Just spotted a tabby cat with white markings run across the intersection into the skate park off SRT then into the woods by the river. It was spooked by the traffic and running so I couldn't get too close but it looked well nourished and didn't have a collar.

If anyone is missing a light-colored pit bull with a bright pink harness, I just spotted one roaming loose and looking kinda lost, headed northbound on 25th from Mifflin. By the time I was able to pull over and get out of the car, I couldn't see it anymore or else I would've tried to grab it and check it for tags, I'm sorry. If anyone else is traveling in that area, tho please keep an eye out! The dog looked well-fed and the harness looked clean, so I'm assuming it's somebody's pet who just recently got lost.

Has anyone had upholstery work done there? I have two chairs that need a new life and this place is really close to me (I’m in Mt Airy)

Hope everyone had a great weekend.

Notes:

• Expand your mind
• Talk about whatever is on your mind.
• Be excellent to each other.
• Have fun.

I have an actual CO reader I bought at Lowes - it reads 0. There’s no odor or sign of mold either. But I know for certain that it’s my apartment making me dizzy - I felt it slightly a few weeks ago, went out of town, the feeling went away immediately and now that I’m back it hit me almost immediately. I have vacated & just need to know who to call? My landlord is not at all willing to pay a private company to test air quality & I don’t want to have to sleep in my office for weeks while I wait for test results… really don’t know what to do here

https://www.inquirer.com/news/john-sabatina-tracey-gordon-lawsuits-patronage-retaliation-20241205.html

This may seem obscure, but for the Holiday, I bought tickets for my wife and I to see the Philadelphia Orchestra perform a Christmas Concert. It's a nighttime performance.

I'm a bit old-fashioned and so is my wife in that we still like to find occasions to dress up.

But I swore I saw that the Philadelphia Orchestra performers now dress pretty casually.

I don't want to stick out and be way overdressed. And so, I'm curious for those that go to the Kimmel Center or Academy of Music, what do you wear for nighttime orchestra concerts?

Thanks.

This little girl has been seen running around the Monument parking lot of PCOM by the Target on City Ave for a few days now. Her tail seems to be broken. She has taken some food from our hands but we haven't been able to catch her. If this is your dog please let us know! its gonna be below freezing tonight

There's a property on my block that's been owned by a holding LLC for years now. Back in 2021, the city tore down the rowhome that existed on the site due to it being "imminently unsafe." It's been an empty lot since then, with an outstanding tax bill of over $125k.

After no action for 3 years, there's an excavator there today digging out the lot for a residential building permit that was issued last November. I just checked the sheriff's site (LOL, I know) and the property is scheduled for auction in 2 weeks.

I guess my question is: should these permits have even been issued? Can these people even build on the property as it stands right now? Suffice to say, I don't trust the company that owns it in the slightest to do the right thing by the block given how they've treated the property thus far.

I commute a few times a week thru the benny. Hardly ever get the violation/camera flash, but got it twice this week. Anyone else?

https://preview.redd.it/4dd1s8wtv15e1.png?width=1978&format=png&auto=webp&s=984b7ab0f028f07211fd78104bb4109731a9275f

Courtesy of PhilaGeoHistory Maps, the left is Philadelphia the first time it had a population of 1.55 million in 1910 (built-up area in red), and Philadelphia today, with a population of 1.55 million.

Hopefully a useful corrective for folks who think the city can grow without physically growing! Last time we did this, people lived in three-generation households of 14 in an 1,100 square foot rowhome, or 50 single men to a 1,400 square foot bunkhouse, or a family of 7 in a 1-bedroom apartment with shared kitchen and bath facilities for the whole building.

Let's build some housing, hey?