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Chestnut Hill’s Skyspace Will Be Open on Valentine’s Day
Here’s an unorthodox (but still good vibes-inducing) idea for February 14th: go to Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting’s Skyspace for a relaxing view of the sky at […]
Isabella serves up 10-Course Aphrodisiac Menu for $40 on Valentine’s Day
We’re not covering every Valentine’s Day deal in town (because if we did, we’d be writing about nothing else between now and the big day), […]
Little Pete’s Future Discussed Tonight
Tonight, the Center City Residents Association (CCRA) is holding a community meeting at 10th Presbyterian Church (17th and Delancey Street) at 7 p.m. On the agenda […]
Ad for Best-Selling Business Book Poaches Shane Montgomery Photo
The Yahoo homepage is one big mess. It consists of a dizzying amount of graphics, information and click-bait, sort of like Philly.com but without all […]
Wolf Reverses Corbett Order, Bans Fracking on State Parkland
New Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is continuing to undo moves former Gov. Tom Corbett made during his last year in office. Wolf appeared at Benjamin […]
“Make Up Sex” From Marc Vetri and Michael Solomonov
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=746217915454167 Vetri took a bit of a shot at Solomonov in his Huffington Post piece on food writing and criticism the other day. But I […]
Zillow Confirms That Starbucks Fuels Your Morning–and Gentrification
Have you had your coffee this morning? If not, here’s a bit of information from a recent study conducted by Zillow that will certainly open your eyes: […]
Cheaters Sometimes Win
Deflate-Gate has turned out to be a brilliant tactical development for the New England Patriots, who I predict will win this year’s Super Bowl. The […]
LIVE: Jim Kenney Quits Council to Announce Mayoral Bid
Starting at 9:30, follow along as the Citified team live-tweets Jim Kenney’s last City Council meeting.
In South Jersey, District Instructs Families How to Opt Out of Testing
Haddon Township School District isn’t necessarily against PARCC, the highly controversial standardized education assessment that has been adopted by dozens of states nation-wide. But district officials are telling […]
Sixers Win By 20 (!) For Ninth Victory
They said it couldn’t be done. In December, one sports book moved the over/under on the Sixers to 9.5. But it is only the end […]
Morning Headlines: American Bible Society to Move Its HQ to Center City
Well, it looks like Pope Francis will receive an extra warm welcome when he makes his way to Philadelphia this September: The Inquirer’s Claudia Vargas […]
Comcast Bill Changes Customer Name to “A–hole”
Comcast prides itself on innovation, but figuring out new and exciting ways to insult customers probably isn’t what the company had in mind. Nonetheless: The […]
Penn State President Criticizes Freeh Report
Penn State’s president has criticized the Freeh Report that found broad university culpability in the Jerry Sandusky scandal, saying it was overly “prosecutorial” and arrived […]
Fire Kills Two, Injures Officer
Two dead in rowhouse fire in South Philly on Daly Street. @fox29philly pic.twitter.com/msTL9sog3Z — Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) January 29, 2015 Two people were killed and […]