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Hot Yoga Coming to Whole Foods Squared

I’ve decided to call the area around Callowhill between 18th and 22nd Whole Foods Squared, since there will be two Whole Foods within mere blocks […]

City

Anti-Islamic Bus Ads Coming Soon to SEPTA Buses

The American Freedom Defense Initiative is a New Hampshire-based anti-Muslim organization aka hate group that also goes by the name Stop Islamization of America. And […]

City Life

Another Warehouse Fire, Another Tax Delinquent

The listed owner of the vacant warehouse at 2412 N. American Street where a four-alarm fire injured three people overnight owes $11,023.55 in back taxes on […]

Property

NY Firm Buys LEED Gold Building in Bucks County

Ten minutes north of the Oxford Valley Mall is an unobtrusive building recently acquired the Advalurem Group, a New York-based real estate investment firm. The […]

City Life

Tina Fey on Jonathan Papelbon’s Crotch-Grabbing

Tina Fey was on Late Night with Seth Meyers last night and turned her attention to Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon’s crotch-grabbing antics. She didn’t comment […]

Restaurants

Where We’re Eating : City Tap House

City Tap House has been on a bit of a tear lately. For the past year or so — ever since chef Chad Vetter took […]

City

Nelson Diaz Exploring Run for Mayor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GkklvEGwNs For a while, it seemed like no one would make a run for mayor of Philadelphia. Suddenly, everybody wants to be mayor! Nelson Diaz […]

Property

Morning Headlines: SRC to Sell 11 Schools for $2 Million Net

The School Reform Commission approving the sale of 11 Philadelphia schools is big news this morning, punctuated with some pretty big numbers. The Daily News’s […]

City

Pa. Trooper Shooting Suspect Added to FBI Most Wanted List as Police Close In

[Update, 10 a.m. Saturday] The Morning Call reports that the search intensified last night and shots were reported in the area where police are conducting their search. Shots […]

City Life

DeSean Jackson Poses With Chris Brown on Instagram

Who’s the one pop star NFL players shouldn’t be posing with right now? Right: The one who beat up Rihanna. Naturally, DeSean Jackson did it.

City Life

Panel Recommends L&I Be Split in Two

The Inquirer reports this morning that a “blue-ribbon panel” is recommending that the Department of Licenses & Inspections be split into two agencies — one focused […]

City Life

It’s the End of the War on Drugs as We Know It

Kids, gather round. Let me share with you the horrors of my youth. Behold: And: Back in the 1980s, these commercials were on a near-constant […]

City Life

Chris Christie, Complaining of Leaks, Says “Bridgegate” Investigation Should End

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Thursday it was time for a state legislative committee to end its investigation into the so-called “Bridgegate” controversy, saying […]

City Life

(UPDATE) Three Injured in Fire at Kensington Warehouse

#BREAKING: Multiple NBC10 Crews on scene of a warehouse fire in W. Kensington. 2400 blk of American St. We're on @ 4a pic.twitter.com/0SYT3dNODF — NBC10 […]

City Life

Rihanna Was Right to Tell Off CBS Over Thursday Night Football Decision

There is nothing that is — or perhaps can be — written about Rihanna without talking about the events that transpired on Grammy night in 2009. Similarly, […]