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Get Ready for Flavors of the Avenue

Today is the last day for discounted tickets to East Passyunk’s Flavors of the Avenue event. This year, the annual eating and drinking festival is set for Sunday, April 24th […]

City

Ad Watch: Joe Sestak Quotes The Rock in New Campaign Spot

With the Pennsylvania Republican and Democratic primaries just over a month away, candidates in various races are releasing online and TV ads. In the next […]

City Life

11 Things You Might Not Know About the Founding Fathers’ Dogs

Today is National Puppy Day, which is proof, we guess, that every dog has its day, seeing as every dog in the world was once […]

City Life

Wolf Will Let GOP Budget Become Law

Gov. Tom Wolf today said he would let a Republican-passed state budget become law, ending — at long last — the budget impasse that has […]

Property

Broad and Washington Development Scorecard: Blatstein’s 1001 vs. Alterra’s Lincoln Square

With the announcement last week that Alterra Property Group had signed on to develop the mostly empty lot at the northwest corner of Broad and […]

Restaurants

Honeygrow Coming to Temple’s Campus

Honeygrow founder Justin Rosenberg, a alumnus of Temple’s Fox School of Business is bringing a Honeygrow to the southeast corner of Broad and Cecil B. Moore on […]

City Life

Former Sixer Dikembe Mutombo Was in Brussels Airport at Time of Attack

Hall of Fame NBA player and former Philadelphia 76er Dikembe Mutombo was inside the airport in Brussels where deadly terrorist attacks killed 31 people on Tuesday. The […]

Business

Is Nugs.net the Future of the Music Biz?

A quick look at Nugs.net suggests it might be a music-loving hippie’s dream come true. There are concert-length live performances from such jam-band perennials as […]

Philadelphia Wedding

This Bizarre Invention Will Help You Pee While Wearing Your Wedding Dress

Friends, that above is my wedding dress. (In white instead of nude, and with the v-neck hiked up an inch or two so as to […]

City Life

How the Villanova Wildcats Can Win It All

If there was one fault with the Villanova Wildcats this year, it was their three-point shooting. The Wildcats went 29-5 during the regular season and […]

City Life

Pa. Legislature Mulls Lead Crackdown

Philadelphia officials may be promising that city water is safe from lead, but legislators in Harrisburg want to renew he state’s efforts to prevent a […]

Paul Steinke and Caroline Boyce
Property

Steinke To Head Preservation Alliance

Paul Steinke, on whose watch the Reading Terminal Market became a top tourist destination in the city, has been named the new executive director of […]

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City Life

Recording of Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-Point Game to be Preserved by Library of Congress

A recording of the fourth-quarter of Wilt Chamberlain’s famous 100-point game will be preserved by the Library of Congress, the institution announced today. The recording […]

City Life

Morning Headlines: Rendell Skeptical of Soda Tax

Good morning, Philadelphia. Here’s what you need to know today: Ed Rendell is sounding skeptical about Mayor Kenney’s proposed soda tax. Rendell went on Rich […]

Restaurants

Phillies Minor League Squad Will be the Cheesesteaks for One Night

The Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the Phillies AAA minor league affiliate knows the best way to a fan’s heart is through his stomach. On Sundays the team […]