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JoAnn Greco

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As seen in: Yahoo, Bloomberg CityLab, The Globe and Mail, The Boston Globe, The Hub (Johns Hopkins University), The Extra Mile (AAA), AAA Explorer, American Automobile Association (AAA), KYW-AM (Philadelphia, PA), Philly Voice, Nautilus and
Covers:  Broadly, design and urban destinations. Specifically, cities, architecture, interiors, gardens, sustainability, hospitality, travel. But, also loads of interesting people (from scientists to singers).
Doesn't Cover: I've covered politics, sports, and food... but not nearly as much as the above subjects...
Freelance journalist who covers travel, hotels, arts, architecture, urbanism and interesting people.

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I'm a native New Yorker but have lived in Philly for nearly 30 years. I've watched as the city has changed and grown and that's triggered a latent interest in urban planning. (Growing up, my brother and I were dragged across every bridge in the NYC area as my father told endless stories about the Empire State and Chrysler buildings, etc. My brother became an architect.) In general, I write about the intersecting areas of cities, design, interiors, architecture, historical preservation, urban l…

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Alumni Magazine | University of Pennsylvania

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Alumni Magazine | University of Pennsylvania

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Curtain Up!

Curtain Up!

After an 18-month hiatus, live theater has returned to the American stage. Alumni active in producing shows o…

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Designer Of Dreams

Designer Of Dreams

This summer, the V&A has opened the largest and most comprehensive exhibition ever staged in the UK on the Ho…

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Preserving the Pueblos

Preserving the Pueblos

Multiple Classes | Think of the Native-American Southwest and you might envision its most famous settlement, …

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Operation Gingerbread

Operation Gingerbread

On any given summer weekend and well into the holiday season, visitors crowd Cape May, New Jersey, to gawk at…

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The Many Charms of Montreal

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By JoAnn Greco 
| The Extra Mile (AAA)
A marked walking trail meanders for two miles through the streets of downtown Montreal, moving seamlessly from the river to the mountains that define the topography of this island city. But I didn’t discover the Promenade Fleuve-Montagne until the last day of my recent four-day visit. By then, I had already forged my own path, nibbling and window-shopping my way all over town. I did indeed begin my first day ambling alongside the St. Lawrence River, basking in the late afternoon June sun.
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Best Things to Do in Chicago for Art, Culture, and Architecture Lovers

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By JoAnn Greco 
| The Extra Mile (AAA)
The 19-acre Obama Presidential Center opens in June on Chicago’s South Side (rendering does not accurately depict the building’s engraving); courtesy of the Obama Foundation Chicagoans continue to squeeze into world-class museum galleries and world-premiere opera seats, and to jam-pack festivals devoted to blues and film, architecture and food. But there’s no doubt that the biggest buzz around town is captured in one word: Obama.
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2026 Development Update: Montana

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By JoAnn Greco 
| Hospitality Design Magazine
Bozeman leads Montana’s evolution as a design-driven destination Bozeman leads Montana’s evolution as a design-driven destination The 2021 opening of Montage Big Sky set the stage for luxury hotel development to enter the area, which has boomed in the past few years In less than a decade, Bozeman, Montana has morphed from a you-know-if-you-know small town set amidst jaw-dropping scenery to a luxe tourist destination and residential market.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Freelancing for the Queens Tribune...where Mitch Albom (!) was my editor

Have you ever used a typewriter?

of course

How is social media changing news?

ugh

Awards

ASJA

2018 - best business story, runner up excellence in reporting

First award was for a trade magazine story (Planning Magazine from the Amer Planning Assn) in the late 1990s about how immigrants were changing one small city in New Jersey. 2018 award was for a story in the Penn Gazette (Univ of Penn) on how the historical preservation department at the School of Design is working in Rwanda on preserving "negative history"

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