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Property’s Weekend Agenda: Chestnut Hill Preservation Winners Announced This Sunday

Do you know a project that was the epitome of historical preservation in Chestnut Hill last year? If so, hopefully you submitted it to the […]

Citified

Labor Leader Asks Butkovitz to Reconsider Running for Mayor

The head of Philadelphia’s correctional officers union is urging City Controller Alan Butkovitz to reconsider his decision to not run for mayor this year. Lorenzo North, president of Local […]

Restaurants

The Mildred Will Become Coeur

Leigh Maida, Brendan Hartranft and Brendan Kelly, the triumvirate behind Local 44, Strangelove’s and the upcoming Clarkville in West Philadelphia have just signed a lease […]

City Life

Jeffrey Lurie Enters Competition for Philadelphia’s Worst Sports Owner

In case you haven’t noticed, Philadelphia has a sports team ownership problem. It took last week’s Eagles front office fiasco to get me thinking about […]

Restaurants

Jose Garces’s Olde Bar Opens Today

Today, Jose Garces opens the Olde Bar in the Old Original Bookbinders building at 2nd and Walnut. The Olde Bar is indeed the old bar from […]

Property

Morning Headlines: Target Looking for Space in Center City

Good morning! Are you sitting down? This news might just turn your legs into noodles. Target has announced that they’re looking into the possibility of […]

City Life

More About Comcast’s “VIP List”

We told you last month about the report of a Comcast program that offered, ahem, more attentive customer service to politicians, journalists, and other bigwigs […]

City Life

Light Snow, More Extreme Cold Expected

Post by US National Weather Service Philadelphia/Mount Holly. There’s a light snow hitting the area this morning, but perhaps more painful: Temperatures are going to […]

City Life

City to Examine Safety of Manayunk Canal

Mayor Nutter says the city should examine the safety of the Manayunk Canal in the wake of Shane Montgomery’s death, KYW reports. “What we don’t […]

City Life

ACLU Challenges Anti-Mumia Law

The ACLU has filed suit on behalf of a group of Pennsylvania journalists and academics, challenging the new law passed in the wake of Mumia […]

City

Bill Cosby to Female Heckler: “You Have to Be Careful Drinking Around Me”

Bill Cosby made a rape joke tonight. Cosby is in Ontario, Canada, for a three-show tour. Security was tight in London, Ontario, on Thursday after […]

Philadelphia Wedding

22 Super Important Dos & Don’ts for Planning a Destination Wedding

I just got finished reading a Condé Nast Traveler article on destination weddings (yes, perhaps I was a little drawn in by the thought of being […]

Restaurants

About Last Night: Masters, Cooking Masterfully

The story line of Open Stove XXXIII is an odd one: For the first time, the competition was comprised of two graduates of the COOK Masters […]

City Life

Villanova Art Curator Charged With Laundering Drug Money

The Justice Department has charged curator and Philadelphia gallery owner Nathan Isen with money laundering. The government contends the 61-year-old Isen, who’s best known for his expertise […]

City Life

Daily News Cartoonist: Paris Attackers “Came After Us”

Post by Signe Wilkinson. When Signe Wilkinson heard about the deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo headquarters in Paris, she was — like the rest of […]