Stephanie
@packerofpennies.bsky.social
She/her/hers
Artist | City Planner | Urbanist | SEPTA enthusiast | 2x Temple Owl
All opinions and statements are my own.
📍Philadelphia, PA
Artist | City Planner | Urbanist | SEPTA enthusiast | 2x Temple Owl
All opinions and statements are my own.
📍Philadelphia, PA
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Stephanie
@packerofpennies.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Hi 👋 I’m Stephanie. I’m fine art and city planning trained by way of Temple University. I am a life long lover of Philadelphia but only a 14 year resident. Currently trying to make the best of things and keep working to better serve my community.
Finally after 2 years of advocating for my community via 311, phone calls to SEPTA, and communication with my council members office the city and SEPTA finally came out and cleaned up this piece of property along the regional rail overpass
August 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Finally after 2 years of advocating for my community via 311, phone calls to SEPTA, and communication with my council members office the city and SEPTA finally came out and cleaned up this piece of property along the regional rail overpass
The giant screens on market st have been advertising the new Hulu series on the Chiefs for the last week or so and I can’t help but think that this might not be the right market for these ads
August 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The giant screens on market st have been advertising the new Hulu series on the Chiefs for the last week or so and I can’t help but think that this might not be the right market for these ads
They’re putting a spirit of Halloween in the old Strawbridge and clothier building.
August 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
They’re putting a spirit of Halloween in the old Strawbridge and clothier building.
I’m for preserving historically significant structures, but we need to be responsible with how we designate and what burdens or barriers those processes place on homeowners. We are still the poorest large city in the country and we need to keep that in mind with all of our policies.
When it comes to weighing the benefits or burdens of historically designated neighborhoods, homeowners and preservationists are at odds.
Are Philadelphia’s historic preservation regulations too strict?
Homeowners and preservationists are clashing over the cost of building materials in some of the city's most historically significant spots.
www.inquirer.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I’m for preserving historically significant structures, but we need to be responsible with how we designate and what burdens or barriers those processes place on homeowners. We are still the poorest large city in the country and we need to keep that in mind with all of our policies.
Found out via 311 yesterday that the city is just not collecting recycling so that they can focus on just collecting trash…yet they didn’t think to communicate that with people.
July 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Found out via 311 yesterday that the city is just not collecting recycling so that they can focus on just collecting trash…yet they didn’t think to communicate that with people.
Looks like we finally have a date for the opening of the Amazon fresh at spring garden and 6th. August 14th at 8 am
July 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Looks like we finally have a date for the opening of the Amazon fresh at spring garden and 6th. August 14th at 8 am
Finally some signs of progress at 6th and Spring Garden. Looking forward to having a grocery store closer to my house (even if it is Amazon fresh)
June 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Finally some signs of progress at 6th and Spring Garden. Looking forward to having a grocery store closer to my house (even if it is Amazon fresh)
I don’t think they have enough no stopping signs on this block…I’m counting almost 20
June 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I don’t think they have enough no stopping signs on this block…I’m counting almost 20
I just can’t comprehend why folks even want to talk about Biden with what this current admin is doing right now
Every single segment on cable news about Jake Tapper's book talking Biden is one less covering Trump's corruption, his war on our Constitution and his crimes! And that is by design.
May 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I just can’t comprehend why folks even want to talk about Biden with what this current admin is doing right now
www.inquirer.com/business/bil...
This guy is such a slime ball. At minimum these giant ugly billboards should be going in front of the art commission…the city should be fighting against this - we don’t need more ugly visual clutter
This guy is such a slime ball. At minimum these giant ugly billboards should be going in front of the art commission…the city should be fighting against this - we don’t need more ugly visual clutter
Convention Center billboard developer says he doesn’t have to pay $15 million in community benefits
Thaddeus Bartkowski says the billboards he’s building don’t fall under a law that would require compensating neighbors like Reading Terminal Market, the Rail Park, and a condo association.
www.inquirer.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
www.inquirer.com/business/bil...
This guy is such a slime ball. At minimum these giant ugly billboards should be going in front of the art commission…the city should be fighting against this - we don’t need more ugly visual clutter
This guy is such a slime ball. At minimum these giant ugly billboards should be going in front of the art commission…the city should be fighting against this - we don’t need more ugly visual clutter
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This opinion piece man, the PA republicans are dead set on destroying Philadelphia.
This opinion piece man, the PA republicans are dead set on destroying Philadelphia.
It’s time to consider privatizing SEPTA | Opinion
The fiscal instability of SEPTA is quickly on the horizon and has left us with a system in crisis and no good way out. The solutions for this cannot come from the same bank of tired ideas.
www.inquirer.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
This opinion piece man, the PA republicans are dead set on destroying Philadelphia.
This opinion piece man, the PA republicans are dead set on destroying Philadelphia.
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Your regular reminder that Elon Musk has called us "the parasite class" while he continues to take billions of our taxpayer money. So who is the parasite sucking the life blood out of America?
May 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Your regular reminder that Elon Musk has called us "the parasite class" while he continues to take billions of our taxpayer money. So who is the parasite sucking the life blood out of America?
This will also be going in front of the Civic Design Review Committee May 6th.
CHOP is proposing a 1,000-vehicle parking garage at 30th and Grays Ferry Avenue. This garage would be over 70 feet tall, reserved for employees, and would require a separate shuttle service.
Sign this petition telling CHOP: Don't Treat Grays Ferry as a Parking Lot
Sign this petition telling CHOP: Don't Treat Grays Ferry as a Parking Lot
Tell CHOP: Don't Treat Grays Ferry as a Parking Lot
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is proposing a 1,000-vehicle parking garage at 30th and Grays Ferry Avenue. This garage would be over 70 feet tall, reserved for employees, and would req...
www.5thsq.org
April 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This will also be going in front of the Civic Design Review Committee May 6th.
Walked out of my house and asked myself “what is that horrible smell?” The Bradford pears are in bloom. 🤮
March 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Walked out of my house and asked myself “what is that horrible smell?” The Bradford pears are in bloom. 🤮
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It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.
March 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.
Kind of hope that other countries end up boycotting the World Cup and the Olympics. I don’t think it’s safe for anyone to travel to this country when our government is dead set on disregarding due process
For most of my adult life, I've been eagerly awaiting the U.S. return of soccer's World Cup. But under Trump, the very real risk of tourists staying home to avoid airport hassles or even arrest, as well as America's global pariah status, may ruin it
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
I fear for the 2026 World Cup under Trump | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Dems needs to act like GOP on Yemen chat scandal
www.inquirer.com
March 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Kind of hope that other countries end up boycotting the World Cup and the Olympics. I don’t think it’s safe for anyone to travel to this country when our government is dead set on disregarding due process
We really need more of a focus on civics and government in our public schools and even undergraduate programs in this country.
Nobody likes waste. But what a lot of people don’t realize is that, in many ways, government is *designed* to be inefficient. It’s structured with redundancy and complexity both for audit and control purposes and because it tries to satisfy multiple competing societal goals. 1/2
btw i dont think anybody is arguing that we should cut waste what is being argued by sane ppl is that what elon trump and the gop are doing isnt that they are cutting things they dont like arbitrarily without any oversight or ya know legally
March 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We really need more of a focus on civics and government in our public schools and even undergraduate programs in this country.
Reposted by Stephanie
The president of El Salvador doesn’t want our judiciary cutting off his newfound supply of slaves.
March 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The president of El Salvador doesn’t want our judiciary cutting off his newfound supply of slaves.
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The video of Trump’s deportees arriving in El Salvador is horrific.
This is 21st century Nazism.
Identities concealed, trafficked to a foreign labour camp. No due process, no evidence of crime. Dehumanised.
Where is the global outrage?
The crime is historic; the normalisation catastrophic.
This is 21st century Nazism.
Identities concealed, trafficked to a foreign labour camp. No due process, no evidence of crime. Dehumanised.
Where is the global outrage?
The crime is historic; the normalisation catastrophic.
March 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The video of Trump’s deportees arriving in El Salvador is horrific.
This is 21st century Nazism.
Identities concealed, trafficked to a foreign labour camp. No due process, no evidence of crime. Dehumanised.
Where is the global outrage?
The crime is historic; the normalisation catastrophic.
This is 21st century Nazism.
Identities concealed, trafficked to a foreign labour camp. No due process, no evidence of crime. Dehumanised.
Where is the global outrage?
The crime is historic; the normalisation catastrophic.
Reposted by Stephanie
I'll correct this:
The government runs out of funding Friday at midnight, leaving Democrats to decide whether to help Republicans ACCELERATE DESTROYING THE COUNTRY or block the bill TO FORCE THEM TO NEGOTIATE.
The government runs out of funding Friday at midnight, leaving Democrats to decide whether to help Republicans ACCELERATE DESTROYING THE COUNTRY or block the bill TO FORCE THEM TO NEGOTIATE.
The government runs out of funding Friday at midnight, leaving Democrats to decide whether to help Republicans pass a bill to avoid a shutdown or block the bill and be blamed for triggering one.
Senate Democrats face major dilemma: help GOP pass funding bill or trigger shutdown
www.npr.org
March 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I'll correct this:
The government runs out of funding Friday at midnight, leaving Democrats to decide whether to help Republicans ACCELERATE DESTROYING THE COUNTRY or block the bill TO FORCE THEM TO NEGOTIATE.
The government runs out of funding Friday at midnight, leaving Democrats to decide whether to help Republicans ACCELERATE DESTROYING THE COUNTRY or block the bill TO FORCE THEM TO NEGOTIATE.
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If you called your senators yesterday and told the “VOTE NO” on the Continuing Resolution *and* Cloture, CALL AGAIN TODAY.
@schumer.senate.gov is full of it and gave us lip service.
CALL YOUR SENATORS AND TELL THEM VOTING NO AND STOPPING THE GOP AND THIS BUDGET IS THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE ACTION.
@schumer.senate.gov is full of it and gave us lip service.
CALL YOUR SENATORS AND TELL THEM VOTING NO AND STOPPING THE GOP AND THIS BUDGET IS THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE ACTION.
March 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
If you called your senators yesterday and told the “VOTE NO” on the Continuing Resolution *and* Cloture, CALL AGAIN TODAY.
@schumer.senate.gov is full of it and gave us lip service.
CALL YOUR SENATORS AND TELL THEM VOTING NO AND STOPPING THE GOP AND THIS BUDGET IS THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE ACTION.
@schumer.senate.gov is full of it and gave us lip service.
CALL YOUR SENATORS AND TELL THEM VOTING NO AND STOPPING THE GOP AND THIS BUDGET IS THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE ACTION.
They really want to see more kids hit by cars is what this says to me.
This life-saving measure should not be at the discretion of councilmanic prerogative or vetoed by community organizations.
March 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
They really want to see more kids hit by cars is what this says to me.
Reposted by Stephanie
This life-saving measure should not be at the discretion of councilmanic prerogative or vetoed by community organizations.
March 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This life-saving measure should not be at the discretion of councilmanic prerogative or vetoed by community organizations.
I guess the golden rule isn’t “treat others the way you want to be treated” anymore?
Dave Brat, a Senior VP at Liberty University, said today on a local news interview that the tariffs are following “reciprocity,” which he said is the Golden Rule: “whatever you do to us, we’re gonna do to you.”
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I guess the golden rule isn’t “treat others the way you want to be treated” anymore?