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Percentage of city's households with digital receivers- 11

beaucoupkevin — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:37:53 -0800

The City Desk is a blog dedicated to covering the history and traditions of a city that does not exist. Get the dirt on about the tramway that never happened or take a gander at fascinating statistics about the population. Heck, there's even a definitive origin for the term "Black Friday."

By: Ickster

Ickster — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:37:35 -0800

After browsing for a while, I'm still not sure what it is, but I like it.

By: PlusDistance

PlusDistance — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:07:00 -0800

Reminds me of one of my favorite comic artists, Ben Katchor, who also explores a city that doesn't exist.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:37:49 -0800

i like it too--thanks! (is really is a little bit like Katchor)

By: blahblahblah

blahblahblah — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:58:30 -0800

Neat thanks.

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:02:23 -0800

Greg Nog! Take a bow, you're now a MeFi celebrity!

By: ice_cream_motor

ice_cream_motor — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 13:05:10 -0800

Mr. Katchor's work has been an influence, as have been the 1950s New York Times columns of Meyer Berger.

By: deafmute

deafmute — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 22:14:09 -0800

Great post. There's something very Philadelphian about this blog.

By: craniac

craniac — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 08:20:55 -0800

So- on a cold October night in 1919, while he was out of town, conducting business in Philadelphia, the theives hit, cleaning out three full underground vaults of the Biddlesworth millions. The crooks were never caught, but everyone was sure that the Moskowitz mob were to blame. But nothing could be proven. Angelo had an air-tight alibi and the police hadn't a single lead. Two months later, Moskowitz and his top lieutenants were among those killed in the zeppelin tragedy at Watson Airfield and the location of the gold and jewels died with them.