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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, […]

City Life

Lynne Abraham: Can a Woman Win the Philadelphia Mayor’s Race?

It seems an unlikely thing to be doing with Lynne Abraham. On a cool, breezy Friday in New York in December, we’re at the Frick, […]

City Life

Philly Love Stories

Love can be hard. (Sigh.) But despite all of our modern day distractions — Tinder! Free Porn! Facebook Flirting! — it is still worth seeking […]

City Life

Wing Bowl: Is It Time to End It?

Early one Friday morning last January, I was surrounded by roughly 20,000 screaming fans, an army of half-naked women, and an effigy of Ruben Amaro. […]

City Life

Moonstone Preschool: The Bella Vista Toddlertopia Your Kid Can’t Get Into

Danielle Baker stared at the sheet of paper in her hand. There were more than 150 parents squeezed together in a too-small room for the […]