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The Best Thing That Happened This Week: The Great Clothing-Bin Crackdown

Citified

Sources: Kenney to Propose a Soda Tax

City Hall sources tell Citified that Mayor Jim Kenney is going to propose a soda tax next week at his first budget address. We don’t know […]

City Life

Cops Make Arrest in Shooting at 15th and Locust

Philadelphia Police have arrested a man in connection with the shooting earlier this month at 15th and Locust streets in Center City. Police today announced […]

Restaurants

The Dirt: What To Get At The Farmers Market This Weekend

Guess what’s new at the farmer’s market this weekend? Strawberries! Ha. Just kidding. You’ve been pranked. It’s not even April Fool’s Day, yet. What it […]

Restaurants

Janeen Thomas Would Like to Apologize for Those Philly Restaurant Incidents

Last summer, I had a chance encounter with a woman named Janeen Thomas, whom I caught redhanded stealing my belongings from atop the bar at […]

West elevation
Property

Hawthorne Residents Blast Blatstein Proposal Again

When the revised plans for Bart Blatstein’s mixed-use residential/retail development at the northeast corner of Broad and Washington were made public in a Civic Design Review […]

Restaurants

An Appreciation: Tony’s Place

When my mom was a kid, the waitresses at Tony’s Place would elbow you in the head. Not always, and with good cause. If you […]

Things to Do

“Kathapalooza!” to Benefit Beloved Punk Rocker Battling Cancer

Six regionally renowned bands of the ’80s and ’90s are sharing the Underground Arts stage Arts this Saturday for an alternative type of Lollapalooza whose […]

City Life

Christie Endorses Trump for President

One theory about the quick demise of Chris Christie’s presidential campaign — once so full of promise — is that there was only room for […]

City Life

Flyers Goalie Preserves Win With Incredible Save in Closing Seconds

The Flyers currently sit on the outside of the playoffs, but they have a good chance to make up some ground in the next two […]

Restaurants

Checking in at Susanna Foo’s SuGa

Wednesday night I checked in at SuGa, Susanna Foo’s return to Center City. Foo, whose eponymous Walnut Street restaurant once set the bar for Asian food […]

City Life

NTSB: Flight Crew at Fault in 2014 PHL Accident

This article has been updated to include NTSB video of the 2014 accident. The March 2014 accident where a US Airways plane’s nose gear collapsed […]

City Life

Penn to Raise Tuition 3.9 Percent

Penn will raise tuition by 3.9 percent for 2016-17 undergrads, the Daily Pennsylvanian reports. The total yearly cost of attendance — including room, board, and […]

Restaurants

Official: P.J. Clarke’s Coming to Curtis Center

It’s official, New York City’s landmark P.J. Clarke’s is coming to the Curtis Center at 6th and Walnut Streets. A news conference today announcing the restaurant and the […]

City Life

New Penn Design Dean Leaving Texas Because of “Campus Carry” Gun Law

The new dean of Penn’s School of Design says he never would have left his old job if it weren’t for guns. Frederick Steiner, announced […]