We see photographers around the city all the time, our Photoist posts are always impressive, and the Phillyist Flickr Photo Pool has thousands of shots. So we know you're out there, and you've probably got a photo that you really love, sitting under-appreciated on your hard drive. You need a chance to show it off. Which is why we're putting on the 2008 Phillyist Framed Photography Show, a chance to display your photography in......

Update: If you like this post, please digg it! Thanks. Just by chance, in December I met Chris Daugherty of The Necessity for Ruins through Brad Maule (phillyskyline.com). Chris writes a fascinating blog about the forgotten and decaying parts of Philadelphia, and having heard about the impending implosion of the Tidewater Grain Elevator, was in the process of researching a way to get inside for some final photos. Originally built in 1914 as the Girard......

Or, at least, not putting up any new ones for now. In a victory for Philadelphians and all Americans, on Friday the National Park Service announced that a proposal to enclose Independence Hall within a security fence has been scrapped [Philly.com]. If realized, the plan would have cut Independence Square in half with a six-foot tall black iron barricade, hypocritically restricting access to one of the world's most important symbols of freedom. After releasing the......

Dan Rubin at Blinq tells us that yesterday was the most depressing day of the year - which we suppose means the rest of the year will be full of sunshine and lollipops, scientifically speaking. Here's what the rest of the blogosphere was talking about while the winter blues were still on (now that they're over we assume everyone's left their computer for celebratory dancing in the street): * Blankbaby gives us the news......

The Cira Centre - that impressive looking building across the street from 30th Street Station - held its grand opening on Monday night. We're not exactly sure what they did, but since the building was lit up blue and green, we can only assume they were watching the Eagles do everything in their power to lose to the Cowboys on Monday night. Fortunately, no jumps were reported after the game. That probably would have been......

Our fine friends at Dragonfire are getting us out of the heat. As much as we like walking around the city and sweating, we do like to sit in the air-conditioning while we slowly kill our brains reading various internet drivel. Now, though, we can slightly engage Philadelphia's public arts while reading the internet. And no, we're not talking about Carrie Rickey's movie forum. Dragonfire now takes readers on a tour of Philadelphia's murals, and......

by Brad Maule Following last week's bomb attacks on London's Underground, the US Department of Homeland Security predictably elevated our domestic terror alert level to Orange Asterisk—that heightened level being only on mass transit. While Department Secretary Michael Chertoff rationalizes that other anti-terror transit funding has been allocated via urban grants, the fact remains that since DHS's creation, US transit has received a paltry $250 million compared to the $20 billion the airlines have. Whether......

Vital Stats - Brad Maule (a.k.a. B. Love) - 28 years old - Grew up in Tyrone, PA - Creator, phillyskyline.com What do you do for a living? I work for a web-hosting company, doing web site consulting and design. I am a freelance photographer for AOL CityGuide and I have contributed to skyscrapers.com, which features skyscrapers from all over the world. It’s called emporis.com now. I’ve been doing that for about three and......