One of Philadelphia's most successful adaptive reuse projects is now home to a coffee shop celebrating its Pulitzer Prize-winning namesake. Two Persons opened its doors this week at South Philadelphia's Bok Building at 1901 S. 9th St. The former vocational school at the site was shut down by the School District of Philadelphia in 2013. Ever since, the property has been reclaimed by a variety of creative and arts-focused businesses well-situated to utilize the property's former classroom and lab space. Named after Edward Bok, the editor and author who once ran Ladies Home Journal in Philadelphia, the building's tenants now have access to java from Last Drop Coffeehouse founder Adam Gery. Architect Whitney Joslin teamed up with Gery to put together a coffee shop named after the book published by Bok in 1922. "Philadelphia has a vibrant and booming coffee culture, but we realized this particular part of South Philly was a bit of a coffee desert," said Gery. "From a practical standpoint, … [Read more...] about Two Persons coffee shop opens at Bok Building in South Philly
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Latest: Black coffee shop owners suggest proactive approach
Updated 9:47 am, Tuesday, May 29, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-8', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 8', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Matt Slocum, AP Image 1of/8 CaptionClose Image 1 of 8 People walk along 18th Street past a closed Starbucks Coffee shop, Tuesday, May 29, 2018, in Philadelphia. After the arrests of two black men, Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson, at this location, Starbucks will close more than 8,000 stores nationwide on Tuesday to conduct anti-bias training, the next of many steps the … [Read more...] about Latest: Black coffee shop owners suggest proactive approach
Lawsuit: DC’s effort to attract millennials discriminated against blacks
Paul Schwartzman, The Washington Post Published 3:01 pm, Saturday, May 26, 2018 WASHINGTON - For more than a decade, District of Columbia officials have celebrated the city's economic renaissance, touting reinvigorated neighborhoods and glittering new attractions as evidence of Washington's emergence as a world-class metropolis. But a new federal lawsuit alleges that the policies that officials initiated to attract younger, more affluent professionals discriminated against poor and working-class African-Americans who have lived here for generations. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court by lawyer Aristotle Theresa on behalf of several African-American residents, claims that the residential buildings springing up throughout the city - many of them with studio and one-bedroom apartments - catered to what urban theorist Richard Florida famously identified as the "creative class" and ignored the needs of poor and working-class families. The lawsuit says the "New … [Read more...] about Lawsuit: DC’s effort to attract millennials discriminated against blacks
Where you live has a bigger impact on happiness and health than you might imagine
Jenny Rough, The Washington Post Published 10:54 am, Monday, May 14, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-15', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 15', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-20', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery … [Read more...] about Where you live has a bigger impact on happiness and health than you might imagine
Where you live has a big impact on happiness and health
When my husband and I moved from Los Angeles to Washington for his job, I saw only the cons in our new city: Overcast skies, solemn monuments and women wearing an accessory I'd forgotten about from junior high dances: Pantyhose. The humidity was oppressive, the gray a wet blanket.I wanted to move back to Los Angeles, where the sun gave a warm welcome, the open sky made me feel free and purple flowers hung like grape clusters from the jacaranda trees.Ron wanted to stay put. Facing off, we planted our feet and tried to pull one another in opposite directions, a tug-o-war.We weren't dealing with mere whims. Where we live is a matter of medical interest. Geospatial medicine, sometimes called geomedicine, studies how location affects our health and well-being. Just as a person has a genetic DNA, a person has an environmental DNA, says biologist and geographer Amy Blatt, author of "Health, Science, and Place." "I don't think people take into account how importantly a place impacts their … [Read more...] about Where you live has a big impact on happiness and health