live from downtown harrisburg
By floor9 on Feb 20, 2007 in Downtown | 0 Comments
You know, it’s surprisingly busy downtown. Prive, in fact, is having one of the biggest off nights I think I’ve ever seen here. Aside from the weekends, I don’t think I’ve ever seen more than a half dozen people inside at any given moment. DJ James Keegan is spinning a house blend [...]
By floor9 on Jan 25, 2007 in Central PA, Downtown | 1 Comment
Harrisburg’s explosive growth in violent crime over the past few years isn’t just a local trend. Cities nationwide are reporting substantial jumps in violent crime, and the three-year-old trend is threatening the revival of downtowns across the country. This is especially bad news to the Reed-bashers, because it demonstrates that crime problems are not [...]
By floor9 on Jan 12, 2007 in Downtown | 8 Comments
LOTS of changes going on downtown. Have you seen them?
By floor9 on Dec 21, 2006 in Downtown | 0 Comments
From the story in today’s Patriot News, the future of Harrisburg looks pretty bleak. And that’s not surprising; it’s easy to beat up on your hometown. Everybody does it.
By floor9 on Dec 11, 2006 in Central PA, Downtown, Politics | 2 Comments
Rumor and rampant speculation suggests that Harrisburg’s beleaguered spokesman, Randy King, will be leaving his position at the end of the year. As you may recall, Randy was the one who blurted out a rather awkward explanation of city violence, citing hip hop as the cause of a recent city shooting.
By floor9 on Nov 10, 2006 in Central PA, Downtown, Politics, Rant | 5 Comments
Dear Mr. King,
I read with great interest your comment in today’s Patriot-News regarding Wednesday’s downtown shooting. I am truly surprised that the city of Harrisburg chose this particular posture in response to such an unsettling incident. Although I hope I am mistaken, your statement appears to represent a “head in the sand” approach to [...]
By floor9 on Nov 2, 2006 in Downtown | 2 Comments
One of the common complaints about downtown nightlife is the complete lack of respect shown to electronic music. Many, many, many people — myself included — limit ourselves to only a few venues because we can’t stand hearing “Holla Back Girl” billed as “the hottest club music in Central PA”, let alone played 5 times [...]
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