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Check Out the Impressive Creations From This Year’s Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contest

Back in March we told you about how you could win $10,000 by designing a wedding dress made completely from toilet paper, just in case […]

City Life

Charleston Shooting’s Unique Sorrow for Society Hill Congregation

It’s a difficult day for Reverend Mark Kelly Tyler. Twenty-one-year-old Dylann Storm Roof, wanted for Wednesday’s murder of nine people inside Charleston’s historic Emanuel African […]

City Life

Police Reform Can’t Happen Behind Closed Doors

Here’s what we know: Sometime today, members of the Police Community Oversight Board — the 24-member panel appointed by Mayor Nutter to oversee police reform […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Whoa: 4-Year-Old Flower Girl Steals the Spotlight By Planting a Huge Kiss on the Ring Bearer

This is quite possibly the most amazing/priceless wedding photo we’ve ever seen (and we secretly wish it happened here in Philly so we could use […]

PATCO train
City Life

PATCO Now Takes Credit and Debit for Paper Tickets

  Passengers who prefer plastic to cash will now have an easier time riding PATCO. The Philly-South Jersey rail service now accepts credit and debit cards at […]

Property

Groundbreaking: Here’s What to Expect from One Riverside

After a long and winding journey, Carl Dranoff’s latest luxury tower, One Riverside, officially broke ground yesterday. When complete, the Cecil Baker-designed building will rise […]

Restaurants

First Look: Philadelphia Distilling’s New Home

Today, Philadelphia Distilling, makers of Blue Coat American Dry Gin, The Bay Vodka, Penn 1681 Vodka and other spirits announced it is moving to the […]

Property

It’s Full Steam Ahead at Two Game-Changing Park Projects in South Philly

Connor Barwin has become somewhat of a folk hero here in Philly. When he isn’t making big time plays on the gridiron, he’s spearheading a […]

Property

Headlines: Important Zoning Overlay Bill For South Philly to Meet Council Today

A bill that would create a zoning overlay called the South Broad Street Gateway will be introduced to City Council later today, PlanPhilly’s Jared Brey […]

City Life

Republicans Gather in Philly, Target Pa. in 2016

It’s been a generation since Pennsylvania went Republican in a presidential election, but GOP leaders believe — or say, at any rate — that the Keystone […]

Property

Neighbors Vote In Favor of Church at Devon Theater, But with Provisos

Monday has come and gone, and with it (at least for the time being) left any prospective alternative uses for the Devon Theater that could have […]

City Life

No New Prison for Philly (for Now)

It’s official: Councilman Bobby Henon’s bill that would have paved the way for a new prison in Philadelphia is dead for the season.

Restaurants

Now That We’ve Told You Where to Sit and What to Eat, Here Are Our Cocktail Recommendations for Center City Sips

So far for this summer’s Center City Sips, we’ve highlighted the best appetizer deals and the best places to drink outside. Perhaps it’s time to talk about […]

Restaurants

More Summer Happy Hour Goodness At Jamonera and Lolita

The list of places to get a late-afternoon snack or drink continues to grow this summer, and we’re certainly not complaining. Marcie Turney and Valerie Safran are […]

Things to Do

WATCH: That Time Donald Trump Hung With Michael Jackson in AC

After pretending he’d run several times for decades, yesterday Donald Trump made a big announcement: He is actually running for president. Who knows how serious […]