Well, I guess I'll have to step in and defend mja, who is obviously a smart poster!!!
We all went over the "rumor" story in philly-blog---and I THOUGHT that everyone generally agreed that using the BLOG to check out rumors is a legit use.....especially when they are posted as rumors we've heard. VZ has excellent sources, but I don't know why he suggests can't ask about rumors.
The Murano-death story (which forced Swinefeld to drop me from his skyscraper xmas card list---put me back on----I AM a fine feller!!) did turn out to be bad info---but I can tell you I heard it from someone right in line over there. (so what if he was sleeping on the opposite corner!!!)
And mja is right--I DID see the RATR on the death list in a story--I think it was Inga's ----
And mja is also right on one other thing---I may well be the MOST PRO DEVELOPMENT person on this blog or in this city or on this planet! (that just means I'm more nuts, I guess, but I am also very pro Philadelphia)---I'm NOT someone who loves to bear bad tidings, nor to predict 27 of the next 2 downturns....
but as I've noted before, and in places other than these blogs, real estate investment cycles come and then the window SLAMS shut for a long time.
I like this blog because I learn a ton from it, and the pictures and info are excellent. Swine, VZ, El, Malloy---even Phillyskyline and the rest of this gang should all be making policy here in this city!!