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Property

New Service Will Guide You to the Suburb That’s Just Right for You

Let’s say that you’re one of those people with a literary bent: You love to talk about books and ideas and you spend hours reading […]

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City Life

Philly Coronavirus News: White House “Concerned” About Philly, SEPTA Gets More Extreme

A roundup of Philly coronavirus news. White House “Concerned” About Philly Coronavirus Numbers White House coronavirus expert Deborah Birx showed up on Good Morning America […]

Reading Terminal Market
Philadelphia Wedding

Reading Terminal Market Temporarily Waives Its Wedding Venue Fee Due to Coronavirus

Postpone, don’t cancel: It’s become the mantra of the wedding world in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, as couples hurry to reschedule spring weddings […]

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Property

Just Listed: Future Colonial in Wayne

Got time to wait for good things to come your way?  If you do, you will want to check out what your next home could […]

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City Life

Why This Penn Surgeon Is Worried About Appendectomies and Shootings During the Coronavirus Crisis

Last week, Penn surgeon Elinore Kaufman wrote a moving op-ed in the New York Times entitled “Please, Stop Shooting. We Need the Beds.” In her […]

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City Life

Philly Coronavirus News: Grocery Store Workers Need Masks, Runners Need a New Place to Run

A roundup of Philly coronavirus news. Dear Grocery Stores: The Coronavirus Called, Please Get Your Employees Masked If you visit “essential” or “life-sustaining” businesses in […]

Be Well Philly

Philly-Area Studios Streaming at-Home Fitness Classes for Kids

We know parents have enough to keep track of, between Zoom schooling and keeping everybody fed. But, sometimes a great online sport or fitness class […]

Restaurants

Philly Restaurant Merch I’d Buy Even If We Weren’t Face-to-Face With a Deadly Pandemic

Our restaurants need us. They need us to buy gift cards, they need us to order takeout, they need us to donate to their staff […]

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City Life

Pregnant in a Pandemic: “I Started to Think That Maybe I Should Just Give Birth in My Bathtub”

Two days before she was supposed to give birth, Erica Schmidt found out she could only bring one support person into the delivery room with […]

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Property

New Fund Helps Small Builders Weather the Coronavirus Storm

The effort to blunt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus has not only put the economy in a coma but also threatened the very survival […]

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Property

Just Listed: Modern Traditional Townhouse in Fishtown

If you’re one of those people who wants a newish-from-the-ground-up house but has Gotten Over the standard modernist Philly rowhouse, you should find this neotraditional […]

Be Well Philly

11 Healthy Meal Delivery Services That Are Still Open in Philly

In an effort to flatten the curve, Philadelphians have been staying home. And social distancing, however beneficial and necessary, can make grocery shopping for a […]

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Philadelphia Wedding

Here’s Who Can Get Married in Philly During the Coronavirus Crisis

The Philadelphia Register of Wills has issued new guidelines for marriage for emergency situations and licenses that have not yet expired during the coronavirus quarantine. […]

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City Life

Philly Coronavirus News: Philly Gets Masked, Picnickers Get Tossed, Recycling Gets Bumped

A roundup of Philly coronavirus news. Philly Gets Masked for the Coronavirus The CDC has issued new guidelines for wearing masks during the coronavirus crisis. […]

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City Life

Jerry Blavat on Sinatra, the Mob, and the Music That Connects Us

Celebrating his 60th year in radio, and with his 80th birthday on the horizon, Jerry Blavat — a.k.a. the Geator with the Heater, the Big […]