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The Impact of Universities at a Local, Regional, and Global Level
Students at the University of Pennsylvania started moving in earlier this week, and by early next week classes will have started and…
Could Center City Homes be Driving Millennials Out?
If you enjoy reading about the real estate market, there is one topic that is unavoidable—millennials. Every month there seems to be…
The Exit Interview: Final Thoughts from Summer ’17 Interns
With summer drawing to a close, ESI says farewell to another team of talented interns. But before they depart, we've asked them to participate in…
Cheers to Beers! Breaking Down the Concept of Economic Impact with a Beer (or two)
It feels like almost every month this year, a new brewery has opened in Philadelphia; add in the new distilleries and cideries…
Visualizing Travel Flows in Greater Philadelphia Region Using DVRPC Household Travel Survey Data
For this week’s post I’ve used the 2012-2013 Household Travel Survey which is conducted by Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) to…
June’s Philadelphia Housing Index Remains Flat, at All-Time High
The Philadelphia Housing Index remained flat in June, though prices remain at an all-time high. The apparent slowdown of last month persisted,…
Step By Step: How to Create an ‘R’ Shiny App
In a previous Step By Step by my fellow analyst James Midkiff, readers were introduced to the statistical software ‘R’, and how…
The Effect of Handing out Candidate Listings at Polling Places
In this Present Value post, ESI analyzes the effect of handing out listings of candidate recommendations outside of polling places, using work…
ESI’s Favorite Buildings in Philly
It seems as if each day passes with a new crane being erected in Philadelphia. With the city amidst a building boom,…
The Philadelphia Housing Index Flattens in May
Though the Market Remains at Record Highs After a huge March and April for Philadelphia housing sales, May prices settled and the…
Main Streets Evolving and (Mostly) Thriving
Hardly a day goes by without news of a major department store, big box retailer, or popular chain store scaling back or…
Why City Governments Need Design
What if the City of Philadelphia had a Deputy Mayor of Design? I have been intrigued with this idea since Kyung-Won Chung…
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