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This Is the Best Worst Map of Philadelphia Ever

In the competition of the worst maps of anywhere ever, we’ve got ourselves a winner, Philly! The map pictured above presents a never-before-seen and completely […]

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City Life

What Happened to Chris Stigall After He Left 1210AM? A Podcast, of Course.

Back in March, we told you that conservative radio talker Chris Stigall was no longer at 1210AM, the Philadelphia station that broadcasts such right-wing, er, […]

City Life

2019 Mayoral Debate Takeaways: The Primary Finally Gets Interesting

We’ve got one week until the municipal primary, Philly, and the election’s biggest race is just heating up. The city’s three Democratic mayoral candidates — […]

City Life

Elizabeth Warren to Drop Into Philly to Talk With Teachers Union

Here comes another 2020 presidential hopeful. Just five days before Joe Biden will hold his campaign kickoff rally in front of the Art Museum, Elizabeth Warren will visit […]

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Restaurants

Marc Vetri Is Opening a Pasta Bar in the Italian Market

Ever since Marc Vetri purchased the building that housed Italian Market mainstay Fiorella’s Sausage for more than a century back in October, we’ve been waiting […]

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City Life

What to Expect at the 2019 Mayoral Primary’s Only Televised Debate

Your sole chance to watch Philadelphia’s three Democratic mayoral candidates face off on the small screen is almost here. Mayor Jim Kenney and his challengers, […]

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Be Well Philly

We Talked to a Philly Sports Dietitian to Find Out How Runners Should Eat

This post is part of our Running Week series. Stay tuned for more stories related to pounding the pavement. During my junior year of college, I decided […]

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City Life

Lew Blum, the Tow-Truck King Philly Loves to Hate, Needs a Hug

Up until September 22, 2015, it was Lew Blum’s world; we just parked in it. From behind the steel-reinforced walls of his fortified bunker in […]

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City Life

Nina Simone’s Complicated Relationship With Philadelphia

On May 19th, at various locations in Germantown, fans of Nina Simone will gather for Singing Nina, a day of concerts, panel discussions, and a […]

City Life

The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Making It Rein

A quarter-century ago, a woman named Lezlie Hiner thought a novel way to help at-risk city kids might be to teach them to ride horses. Hiner’s […]

City Life

Scenes From the Planned Parenthood Protest in Philadelphia

They wanted to stop abortion. And quite a few of them wanted to make America great again, too. Hundreds of anti-abortion activists swarmed Planned Parenthood at 12th and […]

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City Life

Pennsylvania Ranks Third Among States for Number of Bigfoot Sightings

Pennsylvania is a haven for Bigfoot, apparently. That’s according to The Travel Channel and the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, which deems itself the “only scientific […]

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Restaurants

Olly Rolls Out Happy Hour and Brunch in Queen Village

Olly, Marina de Oliveira and Chris D’Ambro’s neighborhood bar and restaurant in Queen Village, has been open for about a month now. And starting this […]

City Life

DA’s Office to Axios: You Got Our Drug Arrest Policy Completely Wrong

Philadelphia district attorney Larry Krasner may be a local official, but as any skim through the New Yorker, the New York Times magazine, and Newsweek would […]

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City Life

Anti-Abortion Activists Plan to Converge on Philly Planned Parenthood on Friday

One week after Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Sims released a controversial video of himself angrily confronting a protester he termed an “old white lady” outside the […]