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Jake Blumgart

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Covering commercial real estate for the @PhillyInquirer. Formerly of @Governing, @NewStatesman, @WHYY and @PlanPhilly.

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I wrote a piece for @TheAtlantic this weekend about why the I-95 rebuild went so well, and why it may not be applicable to other major infrastructure projects.
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RT @tripgabriel: NEW .'Two days after catastrophic floods roared through Central Texas, FEMA did not answer nearly two-thirds of calls to i….
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RT @rw_briggs: Deliberate policy or no, transparency has suffered under Parker. City lawyers keep pushing for deeper redactions in our Righ….
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RT @nytimes: Breaking News: President Trump said he planned a 50% tariff against Brazil, citing what he called a “witch hunt” by the Brazil….
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RT @gill_mcgoldrick: SEPTA planners have been "putting together two fall schedules at the same time: One is normal. The other represents a….
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RT @kenrickcai: Scoop:. OpenAI is planning to launch a Google Chrome competitor within weeks. The browser includes a chat interface that w….
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RT @rw_briggs: "Sam Spear, the lead attorney for AFSCME District Council 33, said union president Greg Boulware ended the strike because th….
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RT @laura_nelson: Los Angeles is on pace this year to see its lowest homicide total in nearly 60 years: @liborjany….
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RT @PhillyInquirer: Philadelphia will resume regular trash collection on Monday, Mayor Cherelle L. Parker said during a news conference at….
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As the strike ends, I want to give extreme kudos to @sbcmw who covered the hell out of this thing. (I particularly loved his media analysis below.) 24 bylines this month so far!
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RT @rw_briggs: Philly strike: over. Final deal has slightly higher wages for one year of the contract. Seemingly few other concessions.….
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RT @DylanByers: Yaccarino out at X.
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If AI did not write this, its even more embarrassing.
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RT @JHWeissmann: We don’t build starter homes anymore — much less the ‘standard working class houses of the 1950s’ — because the land is to….
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The union lawyers explanation for why they had to back down:
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RT @PhillyInquirer: Philly strike ends: Trash collection to resume; terms of new deal between city, union; some DC 33 members not thrilled….
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RT @sbcmw: 🚨 The Philadelphia city worker strike is over. 🚨. Mayor Cherelle Parker and AFSCME D 33 Prez Greg Boulware reached a deal early….
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“The strike is over, and nobody's happy," a dejected Boulware said in an interview as he exited negotiations. "We felt our clock was running out.".
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RT @ZcohenCNN: New: SecDef Hegseth did not inform the White House before he authorized a pause on weapons shipments to Ukraine last week, 5….
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RT @phillysport: Comcast and 76ers ownership purchase two swathes of East Market to redevelop
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RT @IngaSaffron: This is more like it. But Philly’s Market East still needs a city and community-led plan.
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