With residents from across the city, we’re crafting a semiquincentennial vision statement to take us to 2276 and beyond.
As we prepare to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States — a movement that was created, debated and consecrated in Philadelphia — let’s look ahead another quarter millennium.
What will Philadelphia be like in the year 2276?
We want your help in imagining our city’s future. Sure, we can’t know everything that will happen, or even most of it. But if we can articulate a vision for what life might look like 250 years from now, we can inspire pathways to get there.
The smartwatch, cell phone, submarine, helicopter, delivery robots, self-driving cars — all of these things were first suggested by science fiction authors in some shape or form. That helped inspire scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and inventors, who worked to bring them into reality.
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