David Murrell

Philadelphia

Writer at Freelance

Feature writer. Previously on staff @phillymag. Big fan of magazines.

Articles

Highway to Hell: Inside PennDOT's Plan to Widen I-95 Through South Philly

2 months ago | phillymag.com | David Murrell

Longform Highway to Hell: Inside PennDOT’s Plan to Widen I-95 Through South Philly Everyone knows the construction of the interstate along the Delaware River waterfront 60 years ago was a catastrophe of urban planning. So why is the state planning to make the road even bigger?
Can John Fry Revive Temple?

Nov 23, 2024 | phillymag.com | David Murrell

Longform Can John Fry Revive Temple? The former Drexel president has built his legacy reshaping not just universities, but the neighborhoods they call home. Now comes his biggest undertaking yet: returning Temple to its former glory.
The Lifespan of a Fact

Nov 7, 2024 | stagewhispers.com.au | Jeremy Kareken |David Murrell |John D’Agata

It is sometimes ambitious for only three actors to hold the attention and interest of an audience for the duration of an entire play. This is not the case however with the Theatre on Chester’s latest offering, The Lifespan of a Fact. Karen Pattinson, Jordan Andrews and Martin Bell are all individually charismatic and work brilliantly together in this incredibly timely production.
Colonisation lags predict sympatric diversity in birds

Aug 29, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Rampal Etienne |David Murrell |Alex Pigot |Bouwe Rutger Reijenga

AbstractEcological communities are assembled over time, suggesting a crucial role for evolutionary history in determining the diversity of species assemblages. Indeed, differences in the build-up of sympatric diversity across space, time and clades may reflect variation in the historical patterns of speciation and thus time available for colonisation.
The Inside Story of the University of the Arts's Stunning Collapse

Aug 8, 2024 | phillymag.com | David Murrell

Longform How the 148-year-old Philadelphia institution fell spectacularly apart. The University of the Arts occupies — or, more accurately, occupied — a series of grand old buildings along South Broad Street. Terra Hall, a 17-story Beaux Arts structure with a soaring stone facade and columns that was built in 1911 as a Ritz-Carlton hotel, served as the main academic building.
Joe Forkin’s Vision to Transform the Delaware River Waterfront

Jul 13, 2024 | phillymag.com | David Murrell

Longform For decades, the Delaware River waterfront was a development nightmare: empty lots, decaying infrastructure, poor usage. Joe Forkin has a completely different plan. For the past 60 years, Penn’s Landing has been a place where big plans go to die.
Who Killed the Philly POPS?

Mar 23, 2024 | phillymag.com | David Murrell

Longform Was our beloved popular-music orchestra doomed by poor management? A greedy landlord? The global pandemic? We sleuth out the perp in a devastating Broad Street whodunit. It was a cold night in November 2022, and a brass quintet from the Philly POPS was performing a gig.
WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO

Feb 15, 2024 | keywest.floridaweekly.com | Larissa FastHorse |Jeremy Kareken |David Murrell |Gordon Walter Farrell

Please send calendar items to calendar editor Janis Fontaine at [email protected]. Presidential Families Weekend - Thursday-Sunday, Feb.15-19, Truman Little White House, 201 Front St., Key West. This annual event is the largest gathering of presidential descendants on Presidents' Day in the country. 305-294-9911 or trumanlittlewhitehouse.org/foundation/events/presidential-families weekend-2024. Highlights:¦ TRU-ly Amazing Art: Tom Corbin Presentation - 10 a.m.-noon Sunday, Feb. 18.
Sixers Exec Daryl Morey Is Moonlighting As a Musical Theater Producer!?

Dec 14, 2023 | phillymag.com | David Murrell

News The Sixers’ Daryl Morey Is Moonlighting as … a Musical Theater Producer Yes, you read that right. The team's president of basketball operations has produced an absurdist musical comedy called Small Ball that features characters named Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson and Pippin; six-inch-tall players; and … an analytics subplot. He's hoping to bring it to the stage in Philadelphia.
Longform Archives - Philadelphia Magazine

Nov 3, 2023 | phillymag.com | Sandy Smith |Michael Bradley |Bradford Pearson |David Murrell

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