Uncle Sam wants you!

If anyone out there knows worthy preservationists in need of jobs NOW, please tell them.  Apparently we are looking for 3 people immediately.  And when they say immediately, they mean it.  They would probably want you to start the Monday after Thanksgiving.  The work is all about 106, so policy folks or those experienced with determinations of eligibility would be preferred.  The downside is the uncertainty of packing up and moving here without knowing how long it will last.  But it is so, so worth it.  Really.  Really, really.  If anyone is interested or able, get in touch with me and I'll tell you more about the work and why there's no question that anyone who can should do it.  

Bright Lights, Big City

This month the Avenue of the Arts is all lit up pretty like with new light installations on five buildings. Fon, Ellen and I went out last night to check out how South Broad Street looked all illuminated. The installations mix changing projections of artwork and colored LED lights that are programmed to change color and display.
So there we were, three gals out for a Philly adventure, checking out how the Center City District had dressed up the Avenue of the Arts. I guess we were so fresh-faced and chatty, so earnest in our interest (nerd alert) - or we were the first folks the reporters saw - so we were all interviewed by KYW. Laughing and suspicious, we answered. And lo and behold - there we were on Channel 3 last night. (Ellen's brilliance was cruelly cut by those hacks.)
All told - the installation was neat-o but it remains to be seen if the Preservation Alliance feels the same way. They hold easements on many of the buildings and are rumbling with the Center City District over the alterations to the "appearance" of the facades due to the lights... Stay tuned cats and kittens.