a native of West Virginia
He has worked for Philadelphia’s Department of Commerce
He witnessed the prosecutions of current and former lawmakers for the theft of some $14 million in taxes
A senior editor at Fine Woodworking magazine
as well as a number of unorthodox treatments
Blades, Bands, and Ballers: How “Flash and Cash” Rescued the Flyers and Created Philadelphia’s Greatest Showplace history a native of West VirginiaBlades, Bands, and Ballers is Lou Scheinfelds heartfelt memoir of an America gone, a world of local spectacle and national pride. Dubbed Americas showplace between its birth in 1967 and much lamented death in 2009, The Spectrum formed the citys and the nations prism, refracting a peoples dreams, fears and fantasies as sporting icons and cultural heroes thronged the ice, the stage and field of play. The Spectrum has one last story to tell how it came