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City Life

All Those Maddening Fees on Your Comcast Bill, Explained

1. Universal Connectivity Charge To ensure people living in low-income and rural areas have access to high-speed internet, the federal government set up a fund […]

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City Life

Who Is Leaving Flossers All Over Philly Sidewalks?

Most days, I walk 1.6 miles to work, traversing the city from one side of Broad to the other. I keep my eyes trained on […]

arnetta johnson
City Life

The 25-Year-Old Camden Trumpeter Who’s Taking the Jazz World by Storm

I’m going to use two phrases: “trumpet player” and “jazz club.” What immediately comes to mind? Chances are you’re imagining some old guy onstage playing […]

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Life & Style

This Adorable Tiny Home Is Affordable Beachfront Living at Its Finest

Haddonfield-based designer Bridget McMullin was no stranger to tiny living — a few summers spent lounging in a refurbished trailer near the Shore had sold […]

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Restaurants

We’ve Got to Stop Opening Italian Restaurants in Philly

In 2013, I worked at a restaurant in Philly called Fitler Dining Room, led by an ambitious chef named Rob Marzinsky. He did things like […]

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City Life

Can South Philly Hold On to What’s Always Made It Unique?

In the late summer of 1981, very much against my Catholic mother’s wishes, I had just moved into a rowhouse at 17th and Naudain — […]

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City Life

Quiz: How Well Do You Know South Philly?

How well do you know the South’s quirky neighborhood trivia and traditions? Let’s find out.

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City Life

Racial Discrimination Is the Legacy South Philly Can’t Seem to Outgrow

I always had a visceral dislike for Frank Sinatra,” says Tayyib Smith, owner of Little Giant Creative and co-owner of Pipeline Philly, “and I realized […]

south philly timeline
City Life

A Brief Timeline of South Philly Through the Ages

40,000 BCE– 10,000 BCE Paleolithic peoples enter North America. The Lenape settle territory along the Delaware Watershed. Buffalo roam. 1631 Dutch settlers establish a foothold […]

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City Life

Should We Be Afraid of the Mariner East Pipeline?

It was dark outside, around 5 a.m., when the flames took over the sky. Neighbors described it like this: a loud hissing noise. A massive […]