Comments on: Welcome to Fishtown

By: Rejection takes you further than success: why getting rejected a lot brought me here « Christopher Wink

Thu, 05 May 2011 19:10:35 +0000

[...] I started a business. And bought a house. And offer my time back to the university (whose reputation has grown considerably in a very short [...]

By: What I learned from working with the Frankford High School journalism club « Christopher Wink

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 04:16:23 +0000

[...] bought a house in a neighborhood that made the trip a 15-minute El ride (and added some responsibility) and, as a larger conflict, I [...]

By: SugarHouse Casino: Thoughts from a gentrifying homeowner in the neighborhood « Christopher Wink

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:33:19 +0000

[...] the time I bought my home in Fishtown, the neighborhood that the casino arguably resides within, SugarHouse was already coming. That [...]

By: Rework: the best of a business book from the founders of 37signals « Christopher Wink

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:13:58 +0000

[...] to flip is building to flop (p. 59) — This reminded me of buying a home, not a house. If you’re looking to make a buck, it’s much easier to cut corners or find [...]

By: Perceptions involved in how we see the livability of U.S. cities « Christopher Wink

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:32:45 +0000

[...] It’s complicated of course: new immigration trends chasing a different American dream, people of color from cities doing the same, white families from inner-ring suburbs moving farther from cities and younger white people moving back into those same cities (like me). [...]

By: Appearance on 900AM WURD Carole’s Technology Corner « Christopher Wink

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:32:15 +0000

[...] Dec. 30, 2009, I took the 15 minute walk from my home in Fishtown to the Penn Treaty Park complex near the Delaware River and into the station’s third floor [...]

By: Fishtown Spirit: A neighborhood photographer wants more neighborhood support « Christopher Wink

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:33:27 +0000

[...] bought a house in the Philadelphia riverward neighborhood of Fishtown last month, so of course I’ll use the Fishtown Spirit — one of two local weeklies — for some [...]