PPR Blog post sources

Can Amazon Deliver? 

March, 2018

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/bisnow/2018/01/19/amazon-hq2-shortlist-details-on-the-20-finalists-in-5b-sweepstakes/#1dbad93579e6

• https://qz.com/1071832/amazons-hq2-what-it-wants-for-its-massive-new-north-american-headquarters/

• http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-headquarters-hq2-city-incentives-taxes-2017-11

• https://www.phillymag.com/news/2017/12/12/amazon-bid-philadelphia/

• http://www.philly.com/philly/news/amazon-hq2-finalists-newark-nj-tax-incentives-20180118.html

• http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/23/technology/amazon-hq2-proposals-update/index.html

• http://www.philly.com/philly/business/real_estate/commercial/amazon-hq2-philadelphia-visit-university-city-navy-yard-20180314.html

• https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4334657-PHL-AMAZON-FINAL-Public-Opt.html

• Compiled from http://property.phila.gov/

• http://www.philly.com/philly/business/real_estate/commercial/philly-offer-amazon-tops-1b-tax-break-says-chamber-president-rob-wonderling-20171018.html

• http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq-phillydeals/how-an-amazon-hq-might-change-how-philly-operates-20170915.html

• http://www.pidcphila.com/who-we-are/leadership/board-of-directors and https://chamberphl.com/about/board-of-directors/

• https://www.reuters.com/article/scruggs-amazon-commentary/commentary-why-no-city-should-want-amazons-hq2-idUSKCN1BP2F8

• https://www.reuters.com/article/scruggs-amazon-commentary/commentary-why-no-city-should-want-amazons-hq2-idUSKCN1BP2F8

• https://www.goodjobsfirst.org/news/releases/good-jobs-first-issues-statement-amazon-hq2-short-list-announcement

• https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/20/amazon-just-passed-alphabet-to-become-the-worlds-second-most-valuable-company.html

• https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/03/06/how-much-jeff-bezos-worth-centibillionaire-wealth/352082002/

• http://www.post-gazette.com/business/career-workplace/2018/02/02/Pennsylvania-Amazon-big-employer-headquarters-bid-pittsburgh/stories/201802040057 and http://www.workstats.dli.pa.gov/Documents/Top%2050/Pennsylvania_Com_Top_50.pdf

• http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20160828_Giant_Footprint.html

• https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/maps/the-amazon-effect

Urban development that benefits all Philadelphians

Dec. 2017/Apr. 2018

• https://howhousingmatters.org/articles/anticipated-realized-benefits-mixed-income-living/

• https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/affordable-housing-philadelphia-mandatory-inclusionary-zoning-plan-2017

• http://planphilly.com/articles/2017/10/30/is-mandatory-inclusionary-zoning-the-answer-to-philly-s-affordable-housing-question

• https://grist.org/cities/in-seattle-the-rent-is-too-damn-high/

• https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/mayor-county-exec-declare-state-of-emergency-over-homelessness/

• https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/washington-seattle-spending-1-1m-to-fence-off-highways-and-bridges-from-the-homeless/

• https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/What-does-it-really-cost-to-live-in-Seattle-in-10970605.php

• http://phillyaffordablecommunities.org/index.php/our-report/

• https://www.theonion.com/confident-philadelphia-officials-preemptively-raze-cent-1820509855

• http://www.philly.com/philly/business/real_estate/commercial/philly-offer-amazon-tops-1b-tax-break-says-chamber-president-rob-wonderling-20171018.html

• http://planphilly.com/articles/2013/06/10/58th-street-greenway-officially-open-connects-cobbs-creek-and-bartram-s-garden

• https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/09/this-is-what-happens-after-a-neighborhood-gets-gentrified/432813/

• http://www.pbs.org/pov/flagwars/what-is-gentrification/

• https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/09/13/25407609/amazon-is-not-your-newly-cheating-lover-seattle-its-a-massive-business-with-a-low-tax-agenda

• https://www.phillymag.com/news/2017/12/12/amazon-bid-philadelphia/

• http://www.philly.com/philly/business/real_estate/commercial/philly-amazon-hq2-bid-30th-street-station-navy-yard-ucity-square-20171220.html

Nina Ahmad has a lot to explain. 

April 2018

• https://ninaforpa.com/

• https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/20/jim-kenney-philadelphia-mayor_n_7339190.html

• https://beta.phila.gov/departments/mayors-office-of-public-engagement/

• https://whyy.org/articles/political-newcomer-resigns-philly-post-clearing-way-challenge-u-s-rep-brady/

• https://ninaforpa.com/2018/01/16/can-metoo-politics-be-the-thing-that-takes-down-phillys-democratic-machine/

• http://philanow.blogspot.com/2013/12/new-slate-of-officers-elected-to.html

• http://www.globalcityeb5.us/who-we-are/management/ahsan-nasratullah/

• https://generocity.org/philly/2017/03/24/housing-gentrification-north-philadelphia-panel/

• http://www.34st.com/article/2017/10/penns-complicated-relationship-with-gentrification-in-west-philadelphia

• https://www.pennconnects.upenn.edu/find_a_project/alphabetical/hub_3939_alpha/hub_3939_overview.php

• https://www.phillypowerresearch.org/amazon

• https://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/seattle-becomes-no-1-us-market-for-chinese-homebuyers/

• http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-lopez-safe-parking-20171224-story.html

• https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/nyregion/stream-of-foreign-wealth-flows-to-time-warner-condos.html?rref=collection%2Fnewseventcollection%2Fshell-company-towers-of-secrecy-real-estate&action=click&contentCollection=us&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection

• https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/should-congress-let-wealthy-foreigners-buy-citizenship/406432/

• http://www.globalcityeb5.us/

• https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/28/greentech-automotive-lawsuit-terry-mcauliffe-262771

• https://eb5projects.com/updates/posts/498-eb-5-s-underbelly

Other links:

• https://www.philafound.org/OurWork/Updates/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/26/Board-Member-Nina-Ahmad-Named-Deputy-Mayor.aspx

• http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/pa-bob-brady-investigation-nina-ahmad-challenge-primary-20171130.html

• https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/28/greentech-automotive-lawsuit-terry-mcauliffe-262771

• https://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/touting-connections-hillary-clintons-brother-takes-on-philly-project-116596

• https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/business/kushner-eb-5-china-green-cards.html