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Claire Sasko

City Life

There’s a Giant Ferris Wheel Coming to City Hall for the Holidays

Also new this year at the Christmas Village in LOVE Park and Dilworth Park: a holiday train.

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This Driving App Wants to Save Lives — and Earn You Shake Shack

Two local entrepreneurs plan to launch This App Saves Lives in as soon as a week.

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Help Philly’s Real Concrete Cowboys Settle Into New Stables

A Southwest Philly man wants to move his riding club into a new home at Bartram’s Garden.

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Philly’s Latest Literary Star Has a Second Book Out This Week

We talk with Carmen Maria Machado about her haunting new memoir, In the Dream House.

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This Giant Interactive Cocoon Exhibit Is Coming to the Navy Yard

You can visit — and crawl through, if you’re brave enough — starting on Saturday.

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City Life

Say Goodbye to Cash Tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike

And hello to E-ZPass, if you don’t already have it — or you can just wait for a bill to show up in the mail.

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It’s 2039. Here’s How We Finally Smashed the Old Boys’ Network

At this year’s ThinkFest, Jamie Gauthier and Katherine Gilmore Richardson will discuss the future of Philly politics.

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Your No-B.S. Guide to Philly’s 2019 General Election

Voting day is less than a week away. Study up.

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It’s 2039. Here’s How Philly Rose to the Challenge of Climate Change.

At ThinkFest 2019, Christine Knapp, Billie Faircloth and Nydia Han will discuss how Philly is planning for global warming.

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How the Revamped Spruce and Pine Bike Lanes Lost a Safety Feature in Society Hill

The two lanes didn’t receive intersection protection after members of a community association opposed plastic delineator posts. Now cyclists — and some residents — are fed up.

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What Can Philly Do About Climate Change? A Whole Lot, Actually.

Ten ways the city can prepare for airport flooding, climate migrants, and destruction at the Shore.

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The City’s $200M Plan to Save South Philly’s FDR Park

Here are the five big changes coming to help preserve the often-flooded park.

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We Need to Stop Building Shore Houses

Why? Because all those beach and bay homes could be worthless in 30 years.

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Philly Should Charge People to Drive Into Center City

And use the money to make SEPTA better.

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Philly Needs to Move the Airport Before It’s Underwater

One step toward preparing for climate change in Philadelphia.