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From Bear to Wilmington
Are you del-aware that Delaware is hosting its first ever state-wide restaurant week? Yep, the “Small Wonder” state is jumping on the restaurant week bandwagon […]
Eyeball Bender From the Past
This 1959 photo shows a corner hotel. We cannot make out the name and our research came out fruitless. Can you recognize what is at […]
Eyeball Bender from the Past
We think this might be kind of an easy one but it is timely. In this 1972 photograph it was the 56 Bar, what is […]
Eyeball Bender From The Past
It’s now a bar with a pleasing beer selection. In 1972 it was Philadelphia Blacksmiths Supply Co. Do you recognize it? Photo via PhillyHistory.org.
Letters From South Philly
Send an email to lettersfromsouthphilly@gmail.com with your street address and a bit about yourself, and South Philly retiree Jean Merritt will handwrite and mail you […]
Eyeball Bender From The Past
This photo was taken on July, 28th 1941. Can you name what restaurant currently resides at this location? Can you? Can you? Photo via PhillyHistory.org
From the Editor: May 2007
Sometimes it’s cool to be running a magazine. For about 10 days in late March, I did little else but ask beautiful women to take […]
From the Editor: Design of the Times
Next year, this magazine, the oldest city magazine in the nation, will celebrate its 100th birthday. When you’ve been around as long as we have, […]
From the Editor: June 2007
BACK WHEN WE WERE DELIBERATING over whom to endorse in last month’s mayoral primary, there was some internal concern about Michael Nutter’s chances. He was […]
From the Editor: April 2007
I like to think of this magazine as the chronicler of the soap opera that is the Philadelphia region. Like any good daytime drama, we […]
From the Editor May 2006
Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson has to go. Now. The TV was on for background noise while I was reviewing a draft of this issue’s cover […]
State Rep. From Philly Removed Confederate Flag From Harrisburg Display
A flag display in Harrisburg is drawing quite a bit of controversy. The Hanover Area Historical Society’s display of 50 flags, which signify different periods of North […]
Three Explanations From Chip
Chip Kelly addressed a variety of topics during his post-game press conference. Here is what he said about three specific decisions from the Eagles’ 48-30 […]
Avance, From The Inside
As promised, here’s a look inside Avance – chef Justin Bogle‘s new modernist temple on Walnut Street. You can see how he completely revamped the dining room […]
Lessons From Twitter
Twitter turned five yesterday. Happy birthday, Twitter. (Repeat 140 million times.) That’s the number of tweets posted, on average, every day, according to Twitter. Per […]