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City Life

Comcast Knows How Much You Hate Them — and They Really Want to Fix It

It sounds like the title of a ’70s action flick starring Pam Grier, set to an Isaac Hayes soundtrack: Asshole Brown and SuperBitch. As it […]

Citified

A Quiet Coup in City Hall

Half the audience is sweating before the debate even begins inside the packed, sweltering basement auditorium of Greenfield Elementary School. There are at least 400 […]

City Life

Welcome to Polydelphia!

Tiffany Adams is running late. I saw that coming even before she texted me at 4:19 p.m., 11 minutes ahead of our arranged meeting at […]

City Life

Philadelphia Delivery Services: Our A-to-Z Guide

Babies, Kids and Parents What: Prescription and over-the-counter medication From: Fishtown Pharmacy, Fishtown, fishtownpharmacy.com How to Order: Text, email, phone Delivery Zone: Within five miles […]

Shoppist

One of Us: Dom Streater, Fashion Designer

My name is … Dom Streater. It’s short for Dominique. Growing up, I had myriad nicknames: Domo, Domino, Domino Brown Sugar, Dom. And Dom was […]

Citified

Is Jim Kenney the Face of New Philadelphia?

I thought there would be glad-handing. I thought there would be exuberant, sweaty-palmed high fives. I thought there would be clusters of well-wishers leaning in […]

City Life

It’s the End of The Gallery as We Know It (and That’s a Shame)

THE GALLERY DIDN’T have a Santa this year. It didn’t decorate for Christmas, either. I felt an odd sadness. When I was a kid, my mom took […]

City Life

Philly Food Truck Wars

Crammed inside the galley kitchen of a converted box truck, Robin Admana forms a mass of dough into a baseball-size wad and plops it onto […]

Citified

Wanna Buy a Mayor?

In a nondescript office building four blocks northeast of the White House, a group of elite political consultants is making decisions that may well determine […]

City Life

Natalie Guercio’s Mob Rules

Natalie Guercio lives in a funeral home. Carto, on South Broad Street. Her family has owned it forever, and until recently she was full-time there, […]