Pew Experts RSS Feed. http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room.aspx <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><font size="2">This annual study presents a multi-dimensional, fact-based portrait of America’s fifth-largest city through 81 graphics and interactive charts. It compares Philadelphia to a group of nine other major cities on household income, crime, educational attainment, public transit use, cost of living, poverty, and more. It also provides a neighborhood-by-neighborhood look at income, poverty, home sales, crime and ethnic diversity in Philadelphia. </font></span></p> <p> </p> Sat, 23 Mar 2013 08:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail_wide.aspx?id=85899461859&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Expert Feed : Larry Eichel&WT.rss_a=Philadelphia 2013: The State of the City&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p><em>Shuttered Public Schools: The Struggle to Bring Old Buildings New Life</em> looks at what happens to the buildings themselves, studying the experiences of Philadelphia and 11 other cities that have decommissioned large numbers of schools in recent years: Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City, Mo., Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Tulsa and Washington.</p> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:50:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899449574&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Expert Feed : Larry Eichel&WT.rss_a=Philadelphia and Other Big Cities Struggle to Find Uses for Closed Schools&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>A new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Philadelphia Research Initiative finds that the city of Philadelphia is now more competitive with its Pennsylvania and New Jersey suburban neighbors when it comes to local taxes than it was a dozen years ago.</p> Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899417356&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Expert Feed : Larry Eichel&WT.rss_a=Residential Taxes: A Narrowing Gap Between Philadelphia and its Suburbs&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>A 2012 updated look at Philadelphia by the numbers depicting a city in transition on a number of fronts—with familiar problems and one promising demographic trend.</p> Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899378970&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Expert Feed : Larry Eichel&WT.rss_a=Pew 2012 State Of The City Report Shows Philadelphia’s Underlying Problems Remain Daunting, While Rising Young Adult Population Presents Opportunity&WT.z_contenttype=PressRelease <p>Numbers produce an image of a city’s place in time. For Philadelphia in 2012, the picture is of a city in transition on a number of fronts. There are familiar problems and one promising demographic trend. In the past year, unemployment in the city was down, but job creation slowed from the year before. Residential building permits were up, but home sales dropped a sixth straight time. Violent crime fell overall, while the homicide total increased for the second year in a row.</p> Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899378646&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Expert Feed : Larry Eichel&WT.rss_a=Philadelphia: The State of the City - 2012 Update&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>A new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts finds that urban libraries are experiencing increased demands for an ever-widening array of services, due in part to the poor economy. At the same time, libraries’ funding from local governments has been cut, leaving them with fewer resources, staff and hours with which to meet these new challenges.</p> Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899373285&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Expert Feed : Larry Eichel&WT.rss_a=Pew Study: Urban Libraries Struggle to Meet Greater Demands with Fewer Resources&WT.z_contenttype=PressRelease <p>A new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Philadelphia Research Initiative finds that the Free Library of Philadelphia, like urban libraries across America, is struggling to keep up with the changing demands of city residents who have come to rely on their neighborhood libraries to perform an ever-wider range of functions.</p> <p> </p> Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899373310&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Expert Feed : Larry Eichel&WT.rss_a=Pew Study: Philadelphia Free Library, Like Other Big-City Libraries, Struggles to Keep up with Residents’ Changing Demands&WT.z_contenttype=PressRelease <p>Big-city public libraries have rarely been as popular as they are today and rarely as besieged. This report looks at the Free Library of Philadelphia’s operations and the challenges facing urban libraries across America.</p> Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899373217&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Expert Feed : Larry Eichel&WT.rss_a=The Library in the City: Changing Demands and a Challenging Future&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>A new public opinion poll commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Philadelphia Research Initiative finds that Philadelphians are increasingly concerned about the overall local tax burden but many residents are willing to pay more in return for better services.</p> Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899372378&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Expert Feed : Larry Eichel&WT.rss_a=Poll: Philadelphians Increasingly Concerned About Overall Local Tax Burden but Willing to Pay More for Better Services&WT.z_contenttype=Report Terms and Conditions Page http://www.pewtrusts.org/terms_and_conditions.aspx