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City Life

Philly’s 2-Way Protected Bike Lanes Are Getting Closer to Center City

Philly’s getting another two-way protected bike lane, and this time it’ll be located a little closer to the heart of the city. The project will […]

NextHealth PHL

Q&A: Ben Franklin Tech Partners Is Doubling Down on Philly Life Sciences

Ben Franklin Technology Partners (BFTP) is a force for investment in the region’s early-stage tech companies. The organization has invested in 4,500 Pennsylvania-based tech companies since […]

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City Life

Penn Paid Joe Biden $775,000 to Expand Its “Global Outreach” … and Give Some Speeches

When Penn announced in 2017 that former Vice President Joe Biden would be joining its faculty as the Benjamin Franklin Presidential Practice Professor, students were understandably excited. Imagine […]

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Restaurants

Kris Serviss’s Taqueria Del Norte Is Now Culture on the Circle

After less than a year operating Taqueria Del Norte, chef Kris Serviss is switching up the concept in the home of the original Blue Duck in […]

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Restaurants

Sneak Preview: August Classes at COOK

COOK is about to release their August class schedule. But loyal Foobooz readers get to take a peek a day early to plan out which […]

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Be Well Philly

Chef-Approved Ways to Up Your Healthy Toast Game — That Don’t Involve Avocado 

About five years after taking the wellness world by storm, avocado toast still remains the trademark breakfast of the millennial generation. The smashed green meal, […]

City Life

What to Know About the Spruce and Pine Street Bike Lane Revamp

The city has begun its highly anticipated revamp of the Spruce and Pine street bike lanes. The project will, among other things, switch the road’s two bike […]

NextHealth PHL

The Path to a Cure: Temple HIV Treatment Milestone Was 5 Years in the Making

Temple University researchers are one step closer to eliminating HIV in humans. This month, a team of interdisciplinary researchers led by professor Kamel Khalili released the results of […]

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City Life

Bernie Sanders Doesn’t Want Hahnemann Hospital to Close

A lot of people are angry and upset over the planned closure of Hahnemann University Hospital — and that includes 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. […]

City Life

The Beautiful Weirdness of Philly, One House Picture at a Time

John Ricco describes the scene like he was there. “There was some typically narrow Philadelphia block, where everyone’s just hanging out on the street. It’s […]

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Restaurants

Eat Chicken Cutlets for Breakfast at Cotoletta’s New Brunch

There’s nothing quite like a crispy, juicy, saucy cutlet — whether chicken, veal, or eggplant. And now, cutlet specialist Cotoletta Fitler Square is serving them […]

Be Well Philly

Chestnut Hill Fitness Studios Are Teaming Up for an Epic Sweat Crawl

We live in a fitness era characterized by options — spin, kickboxing, barre, yoga, reformer Pilates, even trampoline-based cardio. Whatever your muscles want, your muscles […]

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City Life

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 […]

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City Life

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 […]

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Restaurants

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 […]