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Ken Finkel

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About Philadelphia : creativity, culture, past and place.

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Ken Finkel
@kenfinkel Aug 15, 2018, 4:15 PM UTC

Can 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 cultural community. In particular, since the late 1970s I’ve focused on the care and…

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Ken Finkel
@kenfinkel Feb 14, 2018, 2:16 PM UTC

Love Has Always Had a Place in the Heart of Philadelphia

Restored and reinstalled in the center of Philadelphia—the city of Brotherly Love—in 1976, Philadelphia’s LOVE sculpture is one of many around the world. (Source) Versions of Robert Indiana’s work ar…

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Ken Finkel
@kenfinkel Jan 19, 2018, 2:37 PM UTC

Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Breintnall and the problem of excess genius

### An 18th-century leaf-printing project as it relates to counterfeit-resistant currency, discussed here by @voronoi, features the printer’s partner, the go-to Founding Father: Benjamin Franklin. --…

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Ken Finkel
@kenfinkel Dec 22, 2017, 1:51 PM UTC

History Mystery: Where Are America's Earliest Daguerreotypes?

### Was the daguerreotype for real? --- Joseph Saxton had heard about the recently-announced invention from Paris. He wondered: could this process actually allow anyone to replicate scenes in infinit…

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Ken Finkel
@kenfinkel Nov 29, 2017, 2:41 PM UTC

What 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, Fireflies flickered up and down Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway with hundreds of…

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Ken Finkel
@kenfinkel Nov 21, 2017, 2:36 PM UTC

Historic Preservation Roundup: What Takes Buildings Beyond the Brink and Why We Should Be Cautious

### What should stay and what should go in a living city? --- I’ve asked the question repeatedly over the years in my posts at PhillyHistory. After all, what good is a Heritage City with no heritage…

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Ken Finkel
@kenfinkel Nov 13, 2017, 1:35 PM UTC

Forging 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 so-called "Camingerly" recently, and I was searching for more info on "Deep Do…

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Ken Finkel
@kenfinkel Nov 9, 2017, 10:33 PM UTC

Bitcoin 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 Nathaniel Popper, The New York Times tech reporter. Listen here.

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Ken Finkel
@kenfinkel Nov 7, 2017, 2:12 PM UTC

Still 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 be a rush on cleansing his image, his name and his memory from just about everythi…

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Ken Finkel
@kenfinkel Oct 30, 2017, 12:35 PM UTC

Are 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 thirty years now, having been lowered onto the craggy hillside by helicopter. There’…

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