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Mayor Nutter Likes Car-Free Streets, Too
Good morning, Philadelphia. Here’s what you need to know today: • Mayor Nutter wants to repeat Popeadelphia’s car-free streets, too — and soon. One of the […]
Larry Brown Is In Trouble With the NCAA. Again.
Yesterday the NCAA announced (read the full decision below) that the basketball program at Southern Methodist University had “committed multiple violations, including academic fraud, unethical conduct […]
WATCH: Ratmobile Invokes Pope Francis Outside Comcast Center
Last Thursday, NBC 10’s technicians and photographers went on strike. On Friday, IBEW Local 98 leader John Dougherty said two union members picketing were hit […]
6 Reasons Why That Wedding Dress You Tried on Isn’t The One
“When it’s The One, you’ll know it.” We hear that line all the time when a bride-to-be is shopping for her wedding dress. And, in […]
A Happy Hour to Help the Homeless
A happy hour to support the homeless is approaching and you can help join the cause by drinking cheap beer, eating delicious food and bringing […]
Little Pete’s Site Will No Longer Be a Hudson Hotel
Little Pete’s restaurant and the three-story parking garage that sits above it will not become a Hudson Hotel. Instead, the Inquirer reports, the 17th and Chancellor […]
City Paper Shutting Down, Merging Operations with PW
The Philadelphia alt-weekly wars are over. Today Broad Street Media today announced it had acquired the rights to the City Paper intellectual property. As a […]
Philly Restaurants: City Wants to Know How Bad Things Were During Pope Francis
We’ve heard a lot of testimony from Philadelphia restaurateurs about how their businesses were affected by the Pope Francis visit, or, perhaps, by how the […]
Hurricane Joaquin’s Projected Path Looks Bad for Philly
[UPDATE: 12:00 P.M., October 1st] Hurricane Joaquin Moves North; Will It Make Landfall? No matter what Hurricane Joaquin does, it looks like we’re in for a wet […]
On the Rise: Concrete Pour at One Riverside Scheduled for Next Week
Here’s a brief update on the One Riverside project. Hot off the heels of the kid-oriented (and immensely successful) construction site festival, Dranoff Properties has […]
Point Guard Kendall Marshall Looks to Lead Sixers By Example
You wouldn’t expect Kendall Marshall to be this well-traveled only three years after being selected 13th overall in the 2012 draft. Yet here Marshall is, […]
5 Takeaways from Tuesday’s Mayoral Debate
Philadelphia will pick its mayor in 34 days. On Tuesday night, the five mayoral candidates (Democrat Jim Kenney, Republican Melissa Murray Bailey, Independent Jim Foster, Independent Boris Kindij […]
Donald Trump on Pope Francis: “I Don’t Like The Little Car”
There’s a good profile on Donald Trump in Forbes this week, based around the obsession Trump and other billionaires have with their position on the […]
The Dos & Don’ts of Breaking Up With a Wedding Vendor
It goes without saying that your wedding vendors play a huge role in your Big Day—they’re responsible for bringing your entire vision to life, so […]
Dear Guinness: Here’s How Not to Debut Your Crappy New Guinness Nitro IPA
Dear Guinness, On Tuesday around noon, I received an invitation “to be among the first people in Philadelphia to try out Guinness Nitro IPA” at […]