<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:42:31 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@kenfinkel/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Can the Blockchain Help Reinvent Philadelphia's "History System"?]]></title><description><![CDATA[When it comes to the dynamics of Steemit, I’m no expert. But I do have a good sense of the dynamics of a big-city cultural community. In particular, since the late 1970s I’ve focused on the care and feeding]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/publichistory/@kenfinkel/can-the-blockchain-help-reinvent-philadelphia-s-history-system</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/publichistory/@kenfinkel/can-the-blockchain-help-reinvent-philadelphia-s-history-system</guid><category><![CDATA[publichistory]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kenfinkel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2018 16:15:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQfQgENfxADE6EVYabczqmSF5KeWefV5WL9WDoFKmhtfWCrJJckGjuqQmwxMTXgvW5pUK4eE9K81uZEieD4UwcpfrTsBPNa5snPnQKRzRbPb9x87PjxxRKk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love Has Always Had a Place in the Heart of Philadelphia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Restored and reinstalled in the center of Philadelphia—the city of Brotherly Love—in 1976, Philadelphia’s LOVE sculpture is one of many around the world. (Source) Versions of Robert Indiana’s work are]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/love/@kenfinkel/love-has-always-had-a-place-in-the-heart-of-philadelphia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/love/@kenfinkel/love-has-always-had-a-place-in-the-heart-of-philadelphia</guid><category><![CDATA[love]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kenfinkel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:16:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2MfW7R48Xpn3nbCzNXN61mG9k4nE1zeabLJCmcKThHN78u17Y2au947HGNCkKY5YSSaJ7WzwZ6yEnsiCfdSRapxE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Breintnall and the problem of excess genius]]></title><description><![CDATA[An 18th-century leaf-printing project as it relates to counterfeit-resistant currency, discussed here by @voronoi, features the printer’s partner, the go-to Founding Father: Benjamin Franklin. Source:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/phillyhistory/@kenfinkel/benjamin-franklin-joseph-breintnall-and-the-problem-of-excess-genius</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/phillyhistory/@kenfinkel/benjamin-franklin-joseph-breintnall-and-the-problem-of-excess-genius</guid><category><![CDATA[phillyhistory]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kenfinkel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2018 14:37:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNH8q6FEif2uzpmXjQNog2n2huWTcwn7gZTnDiDeeaHCTYXUtk44vHJmiTyUtH5WFVvsuPi2qo1sG3EzwJGjNBzmKW4nnhc6nQr6coEJQGCwSP4vyKeuvLctTAu7GcbDKDmYST2BYVL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[History Mystery: Where Are America's Earliest Daguerreotypes?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Was the daguerreotype for real? Joseph Saxton had heard about the recently-announced invention from Paris. He wondered: could this process actually allow anyone to replicate scenes in infinite, accurate]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@kenfinkel/history-mystery-where-are-america-s-earliest-daguerreotypes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@kenfinkel/history-mystery-where-are-america-s-earliest-daguerreotypes</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kenfinkel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:51:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCiaxZmdb555hkjecmqomntNdRp7jgAsxJSwdGQCGXVEQxS5zCo63gMmGu8Lf9Mqbrc5a4RVPtwD8dA8tCydaQA7Ggb5bQQxTZZbihVADi3xaURsDjFkPiKonrmonn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What can we expect from public art? Is it OK to have public art that’s exclusively fun?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In times like these, we must ask and answer such questions. From mid-September through early October, Fireflies flickered up and down Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway with hundreds of colorful,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/publicart/@kenfinkel/what-can-we-expect-from-public-art-is-it-ok-to-have-public-art-that-s-exclusively-fun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/publicart/@kenfinkel/what-can-we-expect-from-public-art-is-it-ok-to-have-public-art-that-s-exclusively-fun</guid><category><![CDATA[publicart]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kenfinkel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2017 14:41:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4iYtFdzVNy1kt3F2tvRShXkTnWxjMqKqy5Pm4sFG7YqmsTyyPzuZ5uZqoGkxyeu4UzM71zWSAwurxJDVgorBNiZLG6Bdt6Sa6iKXE76jfFDyN4aDD8Zec9dddAKLpv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historic Preservation Roundup: What Takes Buildings Beyond the Brink and Why We Should Be Cautious]]></title><description><![CDATA[What should stay and what should go in a living city? I’ve asked the question repeatedly over the years in my posts at PhillyHistory. 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Listen here.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@kenfinkel/bitcoin-explained-on-npr-s-fresh-air</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@kenfinkel/bitcoin-explained-on-npr-s-fresh-air</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kenfinkel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2017 22:33:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGPKLQuxAL7oEwDJ42cT977qXjChSqPxvqtihVpy4reaYXz6CTt7axjEvGn5YV1m2Pt6xhWD5ag2aFkbXAV5EGBdkQFSutMGqgpT2XTcMRG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still More Cosby Cleansing To Do?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thirty years ago, when Bill Cosby was honored on the cover of TIME magazine, who’d have guessed that one day there’d be a rush on cleansing his image, his name and his memory from just about everything,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/scandal/@kenfinkel/still-more-cosby-cleansing-to-do</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/scandal/@kenfinkel/still-more-cosby-cleansing-to-do</guid><category><![CDATA[scandal]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kenfinkel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2017 14:12:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwrChDt1cGDHXGhxr7xG23kp6VP9ztbSGZWf3NYAWSU4umn4ZiU3KW7TkwoLHiGDiFDUfh7w7hmqAN5Zz6AC6x58k8Vm8r?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are Digital Experiences Robbing Reality?]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s a bridge deep in Philadelphia’s Wissahickon Valley that’s an inaccessible work of art. 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We sometimes find ourselves]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/monuments/@kenfinkel/mining-the-past-for-a-monumental-opportunity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/monuments/@kenfinkel/mining-the-past-for-a-monumental-opportunity</guid><category><![CDATA[monuments]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kenfinkel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2017 13:30:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCkrGNryTmaEtPM4x3mKdPpXfyazDEtHT7SsPexB2akYsBnDM9Cp2yBqq85PbAUTF9ePcL4K6FYZS3FptAtFr14XbkfNGvnSjNo1LV55LhV8ViyABQy2g9L?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reflections of Nazis in the Park]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes a little history allows us to see a lot better. 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Peace Wall, 29th & Wharton, 1997. Credit: Jack Ramsdale for Mural Arts Program. But scroll back to the 1960s. 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