Though summer doesn’t officially start until June 21st, here in the Philadelphia area, we like to think it starts this weekend. So we checked in […]
The state House Appropriations Committee would like former Gov. Ed Rendell to testify about how the 2016 Democratic National Convention Host Committee spent $10 million in taxpayer money. Rendell, […]
Wonder what opulence looked like in the mid-19th century? Wonder no more, for the architect who restored this gorgeous 1860 brownstone on Spruce Street in […]
At Goldie, Cook and Solo’s new project on Sansom Street that’s situated above their charitable deli, Rooster Soup Co., the kitchen is an assembly line, turning […]
The state House approved legislation yesterday that is expected to bring Pennsylvania up to date with federal identification standards. In a 190-1 vote, legislators passed a […]
Lisa Spoonauer, the actress who played Caitlin Bree in the 1994 black-and-white cult classic “Clerks,” died Sunday in New Jersey. She was 44 years old. […]
Architect Laura Blau’s firm, BluPath, specializes in coming up with sustainable solutions to all sorts of design and construction problems. She was an early adopter […]
Behind the Line is Foobooz’s new weekly interview series with the people who make up Philadelphia’s dynamic bar and restaurant scene. To read last week’s Behind […]
University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann made more than $3.5 million in 2015. According to Internal Revenue Service records filed by Penn (and obtained by the student-run […]
The Philadelphia Parking Authority will hold a workshop on avoiding parking tickets next month. Seeing as the organization brings in a big chunk of money from […]
Housing in Philadelphia got a little more affordable in the first quarter of 2017, according to the figures in the latest edition of HSH.com’s quarterly […]
A report released earlier this month found that stop-and-frisk practices were slowly improving in Philly. But follow-up analysis compiled by the same group – plaintiffs in […]
Will Smith is apparently having more fun than anyone else at the Cannes Film Festival. The West-Philly born and raised rapper/songwriter/producer/Grammy-winning actor was among nine people chosen […]
The buzz these days is that Fishtown may be over — that is, it’s no longer a neighborhood where you can snap up a housing […]
Distracted driving citations rose by 52 percent in Pennsylvania between 2014 and 2016, according to a new analysis of court records. The report was compiled […]
