Shyamalan has eyes on filming in Chester studio, even though it's not built yet
7/21/08

Groundbreaking on an $85 million Hollywood-style movie-production studio in Delaware County won't begin for at least a couple months, but M. Night Shyamalan.already wants to shoot his next film there, the Daily News reports.

Mayor appoints a culture chief
7/21/08

Philadelphia shed its status as the biggest city in the country to lack a cultural affairs office, as Mayor Nutter issued an executive order creating the Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy, the Inquirer reports.

Report: Phila. 5th most walkable U.S. city
7/21/08

Nutter Restores City's Office Of Arts & Culture
7/18/08

Mayor Nutter, declaring this morning that the city's economy needs arts and culture to grow nationally and internationally, restored an office closed by then-Mayor Street as more than 200 supporters roared their approval, Daily News reports.

CompuData is the tortoise not the hare
7/15/08

The Philadelphia Business Journal details a local entrepreneur who started his company at age 15, and is still CEO 32 years later.

Builders look past, and through, convention
7/14/08

The Inquirer details local architecture firm, Kieran Timberlake Associates.

Bold Moves into Hotels
7/10/08

Chances are you've never heard of architect David Schultz and interior designer Susan Davidson, a husband-and-wife design team in Philadelphia. But you may have eaten in one of the more than 100 area restaurants their company - DAS Architects - has designed. The Inquirer details the couple's success in the region.

Phila.'s population shrinking, though region's is growing
7/10/08

The Inquirer reports that Philadelphia lost more residents between 2000 and 2007 than any U.S. city except hurricane-ravaged New Orleans, newly released estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show.

Peopling the virtual world
7/9/08

The Inquirer details how young people are making real, or virtual, money through an interactive web site, Second Life.