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Michael Solomonov: The Culinary Emissary
Michael Solomonov was in his chef’s apron, dusty with bread flour. Zahav was still brand-new, in 2008, and he was rolling out disks for laffa, […]
Ali Perelman: New Philly’s Old Money
Ali Perelman, the millennial scion of one of the wealthiest families in Philadelphia, is shoving a giant push broom down the street in Bella Vista. […]
Joseph Forkin: The River Warden
Joseph Forkin started his march toward reuniting Philadelphia with its working river long before he made the leap this summer from COO to president of […]
Ron Barchet and Bill Covaleski: Brewmeisters, Biz Whizzes
At this point, ordering a Victory Prima Pils might be just as “Philly” as ordering a Yuengling lager — a stunning expression of the influence […]
Meryl Levitz: Tourism’s Pied Piper
When Meryl Levitz came here in 1971, “Philly tourism” was a punch line, not a billion-dollar industry. Now, Philadelphia regularly tops lists — from big-deal […]
The Sixers’ Future: Markelle Fultz, Ben Simmons & Joel Embiid
A few years ago, the Sixers marketing team got out ahead of the actual team, which created a bit of a problem for the win-thirsty […]
A Challenge to Our Most Influential Philadelphians
A few weeks ago, this magazine moved its offices from Rittenhouse Square to Washington Square, which means my daily commute in and out of the […]
Shani Akilah and Abdul-Aliy Muhammad: Rebels With a Cause
Pink slips for mayoral appointees are rare. But Mayor Kenney’s axing of Nellie Fitzpatrick as his liaison to the LGBTQ community was particularly remarkable because […]
Jon Geeting: The Urbanist
Jon Geeting changed Philly with a blog post. Granted, it’s a very small part of the city — one intersection, really — and it took […]
Feminista Jones: The One-Woman Social Justice Crusade
By day, Feminista Jones works at Witnesses to Hunger, a project of Drexel’s Center for Hunger-Free Communities. But her real clout comes from her massive […]