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Our team is holding an open house in Nashville this May so we can learn about your experiences with independent music spaces. Sign up is now open - eventbrite.com/e/open-house-n… @pennpraxis @VibeLabNetwork @cultureshiftteam

😀We are thrilled to welcome our new Managing Director @thabolenneiye Learn more about Thabo design.upenn.edu/people/thabo-l…

Read "Night Fever," a @PennGazette profile of Urban Spatial Analytics Lecturer and @PennPraxis Researcher Michael Fichman. thepenngazette.com/night-fever/?m…

The Praxis x @VibeLabNetwork team in Berlin! Global conference on creative spaces and night time cities over dinner!

Thanks to the efforts of Michael Fichman of @WeitzmanSchool, Philadelphia appointed a “night mayor” in July to direct the development of nighttime businesses and bolster its economy. bit.ly/3QZFRsa

Thanks to the efforts of Michael Fichman of @WeitzmanSchool, Philadelphia appointed a “night mayor” in July to direct the development of nighttime businesses and bolster its economy. bit.ly/3QZFRsa

This month the West Philadelphia High School design/build summer program, part of an ongoing partnership between PennPraxis and @TheNetterCenter, culminated in a community celebration of a space built by and for the high school’s students.

THREAD: I am excited to recognize the recipients of the @PennPraxis @Penn Community Education Fund grants. Each org won up to $100K for educational programs that serve young people in West/Southwest Philly. Here’s how the groups will use their funding to support our youth👇🏾 (1/9)

Design to Thrive was a four-week design career and exploration course lead by PennPraxis Design Fellows in partnership with @PhillyThrive .Fellows designed a curriculum to expose teenagers from Philadelphia to a variety of mediums opening up various career paths moving forward.

PennPraxis’ project share last week focused on work by @civilrightsites research assistants, whose work is dedicated to making places shaped by civil rights struggles and triumphs more visible, and changing the community of practice around #historicpreservation in the process.

It took years and years to advocate for, propose, and outline this office. Thank you to everybody with @24HrPHL to the Arts and Culture Task Force, to @CMThomasPHL and so many more. Best of luck @GREATDEBATER8 - we are all behind you!

Our team wrote an Op-Ed in the Inquirer proposing tried-and-true solutions for safe nightlife that are focused on building better, more creative nightlife, not on prohibition - inquirer.com/opinion/commen…

If you are in a position to give, the 24HrPHL #COVID19 resource page has ways to support #phillynightlife businesses and workers. #SUPPORT_PHL_NIGHTLIFE_BUSINESSES" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">24hrphl.org/informational-… Image credit: Tim Blackwell (@shotsfired215)

Congratulations Michael and @PennPraxis!

Continuing the work done by Studio+,an interdisciplinary studio at the Weitzman School of Design,with Architecture CTE students at West Philadelphia High School,Design Fellows lead a high school design/build summer program.With @TheNetterCenter's support the project is underway.

Design Fellows are working with @phillythrive around Stinger Square Park to develop an advocacy plan for this vibrant urban commons. The plan is tapestry of different dreams and visions reflected in these collages put together by park neighbors at design events. @WeitzmanSchool

In a @PhillyInquirer op-ed, Michael Fichman of @WeitzmanSchool and Evon Burton of @AndersonStPHL “call on Philadelphians to come together and embrace the possibilities of our city being safer and more creative than ever before.” bit.ly/3yzV0se

Design fellows Zitong Huang and Sanjana Purohit are working with the Ramapough-Lenape Turtle Clan to develop the concept design for a new sustainable community in the New Jersey highlands. Clan leaders recently led our team on a site visit to orient the team to the land.

The Design To Thrive team kicked of a 4-week design course led by Fellows at PennPraxis in partnership with @PhillyThrive.The first week was filled with team building activities,art workshops and museum visits inspiring participants to act as agents of change through design.

Suggestions for safer Philly nightlife - design, programming, and governance examples from global nighttime cities. An Op-Ed from Praxis Researcher and @penn_planning @WeitzmanSchool Lecturer Michael Fichman