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We Left Our Cramped Queens Rental for a Luxury KOP Development Amid the Pandemic

This story was featured as part of our “On the Move” series in the March issue of Philadelphia magazine. Read the stories of more locals […]

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Property

Just Listed in the Poconos: Expanded A-Frame in Greentown

The A-frame is one of the most popular vacation house styles in the country. They get their popularity because they are simple yet attractive, and […]

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City Life

New Scholarships at Community College of Philadelphia Honor Civil Rights Icon Octavius Catto

For too many years, the only memorial to civil rights leader Octavius V. Catto, who was born on this day in 1839, was a public […]

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Just Listed: Renovated Victorian Twin in Mount Airy

As I’ve noted in this space on at least one occasion in the past, and probably more, it’s hard to live in the Germantown area […]

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Philadelphia Wedding

Black-Owned Bridal Salons and Suit Designers in the Philly Area

As you begin planning for your Big Day, you’re faced with making choices that matter to you and your partner about your wedding. You make […]

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Property

Just Listed: Accommodating Craftsman in Ardmore

“Hi, Mom! That company that hired me out of college? They went bankrupt. I need to move back home.” “Son? Dad here. Mom and I […]

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Philadelphia Wedding

Rent Your Own Private Floating Tiki Bar in Ocean City This Summer

These days, we’re all looking for unique ways to celebrate momentous occasions with a small group of our closest friends and loved ones. We’re taking […]

Be Well Philly

This Student-Run Food Rescue Program Delivers 100,000 Pounds of Food to Philadelphians Per Week

Last March, as Philly scrambled to adjust our lives to Governor Tom Wolf’s new shutdown orders, Drexel alum and Sharing Excess founder Evan Ehlers realized […]

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Just (Re)Listed: Secret Trinity in Society Hill

Wanna get smart? That’s “smart” as in Maxwell, the famed Agent 86 of Mel Brooks and Buck Henry’s classic late-1960s secret-agent-spoof sitcom, Get Smart. But […]

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NextHealth PHL

A New Philly Program Is Connecting Underserved Students With Paid Life Science Internships

For many college students, an internship can be an invaluable means of honing career-specific skills and building a professional network, paving the way for future […]

City Life

From Double Masking to When to Toss Your Cloth Mask: All Your COVID Masking Questions, Answered

As we approach the one-year anniversary of the first confirmed COVID-19 case in Philadelphia, there are a host of subjects we now know more about […]

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Philadelphia Wedding

This Funky Lancaster Wedding Included a Mid-Ceremony Science Experiment and a Tennis Court Photo Shoot

Why not go all out with your wedding theme? It’s your Big Day, after all, and you should party like you want to. That’s what […]

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Property

Just Listed: Renovated Townhouse in Rittenhouse Square

“New ideas need old buildings,” famed urbanist Jane Jacobs once wrote. If this Rittenhouse Square renovated townhouse for sale is any guide, modernist style also […]

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Property

On the Market in the Poconos: Live-Work-Play Farmstead in Stroudsburg

Have you dreamed of living the country life, but find those suburban estates just not rural enough? There’s no disputing the truly rural nature of […]

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Just Listed: Sunny Corner Condo in Queen Village

Back in 1911, when the building you see in the photo above was built, Queen Village was one of the epicenters of Philadelphia’s Jewish community, […]