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Kaukab Siddique Keeps Saying Terrible, Anti-Semitic Stuff on Facebook

I wish I had never looked at Kaukab Siddique’s Facebook page. But I couldn’t help myself—I got curious when I saw that the Lincoln University […]

Property

Tacony Named “Great Neighborhood” Winner by American Planning Association

“Will people finally notice Tacony?” was a question posed right here on Property many, many moons ago (about a month or so after the blog was started, […]

Citified

Finally, Someone Explained Councilmanic Prerogative

WTF is Councilmanic prerogative? That’s a question that has been asked by countless journalists, developers, political junkies and people trying to buy city-owned property in Philadelphia […]

Restaurants

Spit Roast For Drury Beer Garden’s Third Anniversary

Drury Beer Garden will celebrate its third anniversary with a spit roast this Saturday, July 25th from 12-5 pm. Head over to the beer garden to enjoy complimentary […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Would You Get Married at a Funeral Home?

We’re all for a non-traditional wedding venue, but this one caused us to raise an eyebrow: Apparently it is now becoming a thing to host your wedding at […]

Restaurants

Watch: Trailer for Erace Brothers’ Great American Food Finds

We told you a bit ago that brothers Adam and Andrew Erace of Green Aisle Grocery are getting a food network show. With just over a week […]

City Life

Uh-Oh! Cheating Online Isn’t Safe Anymore

“I mean isn’t that why we are here, to be as discreet as possible?” Those enticing words probably sound a little different today to the […]

City Life

Man With Plastic Bag on Head Robs Philly Dunkin Donuts

Hours of police surveillance footage streams by every week, and so we have seen plenty of odd criminal disguises. Just today the police released footage […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Watch Adam Levine Serenade Behati Prinsloo On Their First Anniversary

Just the other day my sister sent out a group text to inform my mom and I that Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine and his model wife Behati […]

Restaurants

SpOt Burgers Gets a Storefront

Josh Kim isn’t just busy coming up with new sandwiches. The owner of the SpOt Burgers food cart has also landed a storefront. According to […]

City Life

Officials: Philly Prison Guard Was Stabbed 12 Times

[Update, 1:30 p.m.] Ken Gavin, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, said “the plans for the pope to visit the correctional facility have not […]

City Life

New York Times Refuses to Publish Cosby Deposition (We Asked)

At the beginning of July, the Associated Press made international headlines when it was the first to obtain freshly unsealed documents in Andrea Constand‘s 2005 suit […]

Property

Divine Lorraine Update: Four “Vetri-Caliber” Restaurants Planned

It’s not a dream, people. The long-planned transformation of the Divine Lorraine Hotel into a luxury apartment building starting to become a reality. It’s now fully […]

Restaurants

Friday Saturday Sunday Throwing One Last Wine Dinner

Restaurant institution Friday Saturday Sunday has been around since 1973, the lone survivor of Philadelphia’s first restaurant renaissance. Weaver and Jamie Lilly have guided the […]

Chris Christie
City Life

Chris Christie Forsakes Bruce Springsteen

Et tu, Bruce? Chris Christie is a Bruce Springsteen fan. This has been one of the more charming parts of the Jersey governor’s prickly personality […]