PostsCommentsPayoutskenfinkel (57)in #publichistory • 6 years agoCan the Blockchain Help Reinvent Philadelphia's "History System"?When it comes to the dynamics of Steemit, I’m no expert. But I do have a good sense of the dynamics of a big-city…kenfinkel (57)in #love • 6 years agoLove Has Always Had a Place in the Heart of PhiladelphiaRestored and reinstalled in the center of Philadelphia—the city of Brotherly Love—in 1976, Philadelphia’s LOVE…kenfinkel (57)in #phillyhistory • 6 years agoBenjamin Franklin, Joseph Breintnall and the problem of excess geniusAn 18th-century leaf-printing project as it relates to counterfeit-resistant currency, discussed here by @voronoi…kenfinkel (57)in #photography • 6 years agoHistory Mystery: Where Are America's Earliest Daguerreotypes?Was the daguerreotype for real? Joseph Saxton had heard about the recently-announced invention from Paris. He…kenfinkel (57)in #publicart • 6 years agoWhat can we expect from public art? Is it OK to have public art that’s exclusively fun?In times like these, we must ask and answer such questions. From mid-September through early October…kenfinkel (57)in #history • 6 years agoHistoric Preservation Roundup: What Takes Buildings Beyond the Brink and Why We Should Be CautiousWhat should stay and what should go in a living city? I’ve asked the question repeatedly over the years in my posts…kenfinkel (57)in #history • 6 years agoForging Public Memory: Official and Unofficial Ways to Connect Stories, People and Places“My name is Lily Goodspeed and I live in South Philly,” read the email. “I found your name because you wrote about…kenfinkel (57)in #cryptocurrency • 6 years agoBitcoin explained on NPR's Fresh Air“It’s not just a new kind of software, or a new kind of money, it is essentially a social movement,” says…kenfinkel (57)in #scandal • 6 years agoStill More Cosby Cleansing To Do?Thirty years ago, when Bill Cosby was honored on the cover of TIME magazine, who’d have guessed that one day there’d…kenfinkel (57)in #publicart • 6 years agoAre Digital Experiences Robbing Reality?There’s a bridge deep in Philadelphia’s Wissahickon Valley that’s an inaccessible work of art. It’s been there for…kenfinkel (57)in #monuments • 7 years agoMining the Past for a Monumental Opportunity“This Side Up.” An old idea for a new freedom monument. The need to remember is as old as civilization itself.…kenfinkel (57)in #monuments • 7 years agoReflections of Nazis in the ParkSometimes a little history allows us to see a lot better. Artist Karyn Olivier describes her temporary…kenfinkel (57)in #history • 7 years agoHow the United States Won the Great Telephone RaceWhose telephone technology would win? Victory was hardly a sure thing before the turn of the 20th century when the…kenfinkel (57)in #technology • 7 years agoManifest Telephony | The American Quest for Telephonic SuperiorityYou gotta love a parade, especially when it makes you feel good. Credit: PhillyHistory.org This horse-drawn…kenfinkel (57)in #sndbox • 7 years agoMy Favorite Place | The Writing ClosetThe Writing Closet at the Abel and Mary Nicholson House The 295-year-old Abel and Mary Nicholson House in rural…kenfinkel (57)in #graffiti • 7 years agoGraffiti in Philadelphia : Temporary yet Timeless (and Legendary)Philadelphia is known today as a city of murals. Peace Wall, 29th & Wharton, 1997. Credit: Jack Ramsdale for…kenfinkel (57)in #monuments • 7 years agoAdjusting the Monumental Echo Chamber — Searching for Diversity in Public Art“There Must Come a Change…” Public spaces in cities and towns are peppered with statues and monuments. Public art…kenfinkel (57)in #monuments • 7 years agoMonument Mocking in the Age of TrumpWhen it comes to talking about the meaning of monuments, it's useful to consider Upton’s Second Rule of Monument…kenfinkel (57)in #photography • 7 years agoTime Travelling in the Philadelphia Archives~ Deep Looking for the Fun of It ~ Here at the intersection of past and future, we like pictures. A lot. For the…kenfinkel (57)in #photography • 7 years agoGood Images Pay; Great Images Pay DividendsLooking at Photographs vs. Looking into Photographs Visual superpowers are attainable! With the help of…
