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Today’s Friendly Wedding PSA: Please Do Not Propose On a Dock With Slats Big Enough For the Ring to Fall Through 

I literally emitted a pained Eeeeeee as I read this story, and then heard my female colleagues make all matter of the same noise when I […]

Property

Ribbon Cutting: Opening Date Set for Ralph Brooks Park

A ribbon cutting planned for Monday, August 31 will top off a major revitalization project at Ralph Brooks Park in Point Breeze. The ceremony will officially […]

City

SEPTA Offers Optimism, Map for Pope’s Visit

“Nothing gets you closer to the pope than SEPTA.” Those were the exact words of SEPTA general manager Joseph M. Casey during a Thursday briefing, […]

Restaurants

Tis the Season for Tomato Dinners

Just about every restaurant worth its salt has is celebrating local tomatoes with at least an heirloom tomato salad nowadays. But a couple of restaurants […]

Philadelphia Wedding

WATCH: This Couple’s Music Video Involves All 250 of Their Wedding Guests

I know what you’re thinking: We’ve declared many viral wedding videos “the most epic one yet.” And it’s true, they keep getting more and more […]

City Life

FBI, Police Seek Bank Robbery Suspect

The man in the picture above is being sought for a Wednesday afternoon robbery at a Citizens Bank branch in South Philadelphia. Police say the […]

City Life

Online Voter Registration Coming to Pennsylvania

Pennsylvanians can now register to vote online by going to register.votespa.com. Gov. Tom Wolf announced the policy change at a press conference today. He said […]

Restaurants

Larry’s Steaks Burglarized

Larry Steaks at 920 West Girard Avenue, a branch of the popular St. Joseph’s University cheesesteak shop was burglarized early in the morning of Thursday, […]

Wawa Broad and Walnut
Property

New Center City Wawa Should Open on September 18th

Center City’s first new Wawa in decades should be open by the end of the summer. Wawa is hoping to open its new Broad and […]

City Life

WATCH: 35th District Cops Do the “Nae Nae”

We like to imagine that Commissioner Ramsey is spending his free time these days dreaming up ways to get his department mentioned on Buzzfeed. If […]

Property

Coming Next Summer: Apartment Development Across From Clark Park

It’s been months since we last revisited the mixed-use project planned for 4224 Baltimore Avenue, but we’ve now finally caught wind of new information regarding the long-stalled development: construction of the planned […]

City Life

What Happens When Your “Nintendo 64” Eagles Jersey Goes Viral

Jason Fanelli’s wife was just trying to give him a cute Christmas gift. She ended up making him a meme. Fanelli, who lives in Norwood […]

Property

Pole Position: Light Towers “Appropriate Signal” of North Broad’s Bright Future

Mayor Michael Nutter officially announced the plan that will completely change the look, feel and future of a nearly 2.5 mile stretch of North Broad Street […]

City Life

Here’s What’s in All Those Porngate Emails Kathleen Kane Keeps Talking About

Here’s the bottom line: A binder full of porn — about 400 of pages of it, several inches thick in total — is anything but erotic. It’s […]

City Life

Foot Orgasm? Drexel Prof Says Yes, Explains Footgasms

It wasn’t so long ago that we all had a few chuckles over Drexel University’s virtual butt, a hysterical-looking tool that allows medical students to […]