Jake Blumgart is a staff writer for City Monitor. He lives in Philadelphia and previously covered development, housing and politics for WHYY, the local public radio station. His writing has also appeared in Slate, CityLab, Next City, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia magazine and the American Planning Association's magazine.
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