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City Life

Police Seek Man Who Urinated on Synagogue in Northeast Philly

Philadelphia police are searching for a man who gave a security camera the middle finger before urinating on a synagogue in Northeast Philly. 

Restaurants

What’s a Philly-Style Hot Dog?

Lots of American cities have their own, well-known treatments of the lowly hot dog, with the Chicago-style hot dog being, perhaps, the most famous. But […]

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City Life

Charlottesville Reactions: What Took Trump and Toomey So Long?

It’s been two days since the shocking violence of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va. first flashed across phone, television and computer screens around […]

Restaurants

How Amazon Is Preparing You For The Apocalypse

So here we are again. Another summer weekend gone, another Monday morning in Philly. And if you’ve found your way here it’s probably because you’re […]

City Life

The Best Thing That Happened This Week: The Union (The Union!) Stacks the MLS Team of the Week

City Life

Penn Prof Faces Backlash for Saying “Not All Cultures Are Created Equal”

A professor at the University of Pennsylvania is being harshly criticized for calling for the “re-embrace of bourgeois norms” in an op-ed published Thursday on […]

Restaurants

Where To Eat This Weekend: A Whole Mansion Filled With Beer

So here we are — another Friday afternoon in the waning weeks of summer. And while things in town are certainly starting to feel like […]

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City Life

Traffic Is About to Get Much, Much Worse Near 30th Street

Expect traffic near 30th Street Station to become even more of a nightmare later this month. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation detailed on Friday a major […]

City Life

Barry Baker, Who Sucker-Punched Disabled Man, Claims He Was Attacked in Prison

Barry Baker, who was arrested after he was caught on camera sucker-punching a disabled man in West Chester in May, claims he was attacked by a […]

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City Life

Meet the Philadelphia Union’s New Chief Tattoo Artists

Back in February, we told you the Philadelphia Union was in the market for a team tattoo artist. Why, you ask? Because many of the players […]

Restaurants

Jose Pistola’s Casey Parker on Hangovers and Corey Feldman

Behind the Line is Foobooz’s weekly interview series with the people who make up Philadelphia’s dynamic bar and restaurant scene. Click here for the full […]

Be Well Philly

This Urban Farm Is Hosting Their First BYOB Twilight Market of the Season Tonight

Friends, tonight is a very special night: The much-loved Kensington urban farm Greensgrow Farms is hosting their very first Twilight Market of the season tonight, […]

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City Life

Police Search Door-to-Door Near St. Joe’s for Suspect

UPDATE: Police have reportedly arrested the suspect. Police are searching in Overbrook for a potentially armed suspect who allegedly stole a car during a home […]

City Life

South Philly Parking Dispute Turns Into Pepper Spray Assault, Say Police

The Philadelphia Police Department has released surveillance footage from an incident outside of Pat’s Steaks that left someone with a face full of pepper spray.

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City Life

Police Arrest Man Skinny-Dipping in the Schuylkill

Police arrested a man who was skinny-dipping in the Schuylkill on Wednesday night. Officials found the man swimming shortly before 8 p.m. in Fairmount Park, near […]