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Spring Arrivals: The Palmer Apartments in Wynnewood

May 1. That’s the date the first residents will move into The Palmer at 18 E. Lancaster Ave. in Wynnewood. Sure, it’s always fun to take a […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Hold On to Your Hat: The Average Wedding Now Costs More Than $30,000

After the numbers were crunched last year, it was found that, yet again, the cost of the average wedding had gone up from the previous […]

Property

Game Changer: 500 Walnut Has History, Luxury and Robotic Parking

Wonder no more about the automated parking at 500 Walnut @phillymag pic.twitter.com/SkExr3ZTxu — PropertyPhilly (@PropertyPhilly) March 12, 2015 What do you do with a prized […]

Citified

Sam Katz’s Audacious, Radical Plan to Save City Schools (and the Pension Fund, Too)

Sam Katz is acting more like a mayoral candidate than the mayoral candidates themselves. Thursday afternoon Katz launched a new website—Citizen Sam—and dropped what is, […]

Restaurants

Hash Brown Pop-Up at the Garage

Randy and the King, the pop-up duo of chef Lindsay McClain and Andrew Stahl of Jamonera will be back in the food cart at the […]

Things to Do

Clerks III to Film in Philadelphia

The third film in Kevin Smith’s Clerks series will film in Philadelphia. The news was first reported by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The production will […]

Restaurants

Another Way To Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day That Doesn’t Involve Green Beer

Yes, a deep-fried ode to potatoes and chives. Because no matter what it is you’re drinking this weekend, you’re gonna need something to absorb all […]

City Life

Does Trading Nick Foles for Sam Bradford Make the Birds Better?

When the trade for Sam Bradford was announced, my first reaction was that Chip Kelly was a secret spy, like in those movies where a […]

City Life

City Council Won’t Debate Property Tax Hike Until After the Election

The Philadelphia City Council must decide in the next few months whether to support Mayor Michael Nutter’s plan to raise property taxes by more than 9 […]

City Life

Rich Hofmann Named New Sports Editor of Daily News

The Philadelphia Daily News announced today that longtime sports columnist Rich Hofmann will become the new executive sports editor of the newspaper. The paper sent […]

City Life

Phillies Promise to Intentionally Make Outs in 2015

Just when you thought the Philadelphia sports landscape couldn’t get any weirder, it does. Yesterday, Ryne Sandberg said the team plans to intentionally make outs […]

City Life

Holder Condemns Killing of Philadelphia Officer

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder today condemned last week’s slaying of a Philadelphia police officer — part of a broader statement against anti-police violence. Officer […]

Restaurants

The New World of Chicken Wings

If we can all just admit that a) the Buffalo wing is the ultimate chicken wing (so meaty, so balanced, so simple with its fake butter, […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Survey: Men and Women Have Very Different Opinions About the Perfect Honeymoon Location

The thought of having to choose a honeymoon destination, however far off in my future that may be, totally stresses me out: There are so many jaw-dropping, […]

City Life

New Jersey, Pennsylvania Really, Really Stink at Pension Funding

New Jersey and Pennsylvania have America’s most-underfunded public employee pension systems, says a new report from the National Association of State Retirement Administrators. In fact, […]