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Former Mount Laurel, N.J., Man Charged in S.C. Walter Scott Shooting

It’s official: Michael Slager — the South Carolina police officer caught on tape shooting a black man, Walter Scott, as he ran away — has […]

Property

Walnut Estates Broke Ground This Friday; Here Are Renderings of What’s to Come

This past Friday marked the groundbreaking of the Walnut Estates, a development by Noah Ostroff consisting of five luxury townhomes and nine-unit condo tower with […]

Philadelphia Wedding

WATCH: This Guy Proposed to His Girlfriend As They Shot a Scene in an Action Movie

Well, this is one pretty exhilarating way to get proposed to: Cymber was under the impression that she was starring alongside her boyfriend, Scott, in an action film […]

Restaurants

Marigold Kitchen Launches Test Kitchen Tuesdays

Marigold Kitchen is doing something special on Tuesdays. Each Tuesday this summer, the Marigold team will be offering a five-to-eight course experimental menu highlighting ingredients sourced […]

City Life

Raheem Felder Charged With Point Breeze Rape and Robbery

It has been two weeks since a 35-year-old woman was raped in her Point Breeze home by a masked man, and now 32-year-old Raheem Felder […]

City Life

“Mattress Girl,” Caitlyn Jenner, Abortion, the Bible and You

Last week was a mad-crazy week for gender relations. To recap just a few of the highlights:

Restaurants

Bing Bing Does Weekend Lunch

Ben Puchowitz and Shawn Darragh continue to tinker and improve Bing Bing Dim Sum on East Passyunk. After adding happy hour and delivery, they launched […]

Restaurants

Spotted: Spruce Street Harbor Park Has a Nesting Goose

Did you know Canada geese were big fans of Iron Chef Jose Garces’s pork belly bao buns? At least that appears the case as a goose has built a […]

City Life

Gov. Tom Wolf Recalls State Police Nominee Marcus Brown

Gov. Tom Wolf today recalled the nomination of Marcus Brown to lead the Pennsylvania State Police, but said Brown would stay in the post as […]

Citified

How to Fix the Mayor’s Race

The worst thing about the Philly mayor’s race? It’s over. Some of my journalistic colleagues who attended forum after forum and reviewed commercial after commercial […]

Property

What Does Philadelphia Smell Like? (and How Knowing Could Help Urban Planners)

Many moons ago, when I was a teenager, there was this one cheesesteak place in South Philly that reeked. (The eatery shall remain nameless to protect the […]

Things to Do

WATCH: Bradley Cooper Walks His Dog Through the Italian Market

Last night, Bradley Cooper was up for a Best Actor Tony award for his performance in The Elephant Man. Unfortunately for fans of the Philadelphia […]

City Life

Penn State Presidents High on Compensation List

Penn State’s current and former presidents were the state’s best-compensated public university employees in 2014, according to a new report from the Chronicle of Higher […]

Property

15 Super Luxe Townhomes to Replace Surface Parking Lot in Old City

It looks like another surface parking lot in a prime location is about to bite the dust. The Quality Park located at 130 South Front […]

Citified

The Brief: How Jim Kenney Is Like John Belushi

1. The inside story of how the Jim Kenney campaign started with nothing and won with 56 percent of the vote. The gist: When Jim […]