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Restoration Project Planned for Vernon Park

Well, we can see why Councilwoman Cindy Bass might feel adamant about preserving the YWCA on Germantown Ave for future use as a potential community center: steps away from […]

Restaurants

New Blood On The Line At The Twisted Tail

Chef Andrew “Andy” Tessier has been appointed the new head chef at The Twisted Tail. And he’s coming to the new post with an impressive […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Study Says: Once You Get Engaged, “I” Totally Gets Replaced By “We” On Twitter

After following over 900 people who hashtagged their engagement into existence on Twitter by saying “#engaged,” researchers found that basically, they never said “I” on […]

Restaurants

Name a Sandwich (and do other cool food things) for Charity!

The East Passyunk Crossing Civic Organization, which manages zoning for EPX and sponsors neighborhood cleanups and other good neighborly things, is auctioning off sweet Philly food […]

City Life

Now the Sixers Have No Heat

So it’s come to this: Crazy my guys have to practice under these conditions in philly! #CutThatHeatOnDamnIt pic.twitter.com/kWvFKQyhVl — Paul George (@Yg_Trece) February 20, 2015 […]

City

The (Second) Revel Sale Is Dead. What Now?

Revel looks like it’s headed back to the auction block. Yesterday, a judge terminated Florida developer Glenn Straub’s agreement to purchase the failed casino for […]

City Life

What Happened to Amanda DeGuio, Missing Since June?

On May 27, 2014, 24-year-old Amanda DeGuio, her two young daughters, her sister, and her mother returned to Drexel Hill from a fun family trip […]

Property

Property’s Weekend Agenda: NoLibs Estate Sale With Rare Revolutionary War Desk

We just love ourselves a good bit of history here at Property. From homes built before George Washington was born to the personal residence of […]

Restaurants

Rooster Soup Co. Update

We’ve all been waiting patiently and excitedly for Rooster Soup Co., the collaborative project between Federal Donuts and Broad City Ministry in which the unused Federal […]

City Life

Here’s What Gene Marks Gets Wrong About Teachers and Snow Days

Earlier this week, Philadelphia magazine opinion columnist Gene Marks questioned why teachers get snow days. Today, Steve Clark, a teacher and two-time “Best Storyteller in […]

City Life

Meet 6 (OK, Maybe 5) Reasons Why Tom Wolf Is Right About the Death Penalty

The death penalty debate has flared up again in Pennsylvania, thanks to the death penalty moratorium issued by Governor Tom Wolf on February 13th. And […]

City

Cape May Man Charged With Shooting Whale With WWII-Era Rifle on Boat Named Capt Bob

It’s like Moby-Dick, except instead of harpoons and the Pequod it’s a decades-old rifle and a ship named Capt Bob. Federal authorities yesterday charged Cape […]

City Life

Bitter Cold Continues; Archdiocese Schools Closed

Oh, it’s cold outside: Archdiocese of Philadelphia schools will be closed today because the freezing temps are just that miserable. Public school kids? You get […]

Citified

The Brief: Will Crime Be an Issue in the Mayor’s Race?

This is Michael Nutter‘s final year as mayor, a/k/a legacy time. He’s talked up everything from his urban planning record to Philadelphia’s recent drop in homicides to its population growth. But on […]

City Life

Rick Scott Is Coming to Take Our Jobs

Florida Gov. Rick Scott will be in Pennsylvania next week, ostensibly on a mission to steal businesses from the state and take them back to […]