TEDxPhilly - Inga Saffron - Creating livable cities and letting go of skyscraper fantasies
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Architecture critic Inga Saffron challenges cities to shift focus and look beyond skyscraper fantasies and dreams of increased tourism in her TEDxPhilly talk -- "Moving from The Grand Vision to The Grand Adjustment." Cities should instead work to improve and build amenities that make urban areas better places to live for existing dwellers. Publi... Read more
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- -: TEDxPhilly - Inga Saffron - Creating livable cities and letting go of skyscraper fantasies
January 30, 2012 (over 1 year ago)Architecture critic Inga Saffron challenges cities to shift focus and look beyond skyscraper fantasies and dreams of increased tourism in her TEDxPhilly talk -- "Moving from The Grand Vision to The Grand Adjustment." Cities should instead work to improve and build amenities that make urban areas ...
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- -: TEDxPhilly - Ethan Nguyen - On taking chances
January 23, 2012 (over 1 year ago)Mentor one young person this year and you set them on a journey that will ultimately lead them to an opportunity to change other lives. Dissuaded by a high school guidance counselor from applying to top schools, Ethan Nguyen found encouragement from a supportive local librarian and landed at Vass...
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- -: TEDxPhilly - Rich Medina - Philadelphia: A city that nurtures our creative muscle
January 23, 2012 (over 1 year ago)Rich Medina paints Philadelphia as an epic birthplace and 'nurturing mother' for musical expression. After an Ivy League education and a promising start in semi-professional basketball, Medina found himself working in a series of lucrative but unfulfilling corporate jobs. All the while, he felt t...
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- -: TEDxPhilly - Tracy Broyles & Spiral Q Puppet Theater - Affirmation, Imagination and Practice
January 21, 2012 (over 1 year ago)Spiral Q Puppet Theater is a Philadelphia-based, social justice puppet troupe that builds strong and equitable communities characterized by creativity, joy, can-do attitudes, and the courage to act on their convictions. In her talk, Tracy Broyles, Executive Director of Spiral Q, explores the thre...
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- -: Ellen's Big Twitter Payoff
October 6, 2011 (over 1 year ago)Ellen sent Jeannie to Philadelphia to meet with some of her Twitter followers. Ellen had set up a competition and teamed with Rite Aid to give them some big prizes!
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