Features: The Next Great American City
One recent morning, I am sitting in an office at 17th and Market streets, chatting with real estate broker Larry Steinberg about the latest sign […]
Rock ’n’ Roll: Rittenhouse Square’s Excitable Boy
I always said there are two kinds of men: those that don’t want to go home, and those that never want to go out. Warren […]
The Secret Lives of Wasps
Dining and drinking à la Wasp Nancy Grace, writing in Vogue, April 1st, 1957, “Entertaining in Philadelphia”: “Mr. and Mrs. Robert Montgomery Scott live in one […]
The End of the Lie
It’s simple. Almost frighteningly simple. And the next phase of the Cognosensor’s development, Chance said, is already under way: remote sensing. That means that someday […]
Celebrity: Life’s a Beach
It’s 10 a.m. at the Times Square Marriott Marquis, and Gervase is waiting in a long conference room with five other “Survivors” (once you have […]
Loco Parentis: He’s a Believer
“What do you kids know about the Bible?” We’ve just sat down to supper when Doug poses this question. Marcy looks at him like he’s […]
My Philadelphia Story: Wilma McNabb
What’s it take to be a good mom? Well, there’s not a book on that. You just try to do the best you can. When […]
Contrarian: Wi-Fi? Because We Can
STREET’S MANAGING DIRECTOR used this same “big customer” logic last year when he cut 100 cars out of the city’s vehicle fleet by contracting with […]
Features: Who Really Runs This Town?: Burying Lincoln Steffens
Over the past six months, we’ve engaged in frank, off-the-record discussions with the city’s power elite, many of whom appear on our list of the […]