The New York Times article about the shrinking middle class had a graph that showed the 80% low income figure.
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/package...-INCOMEweb.png
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...es.html?ref=us

I would like to see a map of 2012 :previous:

Good article about the Lower Schuylkill.
http://planphilly.com/eyesonthestree...den-to-hotbed/

Those color coded areas of the 5-county area are showing inaccurate information. In the last 2 maps the two dark purple areas above Pennypack Park in NE Philly are the NE Airport and a light industrial park. No one lives there! The first map accurately shows them as a "not applicable" area in white. The same can be said for the South Philly area as well. I also would like to know what dollar amounts they are calling high, middle and low income. Are these by New York standards?

Posted: Fri, Feb. 24, 2012, 3:01 AM

Philly gets $50M in tax credits for development

By Troy Graham
Inquirer Staff Writer

The city has won $50 million in federal tax credits that will be used to spur economic-development projects in targeted neighborhoods, Mayor Nutter announced Thursday.


One example Grady cited was the redevelopment of the former Tasty Baking plant in Nicetown.


http://www.philly.com/philly/news/po...velopment.html[/QUOTE]

Yes, and they were pushing some dirt around on that lot today. There is a dearth of good food shopping options in that area - good news this.

Here is the PDF to the whole report http://graphics8.nytimes.com/package...tionreport.pdf

and the whole NYTimes article http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/us...reardon&st=cse

We use this ratio to classify neighborhoods as poor (median
income ratio < 0.67), low income (ratio between 0.67 and 0.80), low-middle income (ratio
between 0.80 and 1.0), high-middle income (ratio between 1.0 and 1.25), high income (ratio
between 1.25 and 1.5), or affluent (ratio > 1.5). We then compute the proportion of families in
each metropolitan area who live in each of these six categories of neighborhoods. In a highly-
segregated metropolitan area, many families will live in poor or affluent neighborhoods and
relatively few will live in middle-income neighborhoods. Thus, we add together the proportion
of families living in poor and affluent neighborhoods to construct a measure of income
segregation.

Note that this definition of neighborhood poverty and affluence is defined relative to the
median income of the metropolitan area. A typical metropolitan area in 2007 had a median
family income of roughly $75,000; in such a metropolitan area, a poor neighborhood (by our
definition here) would be one in which more than half the families had incomes below $50,000;
an affluent neighborhood would be one in which more than half the families had incomes above
$112,500. The advantage of this measure is that it is relatively intuitive and readily interpretable.
Two disadvantages of this measure are that it relies on somewhat arbitrary definitions of
neighborhood poverty and affluence and that it may confound changes in income inequality with
changes in segregation. If every family stayed in the same neighborhood but income inequality
grew (high-income families’ incomes rose while low-income families’ incomes declined), we
would observe an increase in the number of poor and affluent neighborhoods, simply because
median incomes would rise, on average, in higher-income neighborhoods and decline in lower-
income neighborhoods.

This whole thing is filled with errors :previous: I expect something like this from the Philadelphia Inquirer, not the New York times.

According to the New York times every person in 80% of Philadelphia is in the lower class? Which means 80% of Philadelphian's are in the lower class? That's just downright bull shit.

The article should say neighborhoods where the lower class live. Instead it looks like every single person in 80% of the city of Philadelphia are in the lower class.

I can do better reporting then a New York Times reporter, look guys :notacrook:

http://www.city-data.com/income/inco...nsylvania.html
my source.

The amount of people living below 50,000 in 2009 was approximately 351,961. Idk how they got that exact but anywho... The approximate population according to this-

http://www.google.com/publicdata/exp...00&hl=en&dl=en

is 1,528,306

That's about 20% with a median income of less than $50,000 a year. Let's just say I'm being stupid and we can even double that. Let's say 40% live below 50,000 a year. Those are real numbers. Not that ridiculous graphic produce by the New York times that haters will take to manipulate and say "Hey look, 80% of Philadelphia is lower class." :rolleyes:

You need to read the actual article. It took the average family income of the Metro which is closer to 110,000 not 50,000. Then it took the average family income per census tract in order to categorize that census tract as low income through affluent in income. Thus the family income from census tracts on the mainline come in as affluent while much of the city's family income census tracts come in at lower income.

Not really related to CC development but interesting nonetheless. And it doesn't seem like much else is going on...

Update on Schuylkill River trails and others

http://planphilly.com/eyesonthestree...million-grant/

Not sure if I will like the Boardwalk. Seems a little cheezy to me.

Why didnt they plant some evergreens along that trail so it didnt look so barren in the wintertime?

Pennsgrant, you have a good point. I don't know why they didn't either.

Article on Phase II of the Race Street Connector.
http://planphilly.com/eyesonthestree...cal-less-arty/

Amtrak's plans for their high speed line

http://www.northeastbizalliance.org/...peed-rail.html

http://www.northeastbizalliance.org/...tgen_south.jpg

Thats so creepy , i just posted that info on the Philly forum on City Data....:sly:

:D shhhh hahaha

BTW, created goes to Nexis for finding that link ^^ haha

I want some of what they're smoking.

Good article by Philly Shark on the Lower Schuylkill's possible redevelopment.

http://phillyshark.blogspot.com/2012...llys-next.html

source: http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelp...u&ana=e_du_pub

Philadelphia Business Journal by Peter Van Allen, Reporter
Date: Monday, February 27, 2012, 1:23pm EST

The Franklin Institute said Monday it is set to start construction this spring on a planned $37.4 million addition.

The 53,000-square-foot project will be known, will include an education-and-conference center, a permanent exhibition called “Your Brain” and a gallery for changing exhibitions. It is expected to open in the summer of 2014.

It’s the first major renovation and expansion of the Franklin Institute in more than two decades.

Tickets for The Barnes are on sale. Good luck!

source with render: http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelp...u&ana=e_du_pub

Philadelphia Business Journal by Natalie Kostelni, Reporter
Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 11:34am EST -

The official groundbreaking of a new $100 million, 33-story apartment tower at 2116 Chestnut St. in Center City is set for Thursday.

The 360,000-square-foot building will have 319 apartments, 9,150 square feet of retail space on Chestnut Street, and 130 parking spaces.

More than 800 construction jobs are expected to be created by the project.

Has a nice clean design in the rendering, i like it