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Spotted: Santucci’s Coming to North Broad

A tipster let us in on this juicy tidbit. There’s a Santucci’s (expansion of the South Philly brand) coming to North Broad Street. Signs in the […]

City Life

Biden Pondering Presidential Run

Vice President Joe Biden — the Scranton native and former longtime U.S. Senator from Delaware — is pondering a late entry into the 2016 presidential […]

Property

500 Walnut Secures Construction Loan, Sees Big-Time Sales

The classy and glassy high-rise behind Independence Hall has moved yet another step forward. 500 Walnut officially broke ground in March, and construction has been humming […]

City Life

Eight Great College Football Games to See (in Person) This Fall

Football is under siege — from parents, doctors, academics, a Kennedy, even from Buzz Bissinger, the guy who wrote the definitive book on football, Friday […]

City Life

Department of Secret Shore Awesomeness: The Brigantine Day Trip

I’ll admit that I never quite saw the allure of the day trip. For as much as I love the Jersey shore (as in, so, […]

Restaurants

The Revisit: Vernick Food + Drink

Every restaurant has an inaugural “regular,” and for Vernick, it was me. At least that’s what chef Greg Vernick divulged, with a chuckle, when I […]

City Life

The Best Thing That Happened This Week

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Kathleen Kane on Report of Seth Williams Probe: Don’t Look at Me

[Update: 2:30 p.m., Aug. 22.] In a statement released late Friday, the campaign committee of Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams denied that it was the […]

City Life

Missanelli: Chase Utley Fifth Best Player in Modern Phillies History

Chase Utley left town the other day as the fifth-best player in modern Phillies history. Yep. Here’s what I’ve got, in this order: Mike Schmidt, […]

City Life

Why So Many Horny Penn Staters on Ashley Madison?

Inside Higher Ed has a wry piece on the unexpected number of .edu accounts in the data revealed by the hackers of adultery-enabling website Ashley […]

City Life

Civil Rights Lion Julian Bond Was a Bucks County Cub

A couple years ago, I was strolling through Philadelphia International Airport when I came across the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple University Libraries […]

City Life

What Does Alice Goffman Have in Common With Rachel Dolezal?

When last we heard of Alice Goffman, the Penn alum whose undergrad field project became the renowned (and controversial) ethnography On the Run, she was […]

Property

Property’s Photo of the Week: Dog Days at Devil’s Pool

A photo posted by NJ | PA | Beyond (@r.zntch) on Aug 20, 2015 at 10:12am PDT With the dog days of summer soon to […]

Restaurants

Battle of the Burger Names 20 Finalists

Philadelphia magazine’s Battle of the Burger is set for Monday, September 14th at the Armory on 23rd Street. 20 burgers have qualified via popular vote […]

Restaurants

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

It’s hot out. Baking in the sunshine, chasing the shady side of the street, slugging a frosty beverage, looking the same when you got out […]