TEDxPhiladelphia - Unintended Consequences
The moment that we recognize the impact of an unintended consequence, a new story unfolds. Ideas that arise from unintended consequences are deeply personal. An unintended consequence forces us to reassess our assumptions and challenge our narratives.
Unintended Consequences is the official theme for TEDxPhiladelphia 2019.
The daylong multidisciplinary conference will bring together engaging speakers, performers, and participants to share their stories and experiences of unanticipated moments, their challenges and unexpected opportunities that arose from this, and how it's shaped who they are and what they do today.
Strictly Funk (UPENN Dance) Trailer
RealtyMark Showcase of Homes Dec 16 2018
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ODH Lightning Rounds 2019
During “Lightning Round” presentations, NEH award recipients share a 3-minute overview of their NEH-funded project. The presentations in this video took place on March 18, 2019 as part of our annual Project Directors Meeting convened by the NEH Office of Digital Humanities in Washington, DC.
Digital Humanities Advancement Grants
00:00:01 -- Hearing Bach's Music As Bach Heard It
00:02:58 -- Mapping Indigenous American Cultures and Living Histories
00:05:40 -- Picturing Urban Renewal (Level I)
00:08:08 -- Developing the Data Set of Nineteenth-Century Knowledge
00:11:17 -- The Digital Drawer: A Crowd-Sourced, Curated, Digital Archive Preserving History and Memory
00:14:30 -- Distant Viewing Toolkit (DVT) for the Cultural Analysis of Moving Images
00:17:33 -- Evolution in Digital Discourse: Toward a Computational Tool for Identifying Patterns of Language Change in Social Media
00:20:27 -- Linked Open Greek Pottery
00:23:43 -- The Northside Digital Commons
00:27:01 -- Transparency to Visibility (T2V): Network Visualization in Humanities Research
00:29:49 -- Breath of Life 2.0: Indigenous Language Revitalization through Enhancement of the Miami-Illinois Digital Archive
00:32:39 -- The Holocaust Ghettos Project: Reintegrating Victims and Perpetrators through Places and Events
00:35:39 -- Implementing an Online Text-Editing Platform for Scholarly Editions
00:38:43 -- A Linked Digital Environment for Coptic Studies
00:41:57 -- World History Commons
00:45:06 -- Creating National Access to Digital Dance Resources
00:47:41 -- Freedom's Movement: Mapping African American Space in War and Reconstruction
00:50:46 -- Historic Profiles of American Incarceration
00:53:24 -- Measuring Polyphony: An Online Music Editor for Late Medieval Polyphony
00:56:39 -- Montpelier Digital Collections Project
00:59:47 -- Algorithmic Thinking, Analysis and Visualization in Music (ATAVizM)
01:02:42 -- Building a Digital Portal for Exploring Bernard and Picart’s Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the World
01:05:58 -- Improving Optical Character Recognition & Tracking Reader Annotations in Printed Books by Collating & Transcribing Multiple Exemplars
01:07:45 -- Virtual Studiolo
01:10:56 -- Advancing Access to Transcribed Text in Citizen Humanities
01:14:12 -- An Open Educational Resource for Who Built America
01:17:50 -- Reading the Invisible Library: Rescuing the Hidden Texts of Herculaneum
01:21:01 -- Understanding Visual Culture through Silent Film Collections
Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities
01:24:29 -- Migration, Mobility, and Sustainability: Caribbean Studies and Digital Humanities Institute
01:27:44 -- Word Vectors for the Thoughtful Humanist: Institutes on Critical Teaching and Research with Vector Space Models
01:31:13 -- Workshops on Sustainability for Digital Projects
Upper Arlington Today, April 3, 2009
Your Daily Webcast for Upper Arlington, Ohio, featuring a special tribue by Bailey McClellan to her UA High School cross country coach Dale Hartney, a preview of a busy Saturday (egg hunt, April Fools celebration, Green Day Fair) and a visit with Christine Minx of the UA Public Library.
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RealtyMark Aug 28th MPEG 2 Transport stream, 15 Mbps
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RealtyMark Showcase of Homes Nov 25 2018
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Live it Up with Donna Drake and the team from Good n Screwed TV Show
We had a wonderful time today with Donna Drake from @LiveItUpDonnaDrake - she is a warm,and gracious host - THANKYOU for letting us talk about the TV pilot Good 'n Screwed - oh and enjoy your tea with honey ???? ❣️with Kelli K. Barnett and Suzanne Smart and GladysAnn
@GNStheSeries, Cinematography for Good 'n Screwed Darryl Patterson, dpstudio.nyc , and extra special thanks to Diana Prano — with Virginia Bonaro, Suzanne Smart, GladysAnn, Kelli K. Barnett, Diana Prano and Donna Drake. Member Renegade Theatre
Actress at Imdb.me/joannabonaro
joannabonaro.com at Actress, Writer, Producer
CEO at BrainyBeauty Productions
Actress at Good n Screwed
Actress at SAG-AFTRA
Actress at Actors' Equity Association
Former Actress at 59E59 Theaters How Alfo Learned to Love
Former Guest star at L&O SVU
Mozart in the Jungle, Show Me a Hero, Boardwalk Empire, Black Box, The Sopranos
Studied Shakespeare at RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art)
Studied Theatre/Acting at NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Studied 14-19th c. English Literature at NYU
Suzanne Smart Works at Actress/ Singer
Works at Actress and Voice-Over Artist
Worked at Actor
Former Serena Harper, Esq. at Law & Order: CI
Former brenda at Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Former Actor at Walnut Street Theatre
Studied formerly known as Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales at DeSales University
Went to Archbishop Prendergast High School
Lives in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
From Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
Kelli K. Barnett Director at Will He Run?
Actor/Filmmaker/Photographer at Actors' Equity Association
Director at Self Employeed
Director at WILL Do The Movie
Former Actor at American Place Theater
Former Consultant, Beverage Manager at Traders Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
Studied at State University of New York at Purchase
Studied Psychology at The University of Texas at Austin
Went to Liberty High School
Went to Liberty High School, Liberty, Texas
Thorium.
Thorium is an abundant material which can be transformed into massive quantities of energy. To do so efficiently requires a very different nuclear reactor than the kind we use today- Not one that uses solid fuel rods, but a reactor in which the fuel is kept in a liquid state. Not one that uses pressurized water as a coolant, but a reactor that uses chemically stable molten salts.
Such a reactor is called a Molten Salt Reactor. Many different configurations are possible. Some of these configurations can harness Thorium very efficiently.
This video explores the attributes of Molten Salt Reactors. Why are they compelling? And why do many people (including myself) see them as the only economical way of fully harnessing ALL our nuclear fuels... including Thorium.
This video has been under development since 2012. I hope it conveys to you why I personally find Molten Salt Reactors so compelling, as do the many volunteers and supporters who helped create it. Much of the footage was shot by volunteers.
All music was created by:
To support this project, please visit:
Entities pursuing Molten Salt Reactors are...
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Transatomic -
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TerraPower -
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre -
Chinese Academy of Sciences -
Regular Thorium conferences are organized by:
Table of Contents
0:00:00 Space
0:17:29 Constraints
0:28:22 Coolants
0:40:15 MSRE
0:48:54 Earth
0:59:46 Thorium
1:22:03 LFTR
1:36:13 Revolution
1:44:58 Forward
1:58:11 ROEI
2:05:41 Beginning
2:08:36 History
2:38:59 Dowtherm
2:47:57 Salt
2:51:44 Pebbles
3:06:07 India
3:18:44 Caldicott
3:35:55 Fission
3:56:22 Spectrum
4:04:25 Chemistry
4:12:51 Turbine
4:22:27 Waste
4:40:15 Decommission
4:54:39 Candlelight
5:13:06 Facts
5:26:08 Future
5:55:39 Pitches
5:56:17 Terrestrial
6:08:33 ThorCon
6:11:45 Flibe
6:20:51 End
6:25:53 Credits
Some of this footage is remixed from non-MSR related sources, to help explain the importance of energy for both space exploration and everyday life here on Earth. Most prominently...
Pandora's Promise -
Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson -
Dr. Robert Zubrin -
Mars Underground -
Andy Weir & Adam Savage -
Periodic Table Videos -
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Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty
Phoebe Hoban, author of Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art, will read from and discuss her new biography of painter Alice Neel. Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty was named one of the ten best books of 2010 by the Village Voice, included in O Magazine's 15 books to watch for in 2011, and picked as an Editors' Choice in the New York Times Sunday Book Review in January 2011. This event took place at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art on February 2, 2011. Video courtesy Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation.
Penn College Commencement: August 9, 2014
The August 9, 2014 Pennsylvania College of Technology commencement is featured. This ceremony was for students in the Schools of Business & Hospitality; Construction & Design Technologies; Health Sciences; Industrial, Computing & Engineering Technologies; Sciences, Humanities & Visual Communications; and Transportation & Natural Resources Technologies. The student speaker was Kaitlin M. Savidge, who earned an associate of applied science degree in emergency medical services. All graduates are encouraged to connect with the alumni office at the College and on Facebook
PHILADELPHIA - WikiVidi Documentary
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the United States, with an estimated population of 1,567,872 and more than 6 million in the seventh-largest metropolitan statistical area, . Philadelphia is the economic and cultural anchor of the Delaware Valleya region located in the Northeastern United States at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers with 7.2 million people residing in the eighth-largest combined statistical area in the United States. In 1682, William Penn, an English Quaker, founded the city to serve as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony. Philadelphia played an instrumental role in the American Revolution as a meeting place for the Founding Fathers of the United States, who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitution in 1787. Several other key Philadelphia events during the Revolution include the First and Second Continental Congress, the preservation of the Liberty Bell, ...
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00:25:26: Climate
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00:43:11: Languages
00:44:04: Dialect
00:45:06: Economy
00:48:29: Culture
00:50:47: Arts
00:55:09: Cuisine
00:56:38: Marijuana
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01:01:18: Olympic bidding
01:02:35: Parks
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01:04:56: Courts
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01:15:29: Primary and secondary education
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01:25:27: Transportation
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University of Mississippi 2013 Doctoral Hooding (part 2)
Philadelphia | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:04:08 1 History
00:15:16 2 Geography
00:15:25 2.1 Topography
00:17:21 2.2 Cityscape
00:17:30 2.2.1 City planning
00:20:03 2.2.2 Architecture
00:22:55 2.3 Climate
00:26:51 2.3.1 Air quality
00:28:17 3 Demographics
00:39:24 3.1 Religion
00:40:43 3.2 Languages
00:42:04 3.2.1 Dialect
00:43:00 4 Economy
00:46:32 5 Education
00:46:41 5.1 Primary and secondary education
00:49:06 5.2 Higher education
00:50:32 6 Culture
00:52:29 6.1 Arts
00:54:58 6.2 Music
00:57:23 6.3 Cuisine
00:59:02 7 Sports
01:03:38 8 Parks
01:04:35 9 Law and government
01:05:54 9.1 Courts
01:08:11 9.2 Politics
01:12:11 9.3 Crime
01:15:44 10 Media
01:15:52 10.1 Newspapers
01:17:39 10.2 Radio
01:19:11 10.3 Television
01:21:12 11 Infrastructure
01:21:21 11.1 Transportation
01:23:14 11.1.1 Airports
01:24:17 11.1.2 Roads
01:27:23 11.1.3 Bus service
01:28:07 11.1.4 Rail
01:29:48 11.1.5 Walk Score ranks
01:30:42 11.2 Utilities
01:34:27 12 Notable people
01:34:37 13 Sister Cities
01:36:14 14 Gallery
01:36:28 15 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
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There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863. Since 1854, the city has been coterminous with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the eighth-largest U.S. metropolitan statistical area, with over 6 million residents as of 2017. Philadelphia is also the economic and cultural anchor of the greater Delaware Valley, located along the lower Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, within the Northeast megalopolis. The Delaware Valley's population of 7.2 million ranks it as the eighth-largest combined statistical area in the United States.William Penn, an English Quaker, founded the city in 1682 to serve as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony. Philadelphia played an instrumental role in the American Revolution as a meeting place for the Founding Fathers of the United States, who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 at the Second Continental Congress, and the Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. Several other key events occurred in Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War including the First Continental Congress, the preservation of the Liberty Bell, the Battle of Germantown, and the Siege of Fort Mifflin. Philadelphia was one of the nation's capitals during the revolution, and served as temporary U.S. capital while Washington, D.C., was under construction. In the 19th century, Philadelphia became a major industrial center and a railroad hub. The city grew from an influx of European immigrants, most of whom came from Ireland, Italy and Germany—the three largest reported ancestry groups in the city as of 2015. In the early 20th century, Philadelphia became a prime destination for African Americans during the Great Migration after the Civil War, as well as Puerto Ricans. The city's population doubled from one million to two million people between 1890 and 1950.
The Philadelphia area's many universities and colleges make it a top study destination, as the city has evolved into an educational and economic hub. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Philadelphia area had a gross domestic product of US$445 billion in 2017, the eighth-largest metropolitan economy in the United States. Philadelphia is the center of economic activity in Pennsylvania and is home to five Fortune 1000 companies. The Philadelphia skyline is expanding, with a market of almost 81,900 commercial properties in 2016, including several nationally prominent skyscrapers. Philadelphia has more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other American city. Fairmount Park, when combined with the adjacent Wissahickon Valley Park in the same watershed, is one of the largest contiguous ...
Victor Makovitch
Before Victor came to Carroll County, MD, he lived in Pennsylvania and New York in the middle of the Great Depression.
Garnet Athletics Hall of Fame - 2018
In front of a capacity crowd in the Matchbox during Garnet Weekend, the seventh class of Garnet Athletics Hall of Fame - consisting of Michele Fowler-Stewart ’86, Liz Gilbert Osterman ’77, Lee MacPhail Jr. ’39, Robert Ruffin ’92, Katie Tarr ’02, and the 1982–85 men’s lacrosse teams - was formally inducted.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
00:04:07 1 History
00:15:14 2 Geography
00:15:23 2.1 Topography
00:17:18 2.2 Cityscape
00:17:27 2.2.1 City planning
00:20:00 2.2.2 Architecture
00:22:50 2.3 Climate
00:26:46 2.3.1 Air quality
00:28:12 3 Demographics
00:39:12 3.1 Religion
00:40:31 3.2 Languages
00:41:51 3.2.1 Dialect
00:42:46 4 Economy
00:46:18 5 Education
00:46:27 5.1 Primary and secondary education
00:48:52 5.2 Higher education
00:50:17 6 Culture
00:52:14 6.1 Arts
00:54:43 6.2 Music
00:57:08 6.3 Cuisine
00:58:46 7 Sports
01:03:21 8 Parks
01:04:18 9 Law and government
01:05:37 9.1 Courts
01:07:53 9.2 Politics
01:11:52 9.3 Crime
01:15:23 10 Media
01:15:32 10.1 Newspapers
01:17:18 10.2 Radio
01:18:50 10.3 Television
01:20:49 11 Infrastructure
01:20:58 11.1 Transportation
01:22:51 11.1.1 Airports
01:23:54 11.1.2 Roads
01:27:00 11.1.3 Bus service
01:27:43 11.1.4 Rail
01:29:25 11.1.5 Walk Score ranks
01:30:18 11.2 Utilities
01:34:02 12 Notable people
01:34:12 13 Sister Cities
01:35:49 14 Gallery
01:36:03 15 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at:
You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863. Since 1854, the city has been coterminous with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the eighth-largest U.S. metropolitan statistical area, with over 6 million residents as of 2017. Philadelphia is also the economic and cultural anchor of the greater Delaware Valley, located along the lower Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, within the Northeast megalopolis. The Delaware Valley's population of 7.2 million ranks it as the eighth-largest combined statistical area in the United States.William Penn, an English Quaker, founded the city in 1682 to serve as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony. Philadelphia played an instrumental role in the American Revolution as a meeting place for the Founding Fathers of the United States, who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 at the Second Continental Congress, and the Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. Several other key events occurred in Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War including the First Continental Congress, the preservation of the Liberty Bell, the Battle of Germantown, and the Siege of Fort Mifflin. Philadelphia was one of the nation's capitals during the revolution, and served as temporary U.S. capital while Washington, D.C., was under construction. In the 19th century, Philadelphia became a major industrial center and a railroad hub. The city grew from an influx of European immigrants, most of whom came from Ireland, Italy and Germany—the three largest reported ancestry groups in the city as of 2015. In the early 20th century, Philadelphia became a prime destination for African Americans during the Great Migration after the Civil War, as well as Puerto Ricans. The city's population doubled from one million to two million people between 1890 and 1950.
The Philadelphia area's many universities and colleges make it a top study destination, as the city has evolved into an educational and economic hub. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Philadelphia area had a gross domestic product of US$445 billion in 2017, the eighth-largest metropolitan economy in the United States. Philadelphia is the center of economic activity in Pennsylvania and is home to five Fortune 1000 companies. The Philadelphia skyline is expanding, with a market of almost 81,900 commercial properties in 2016, including several nationally prominent skyscrapers. Philadelphia has more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other American city. Fairmount Park, when combined with the adjacent Wissahickon Valley Park in the same watershed, is one of the largest contiguous urban park areas in the United States. The city is known for its arts, culture, cuisine, and colonial history, att ...
Philadelphia | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Philadelphia
00:04:08 1 History
00:15:14 2 Geography
00:15:23 2.1 Topography
00:17:19 2.2 Cityscape
00:17:27 2.2.1 City planning
00:20:00 2.2.2 Architecture
00:22:51 2.3 Climate
00:26:47 2.3.1 Air quality
00:28:12 3 Demographics
00:39:11 3.1 Religion
00:40:30 3.2 Languages
00:41:49 3.2.1 Dialect
00:42:45 4 Economy
00:46:17 5 Education
00:46:26 5.1 Primary and secondary education
00:48:51 5.2 Higher education
00:50:16 6 Culture
00:52:13 6.1 Arts
00:54:42 6.2 Music
00:57:07 6.3 Cuisine
00:58:45 7 Sports
01:03:20 8 Parks
01:04:17 9 Law and government
01:05:35 9.1 Courts
01:07:51 9.2 Politics
01:11:50 9.3 Crime
01:15:22 10 Media
01:15:31 10.1 Newspapers
01:17:17 10.2 Radio
01:18:49 10.3 Television
01:20:48 11 Infrastructure
01:20:57 11.1 Transportation
01:22:49 11.1.1 Airports
01:23:52 11.1.2 Roads
01:26:59 11.1.3 Bus service
01:27:42 11.1.4 Rail
01:29:24 11.1.5 Walk Score ranks
01:30:18 11.2 Utilities
01:34:02 12 Notable people
01:34:11 13 Sister Cities
01:35:49 14 Gallery
01:36:03 15 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at:
You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863. Since 1854, the city has been coterminous with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the eighth-largest U.S. metropolitan statistical area, with over 6 million residents as of 2017. Philadelphia is also the economic and cultural anchor of the greater Delaware Valley, located along the lower Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, within the Northeast megalopolis. The Delaware Valley's population of 7.2 million ranks it as the eighth-largest combined statistical area in the United States.William Penn, an English Quaker, founded the city in 1682 to serve as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony. Philadelphia played an instrumental role in the American Revolution as a meeting place for the Founding Fathers of the United States, who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 at the Second Continental Congress, and the Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. Several other key events occurred in Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War including the First Continental Congress, the preservation of the Liberty Bell, the Battle of Germantown, and the Siege of Fort Mifflin. Philadelphia was one of the nation's capitals during the revolution, and served as temporary U.S. capital while Washington, D.C., was under construction. In the 19th century, Philadelphia became a major industrial center and a railroad hub. The city grew from an influx of European immigrants, most of whom came from Ireland, Italy and Germany—the three largest reported ancestry groups in the city as of 2015. In the early 20th century, Philadelphia became a prime destination for African Americans during the Great Migration after the Civil War, as well as Puerto Ricans. The city's population doubled from one million to two million people between 1890 and 1950.
The Philadelphia area's many universities and colleges make it a top study destination, as the city has evolved into an educational and economic hub. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Philadelphia area had a gross domestic product of US$445 billion in 2017, the eighth-largest metropolitan economy in the United States. Philadelphia is the center of economic activity in Pennsylvania and is home to five Fortune 1000 companies. The Philadelphia skyline is expanding, with a market of almost 81,900 commercial properties in 2016, including several nationally prominent skyscrapers. Philadelphia has more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other American city. Fairmount Park, when combined with the adjacent Wissahickon Valley Park in the same watershed, is one of the largest contiguous urban park areas in the United States. The city is known for its arts, culture, cuisine, and colonial history, attracting 42 mil ...
Brown Bag Series: Make No Idols: Examining the Role of the Monument in the 21st Century J. Morfit
Brown Bag Series: Make No Idols: Examining the Role of the Monument in the 21st Century J. Morfit