People, Places, News & Views
People, Places, News & Views
Literary agents, best-selling authors, and industry conveners — they’re having some of their biggest successes in Philly.
At the bottom of a steep block on the west side of Scranton, next to a clapboard home with peeling white paint, there’s a pizza […]
I was 13 years old in 1976—not exactly a budding patriot, but a good enough student of American history by that point to understand that […]
Head to The Main Line, home to the estate that inspired The Philadelphia Story, and houses like this one are hard to come by. In […]
Jeffrey Rotwitt’s Sun Center Studios wants to bring blockbuster film to Chester.
Philadelphia is just not like other cities. In its neighborhoods, in its politics, in its characters, in its food, this town has never been an […]
The woman above, the FBI informs us today, was a member of the “May 19th Communist Organization, a Marxist-Leninist organization which advocated the armed revolution […]
Brainiac scientists. The city’s most fanatical fans. A Mister Softee aficionado who stole our hearts — and more of our favorite neighbors this year
This city has had a love affair with the pitchers, running backs, goalies, and point guards who have called it home. Here, we present our definitive ranking. Let the debates begin.
What’s the over/under on the percentage of Eagles fans who know who Vera Wang is, any given Sunday at the Linc? Two? Three? Anyways, could […]
Couple non-Philly related baseball items, if you’ll indulge me. One, the Commish is officially resigning after next season. Bud is gone! Long live Bud! Two, […]
The Wall Street Journal (paywalled) has an editorial out that criticizes the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers for refusing to acquiesce to the reforms Gov. Corbett has […]
Don’t listen to the Broncos! They’re not really praising LeSean McCoy and Michael Vick! It’s all a ruse to lull you into a false sense […]
Sure, Philly gave America democracy. But, from bubble gum to the world’s first computer to life-saving medical breakthroughs, Philadelphia’s greatest export is actually our influence.
We launched a petition to urge the Mayor and City Council to make May 21st a day to honor the brave former slave who escaped from George Washington — because no one tells Philadelphia to keep the truth to ourselves.
