Philly has 66 wards. Plus New York City.

In the 1970s and 1980s, the 67th ward had a great thing going. It was gritty, grimy, Bohemian and re-envisioning what a city should be. Now, anything distinctive that remains was promptly robbed by unheard of gentrification, rehashed TV and movies, much copy-catted stand up comedy and other soul-sucking attention.

New York's self-image is stuck obsessively in a time long since commercialized, reproduced and sold on magnets, in snow-globes and other Made in China nick knacks. So, Philadelphia is realer now. It's blossoming and flourishing in a way that New York once was.

So, we wanted to give New York a blueprint back to the best of what it once was, much of which is in Philadelphia now and lots more to boot. We wanted to remind everyone that Philadelphia has every reason to make folks forget about the 67th ward.

Technically Philly posts about New York City:

17 leading NYC tech companies led by UPenn fraternity alumni, lists Business Insider (April 9, 2012)

Nerve Dating launches in Philadelphia, focuses on conversation not matchmaking (March 22, 2012)

Draw Something’s Philly roots (March 20, 2012)

Shunra: with HP partnership and high budget clientele, Center City-based app performance testing company “here to stay” (March 14, 2012)

Spling founder Billy McFarland: our investors are in New York City [Exit Interview] (March 6, 2012)

DreamIt Ventures Philly 2012 Showcase brings seven startups to NYC (March 1, 2012)

Frank Taney: open office hours for entrepreneurs from @ScaryLawyer of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney (January 5, 2012)

iTrans: native SEPTA regional rail iOS app has ‘three killer features’ that sets it apart (December 29, 2011)

Gov Fresh Awards 2011: Philly runner-up as City of the Year, wins in four categories (December 20, 2011)

Rezscore: Gerrit Hall, Sean Weinberg grow free, online, algorithm-based resume grade service [VIDEO] (October 25, 2011)