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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here
@awwhalen.bsky.social
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flâneur: indulging in the idle joy of wandering aimlessly through winding urban streets Love everything about Lancaster living. I’m on the City Planning Commission and always looking for the best in cities.
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · Nov 21
I didn’t join @bsky.app to get a ton of likes or amass followers — although having more followers than following is a dream.
I’m simply delighted to sit at the feet of some amazing people who have a love for community, urbanism and planning.
Thank you 😊
Andrew wearing a Hawaiian shirt standing in an alley next to Lancaster’s Central Market
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · 1d
We all know the history of many nursery rhymes.
So… How long after we stop vaxxing until there is a whole new book of nursery rhymes for this generation? #RingAroundtheRosie #LondonBridgeisFallingDown #KidzBop
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · 3d
You and @philrosenthal.bsky.social should team up. By now you must know every restaurant in the City.
This guy from Lancaster is wishing you the best of everything this coming Tuesday and beyond.
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · 3d
I woke up thinking…Maybe I’ll be a lumberjack for Halloween. Please don’t call me a 2012 worship leader. #IYKYK
Andrew is wearing a red flannel, rolled jeans, boots and suspenders. He looks like a hipster or lumberjack. You decide!
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · 10d
And the portico too.
Andrew and Joy in the portico decorated for the holidays. Lillian in the portico decorated for the holidays. Lillian and Joy in the portico decorated for the holidays.
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · 11d
Not even a year ago 😮‍💨
Andrew, Lillian (his daughter), and Joy in front of a holiday decorated East Wing Eat Wing hallway decorated for the holidays
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · 17d
Only problem with this proposal?

I don’t think 20,000 units is enough. 8,000 acres x 7 units = 56,000 This is what I would consider the minimum density for development— probably more by a train station.
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · 17d
You down with TOD?
Yeah you know me!
NJ Transit proposes developing unused land to raise $1.9 billion - Trains
NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit could raise up to $1.9 billion for its operations over the next 30 years through development of more than 8,000 acres of unused agency-owned real estate, the transit operator...
www.trains.com
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · 18d
“It’s petty revenge politics that would screw hundreds of thousands of New York and New Jersey commuters, choke off our economy and kill good-paying jobs.”
Trump Says $16 Billion Hudson River Tunnel Project Is ‘Terminated’
www.nytimes.com
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · 19d
🙃
'Rain and speed' contributed to Columbia crash that hurt driver, sent car flying into home
A crash sent a car airborne before it struck a home and landed on top of several wires Monday afternoon in Columbia Borough.
local21news.com
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · 19d
Not every residential build needs to be sexy. Just give me clean lines, density, and an abundance of amenities.
5-story apartment building under construction. Beautiful sunrise in the background.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 23d
PSA: People on bikes aren’t swerving to annoy drivers, they’re just trying not to die or destroy their mode of transportation.
This is generally what the bike portion looks like of our “shared” roads. Glorious.
broken up piece of road next to the sidewalk.
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · 25d
For business and first class passengers:
✔️Free shoe shines
✔️Onboard conference room by reservation
✔️Cloth headrests and travel neck pillows
✔️Door-to-door baggage service

For first class passengers:
✔️First class quiet section
✔️Massage chairs pads
✔️Onboard and metropolitan lounge massage services
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · 25d
The upgrades also propose the following coach features:
✔️Free onboard entertainment system for music, TV and movies
✔️Cafe lounge with water cooler and bottle filling station
✔️Kid’s play area
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · 25d
Game changing?

✔️Hourly Boston to New York/Washington express service
✔️Free seating for kids under 18 with purchase of adult/senior ticket
✔️Hourly nonstop and limited service routes between New York and Washington D.C.
America’s Fastest Coach Train Service Between Boston And Manhattan Could Roll Out By Spring 2026—With Massages, Shoe Shines, & Play Areas
Currently, Bostonians’ only option for high-speed train service connecting to Manhattan and several other destinations along the Northeast corridor is the newly launched . These trains travel at speed...
bostonuncovered.com
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · 26d
Lancaster got a two-story public library on the ground level of a downtown parking tower 😕
yonahfreemark.com Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 26d
Cities are developing a new approach to developing housing: Integrating it into mixed-use library projects. These investments improve neighborhood vitality, add housing & improve services.

In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, I create a database of such projects & point to success stories ⏬
Aging Libraries Could Offer Cities a Unique Opportunity to Build New Housing While Improving Public Services
Since 2000, more than 1,800 apartment units have been built in combined library-housing developments. These projects not only address local housing needs but…
www.urban.org
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · 26d
What was formerly a garage will soon provide housing and there will be plenty of room to park two cars.
Brick garage
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · 26d
More of this in Lancaster please! #ADU
Two floors over a two car garage ADU under construction.
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · 26d
As I watched a fire truck and ambulance helplessly stuck in traffic… I believe that we have to do better. The same solution for moving busses can work to benefit our first responders.
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · 26d
Remember the Toxic Waste Dump in SimCity? Is that what Ai data centers are to us today?
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · 27d
I’m not much of a warrior, so I asked if I could peacefully transfer all my armies to Indonesia.
Risk game board with all the yellow blocks (armies) clustered in Indonesia.
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · Oct 3
49, but I’ll be 50 this month. Do you all think the beard ages me as much?
Andrew drinking a chai at Square One coffee shop Andrew and Joy buying peaches at farmer’s market stand
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · Oct 2
The battle over 2 Ai Data Centers in Lancaster City continues…
Lancaster City residents express frustration, concern over construction of AI data centers
Lancaster City announced the data centers would be built in early 2025, but many community members feel they have been left in the dark about the planning process.
www.wgal.com
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · Oct 2
My annual reminder that it’s totally ok to say “Happy Holidays” and even more so right now…as my Jewish friends honor Yom Kippur and my Hindu friends celebrate Dashain.
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · Oct 1
What’s the biggest complaint from Lancaster city residents and downtown visitors alike? Is it crime? No. It’s the condition of our streets!
Lancaster city’s biggest problem: streets in disarray [letter]
What’s the biggest complaint from Lancaster city residents and downtown visitors alike? Is it crime? No. It’s the condition of our streets!
lancasteronline.com
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Andrew Whalen 🚶‍♂️ I’m walking here @awwhalen.bsky.social · Sep 30
Another early morning ride fueled by Copper Cup 🚴
I applaud my brothers for skipping the drive-thru line and grabbing a drink together 😊
A group of men around an outdoor table at a cafe in Lancaster drinking coffee.
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