Nathaniel Popkin

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Notes

The Other Grid at 200

04 January 2012 | Hidden City Daily

Reading the cities’ futures in the meaning of their grids. One city’s grid Utopia, the other’s a “creative template.”

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Films

Yellow Fever and the Remaking of the City

20 December 2011

“Yellow Fever and the Remaking of the City,” the second film in the “Philadelphia: The Great Experiment” documentary series is now in post-production. Television broadcast in March. Stay tuned!

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Films

Stephen Girard: A Philadelphia Legacy (and one fierce dude)

20 December 2011

Watch the short film, which I wrote and helped direct, on the life of one of America’s wealthiest men.

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Urban Library

Reviews of fiction and non-fiction books on or about cities, and more.

  • The Other Grid at 200
  • How to Start a Week
  • Land of Expectations

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Projects

  • Hidden City Philadelphia
  • Philadelphia: The Great Experiment
  • Blood

Books

  • The Possible City: Exercises in Dreaming PhiladelphiaThe Possible City: Exercises in Dreaming Philadelphia
  • Song of the City: An Intimate History of the American Urban LandscapeSong of the City: An Intimate History of the American Urban Landscape
Nathaniel Popkin

About

Born in Trenton, NJ, Nathaniel Popkin is a writer of the urban life—real and imagined—whose work has appeared in various publications and films. He is the senior writer for Philadelphia: The Great Experiment, a multi-part film documentary, and a lecturer on cities, history, and creative writing. More »

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