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Square Pie Coming to 6th and Catharine

  Cochon’s Gene Giuffi is getting into the pizza game. He’s converting his former Blue Belly BBQ at 600 Catharine Street into a small pizza shop. Square […]

City Life

WATCH: John Oliver Criticizes Philly Forfeiture Practices

The latest John Oliver rant features the topic of civil forfeiture, the police practice of seizing property — cash, houses, cars, and more — that might […]

Property

Morning Headlines: Trump Actually Takes His Name Off Something

While Donald Trump may have a rather strong sense of self-esteem, he’s also a savvy businessman who’s well aware of which properties he owns and […]

City Life

Will This New “Sex App” Clear Up College Sexual Assaults?

In his eloquent paean last week to watching porn, Daily News scold Stu Bykofsky equated the practice to stopping by the watercooler to chat with […]

City Life

New Jersey Boy Dies of Enterovirus

Officials say a 4-year-old New Jersey boy who died in his sleep Sept. 25 was killed by enterovirus 68. The child had been kept out […]

City Life

UPDATE: Kane Promises Email Cooperation With Castille

[Update 9:30 a.m.] AP reports that Kane is making a stronger pledge of cooperation with Castille: Kane told Castille she will try to give him […]

City Life

FCC Gives Comcast Opponents More Time to Respond

Variety reports that the FCC is giving opponents of the Comcast-Time Warner merger more time than originally scheduled to reply to Comcast’s case for the […]

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City Life

Uniforms Shouldn’t Trigger SEPTA Strike

When I heard last week the reason SEPTA might shut down due to strike this winter — leaving tens of thousands of commuters stuck in […]

City Life

Confession: I’m Black, and I Used to Be Afraid to Walk Around Fishtown

This September marked the start of my 32nd year of residence in this city. And for all of those previous 31 years, I’ve treated this […]

City Life

People Are Fuming Over That $10,000 Gay-Bashing Reward

In the early evening hours of September 16th, as video of the alleged Center City gay-bashers was in the process of exploding all over social […]

Restaurants

Kelly Ripa Gets A Birthday Cake Made Entirely Of Tastykakes

So first, it was a Federal Donuts wedding cake made entirely of donuts. And that was pretty awesome. But now (like as of this morning), […]

City Life

The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending October 3rd

The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz: Seven simple questions about the week that was. Are you a newser … or a loser?

Philadelphia Wedding

Take a Look At These Never-Before-Seen Photos from John and Jacqueline Kennedy’s Wedding 

In 1993, a bunch of never-before-seen photos from John and Jacqueline Kennedy’s wedding were found in the darkroom of Arthur Burges, who served as a “backup” photographer […]

City

Delaware’s Annual Punkin Chunkin Canceled This Year

Punkin Chunkin, the annual Delaware event where teams compete to see how far they can launch pumpkins, has been canceled for 2014. The event — […]

City Life

The Philadelphia Outrage Meter for the Week Ending October 3, 2014

Philly Outrage Meter 10/3 | Create Infographics 20%: The Harrisburg porny email scandal, the outrage for which was divided between outrage over the fact that […]