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Man Arrested for Stealing Northeast Woman’s Shrubbery

Police have arrested Joseph Medycki, 40, of St. Vincent Street for allegedly stealing a shrub from a woman’s front yard. It all started last week, […]

Restaurants

Get Ready for The Porch 2.0

When the Porch opened at 30th Street Station in late 2011, it was designed to be a low-cost test run at place-making. Could some colorful […]

City Life

Fish Cancer Confirmed for First Time in Pennsylvania River

The grotesque image seen here is not a movie still from some awful Sharknado spinoff. It is a photograph of a smallmouth bass caught by a […]

City Life

Would Exhibitors Flee if Carpenters Returned to Convention Center?

If the carpenters union returns to the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Sue Hueg wants none of it. Hueg, the vice president of events for National Business […]

Restaurants

Point Breeze Gets in on the Pop-Up Garden Craze

John Longacre, the man behind South Philadelphia Tap Room, American Sardine Bar and Brew is opening a beer garden at Point Breeze Avenue and Tasker […]

Restaurants

Taste of Three Cities Food Truck Festival

On Saturday, May 9th, 60 food trucks from Philly, Baltimore, and Washington DC will descend upon Xfinity Live to compete for the title of best […]

City Life

WATCH: Toddler Rescued From Philadelphia Roof

This is Cleaira Bell, the 22-year-old woman being charged with child endangerment because, police say, she left her 2-year-old boy at home, alone, with another […]

Citified

Op-Ed: Don’t Be Afraid of a Municipal Bank

(This op-ed is in response to recent articles on Phillymag.com about mayoral candidate Anthony Williams’s proposal to create a municipal bank. Otis Bullock supports Williams and […]

Restaurants

New Spring Menu at Bardot

Your favorite French New Wave Cinema inspired restaurant (not that you have that many to choose from), Bardot, has released its new spring menu. The […]

City Life

5 Rules for Behaving During Philadelphia Street Festival Season

Somehow, I went almost three decades in this city without having to experience a neighborhood street festival. Actually, it was easy. I grew up in […]

Property

Report: Former Trump Tower River Site Sold, More Residential Planned

Is another residential project coming to the shores of the Delaware River? Jacob Adelman of The Inquirer reports that Pier 35 & 1/2 has been sold […]

Citified

The Brief: Right Now, Jim Kenney Is Winning This Election

1. Kenney attacked, in debate and (potentially) on TV, and Doug Oliver generates the most poignant moment of the campaign. The gist: Jim Kenney was again […]

City Life

City Hall Wants to Delay Parking App

The Philadelphia Parking Authority wants to offer a new smartphone app that would nearly automate the process of paying for on-street parking, but it has […]

Property

Headlines: Should Reyburn Plaza Be the Next Public Space Domino to Fall?

The collection of unwelcoming public spaces in and around the venerable City Hall area are starting to fall like a well designed domino setup. First, it […]

City Life

Philly Lawyer Buys Interest in Muhammad Ali Childhood Home

Philadelphia superlawyer George Bochetto has acquired a half-interest in the Louisville, Kentucky boyhood home of Muhammad Ali, and hopes to permit public access to the […]