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You Can Help Give Away $1 Million of the Philadelphia Foundation’s Money
It’s not very often that you get the chance to spend someone else’s money, but the Philadelphia Foundation is encouraging just that with a new […]
New Snow Day Law Makes It Official: Pennsylvania Hates Happiness
It’s summer. For a few blissful weeks, children are free to romp happily, chase the ubiquitous music of ice cream trucks, devour cup after cup of cherry water […]
South Philly Just Got Another Chef-Driven, Members-Only Restaurant
Messina Social Club, a revamp of a 110-year-old South Philly institution, softly opened over the holiday weekend. Chef-restaurateur Jason Cichonski and Ampere Capital Group are behind the revival […]
Philly Workers Are Basically in Denial About Robots Replacing Them
For years, blockbuster films like “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Bladerunner,” “The Terminator,” and “I, Robot” have been predicting a massive robot takeover. That might never […]
This Local Company Turns Food Waste Into Sustainable Pet Treats
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, an estimated 30 to 40 percent of the food supply goes to waste every year — translating […]
We’ve Got to Stop Opening Italian Restaurants in Philly
In 2013, I worked at a restaurant in Philly called Fitler Dining Room, led by an ambitious chef named Rob Marzinsky. He did things like […]
This New Philly Wedding Venue Sits 50 Floors Above Center City
Take your wedding to new heights—or, in true Beyoncé fashion, put your love on top—at Vue on 50, a new wedding venue on the edge […]
Can South Philly Hold On to What’s Always Made It Unique?
In the late summer of 1981, very much against my Catholic mother’s wishes, I had just moved into a rowhouse at 17th and Naudain — […]
South Philly Is Changing
It’s our most famous neighborhood — a place defined by its immigrants and its characters, by intermingling (sometimes clashing) cultures, and by near-constant change. Where […]
Quiz: How Well Do You Know South Philly?
How well do you know the South’s quirky neighborhood trivia and traditions? Let’s find out.
Racial Discrimination Is the Legacy South Philly Can’t Seem to Outgrow
I always had a visceral dislike for Frank Sinatra,” says Tayyib Smith, owner of Little Giant Creative and co-owner of Pipeline Philly, “and I realized […]
A Brief Timeline of South Philly Through the Ages
40,000 BCE– 10,000 BCE Paleolithic peoples enter North America. The Lenape settle territory along the Delaware Watershed. Buffalo roam. 1631 Dutch settlers establish a foothold […]
Should We Be Afraid of the Mariner East Pipeline?
It was dark outside, around 5 a.m., when the flames took over the sky. Neighbors described it like this: a loud hissing noise. A massive […]
Experimental Filmmaker Tiona Nekkia McClodden Doesn’t Care If You Miss the Point
The Rundown Age: 38 CV, abridged: Pew Fellow (2016); Guggenheim Fellow (2019); fellow in art and activism, Bard College (2018-’19); works exhibited at the Museum […]
Eat This Now: Indonesian Street Fare at Pennsport’s Sophie Food Truck
Head to South Philly’s Mifflin Square Park on a hot summer evening and you’ll see some familiar sights: neighbors chatting on benches and walking their dogs, […]