About

About Me:

My name is Conrad Benner, and I am–for better or worse–a near life-long resident of Fishtown, PA. (I lived, for a few years, in Bella Vista, but moved back to Fishtown because all my friends were moving here, backslash, the rent was cheaper.) [UPDATE: J/K, I just moved to Graduate Hospital!] As a kid I wanted to be a bus driver, then a priest, then an architect, but somewhere along the line I settled for blogger. I started blogging when I was twenty-one doing a gossipy night-life weekly very briefy for Philebrity.com, but if you know me chances are you know me as Philthy Blog. I did Philthy Blog for the past three years, but now I do this, as you can see. While I do this, however, I will also be freelancing for Phrequency.com. I also work full-time as a community manager blogging, tweeting, and facebooking for a global spirits brand, and I’d love to tell you more about all that, but I simply don’t have the time.

About Streets Dept:

Talking about my blog one day, which unfortunately(?) I do quite often, a good friend told me that the cool thing about me was that I’m much more of a reporter than a blogger. Think about that for  second. . . She told me that the great difference between me and other bloggers in Philly was that I didn’t just recycle news headlines, but that I went out on the streets and discovered stories. That again, I was more of a reporter than a blogger. And I think that’s a pretty fair assesment of me and of what I do. I take my camera, I walk around the city, and I find things on the streets of Philadelphia that are interesting: art, fashion, music, food, homeless people, a nice sunset, or a box of shit outside of City Hall. Whatever’s out there and eye catching, really. Then I report back to you what I’ve found. It’s simple, everything on this blog (for the most part) is completely original. That’s the difference. And I hope that’s why you choose to keep coming back here. (Ok, this is where I’m stopping because I have no idea how to not sound like a commercial for brand-name tires or some shit.)

Email me: streetsdept@gmail.com