Five Days in the Hidden City
13 September 2011 | Share:
Last December, Thaddeus Squire, Pete Woodall, and I started talking about a website that would explore the evolving city. Thaddeus had learned that Brownstoner Philly had closed. Could Hidden City pick up where that site had left off? We’d involve the best writers and photographers and provide the kind of informed context and nuance that marks great reporting. We thought we’d “reward the curious,” just as the Hidden City 2009 festival had done. Last Thursday, we finally opened for business. We’re calling it the Hidden City Daily. It’s a web magazine, not a blog, which means we have sections and different kinds of articles, including some that are image only. There are still things to be worked out and sections to add, but after five days of publishing, I hope we’re rewarding the reader.
The Hidden City Daily marks the return of my old PhillySkyline column, the Possible City, which will publish every weekday at 7AM. (Hopefully the return now and again of B Love, as well.) A little less ponderous, this time I’m taking things in bite-sized chunks. Today, I write about the sequencing of the first phase of the creation of the Reading Viaduct park. Coming tomorrow: the huge drop-off in community gardens.