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City Life

What Philly’s Congress Members Think of Trump’s Climate Deal Exit

President Donald Trump has announced that the U.S. will leave the Paris climate agreement. Environmentalists, globalists, political and business leaders and some of Trump’s advisers have condemned his […]

City Life

How to Get a Free Donut (or Two) on Friday

If you’re a big fan of nonsensical food holidays (or if you just like donuts, as most of us do), you’re in luck: tomorrow is National […]

Restaurants

Urban Village Brewing Company Opens Today At The Schmidt’s Commons

Pizza, beer, fried pickles and pork belly sandwiches. This is Urban Village, a new brewpub and pizza joint which stands as the latest attempt at […]

Restaurants

This Is the Only Dinner In Philly Worth $500

In May of 2015, chef Eli Kulp of Fork and High Street on Market, was hurt in the deadly Amtrak train derailment that killed eight […]

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City Life

Center City Trolley Tunnel to Close on Sunday

SEPTA’s Center City trolley tunnel will close for maintenance on Sunday. The tunnel will shut down on 5 a.m. on June 4th and reopen at 5 […]

City Life

Bear Spotted in Bucks County Backyard

Remember the Radnor black bear that caused multiple school cancellations and inspired a parody Twitter account last year? The same bear that was captured using […]

Restaurants

Deep Fried and Overstuffed: Puyero Reviewed

When you’re staring down the barrel of a pabellón arepa stuffed full of braised beef, black beans, and plantains like caramel, nothing else matters. You’re […]

City Life

Councilman David Oh Stabbed During Attempted Robbery in Southwest Philly

City Councilman at-large David Oh remains in critical but stable condition after he was stabbed near his home of 54 years in Southwest Philadelphia last night. […]

Property

Just Listed: A Standout Home in East Kensington for $585K

Red Oak Development, the people who built the Parish House not far from this place in East Kensington, pride themselves on being a notch or […]

Restaurants

Here’s a Collaboration You Didn’t See Coming: Pizzeria Vetri and Ghostface Killah

This one surprised me a little bit. Because it’s not often that you see Vetri and the Wu-Tang Clan mentioned in the same sentence, right? […]

Business

Now’s Your Chance to Get In on the Ground Floor of the Beury Building

“The transit-oriented development we wasted” is about to be wasted no more. And the people who are bringing what may be the most prominent abandoned […]

City Life

The PPD Wants You to Drive With “Covfefe”

Covfefe: the viral typo born into the world last night via President Donald Trump’s small, tweeting hands. The word has inspired a slew of headlines like “Trump targets […]

City Life

First Nonstop Flight to Iceland From PHL … Stops in Boston

It was supposed to be a blissfully uninterrupted five-and-a-half hour trip to jagged peaks, blue lagoons, cascading waterfalls and the Northern Lights. But Icelandair’s inaugural flight from […]

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City Life

Reykjavik’s Ridiculously Good-Looking Mayor Kicks Off Icelandair’s Flights From PHL

Today is the first day you can fly nonstop between Philly and Iceland via Icelandair. And just in case you need any other reason to […]

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City Life

Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Will Shut Down in 2019

Three Mile Island, the site of the country’s worst nuclear power disaster, will shut down for good in 2019. The power plant located about 10 […]