was one of those states.
Check out their website and menu. I assure you that it will entice you to head over to Upland Square!
website: http://waybackburgers.com/menu/
voice: 484-300-4246
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Yes, you read that correctly. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is raising tolls 10 percent for cash paying customers in 2012. The increase does not apply to E-Zpass customers. Tolls increased in 2011 as well, 10 percent for cash payers and 3 percent for E-Zpass users.
This is the Turnpike Commissions way of gently urging everyone to use E-Zpass…
Yet another list, but not a good one.
Which states have the most toxic air?
Ohio leads the pack, followed by Pennsylvania and Florida. The leading culprit in these states is power generation facilities that are coal and oil-fired.
Electricity generation and chemical processing were the top two offenders for dangerous emissions that cause ailments like asthma and cancer.
Other states rounding out the top 10 are:
Kentucky, Maryland, Indiana, Michigan, West Virginia, Georgia and North Carolina.
The bottom 10 states are:
South Carolina, Alabama, Texas, Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, New Hampshire and Iowa
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