City Living
5 Philly Tumblrs You Should Be Following
As I recently discovered during an innocuous search for Thor GIFs, Tumblr can be a mind-altering place, populated by obsessive, combative Internet users who specialize […]
Valentines Day: Time to Say #WhyILovePhilly
It’s Valentine’s Day, so once again the folks at Philly Love Notes are behind an effort to get everybody within reach of Twitter to tell […]
Philly Ice Storm Taking A Toll on Trees and Roads of Chestnut Hill and Northern Suburbs
Phillymag.com correspondent Larry Mendte, who rounded up a bunch of Emmy nominations last night, is celebrating by pounding the icy pavement to document the toll the Philly […]
End The Philadelphia Inferiority Complex Now!
I’d only lived in Philadelphia for about three years when The New York Times published the article everyone is still pissed about. Yes, the one […]
A Hilarious and Ridiculously Accurate Map of Philadelphia
Remember the illustrated map Vogue tried to make about Philadelphia? You know, the one that got every single detail horribly wrong? Anyways, here’s one that gets […]
Meet the “Hipsters of Philadelphia”
Ever wanted an illustrated breakdown of Philadelphia’s variegated, geographically distinct hipster species? Philadelphia designer Kate Otte has created one on her Tumblr.
All of the Philly Bars I Went to In My 20s Have Closed
The end of Sugar Mom’s marked it: The bars of my youth are gone. The places I haunted as a 20-something are closed. Alfa, Sugar […]
Can Someone Help James Dupree?
And Let’s Fix Eminent Domain
While We’re at It.
Would someone please help James Dupree already? For weeks I’ve been following his story. Hopefully you know it by now. In case you don’t, he’s […]
It’s Snowing in Philadelphia Again*
Even when it doesn’t snow in Philadelphia, it snows in Philadelphia.
Is It Time to Tear Down the Boyd Theater?
This is the old Boyd Theater on the 1900 block of Chestnut Street. The once-glorious Art Deco movie theater has been dormant since 2002 and […]
NoSavesies: Here’s Why Saving Your Parking Spot Is a Bunch of BS
Walking down my block this morning, I saw something beautiful. About half a dozen vacant parking spots, framed by piles of half-melted, salt-stained, tire-mushed brown-yellow-gray […]
Moldy Teddy Bears and Dead Bouquets Aren’t How I Want to Be Remembered
Up in New York City, an odd battle broke out late last week over a “spontaneous shrine” — one of those compilations of stuffed animals, […]
PHOTO: There’s a Jordanian Beer Called “Philadelphia”
From a Redditor who found himself in Jordan.
Philadelphia Parking Authority Boots Widow’s Car Over 23-Year-Old Tickets
Bucks County’s Judi Space had to come to Center City last week to meet with her estate attorney, since her husband passed away suddenly in […]
A Photo of a PPA Truck Towing a PPA Car
Either a PPA car was not following parking laws. (Not entirely unusual.) Or a PPA car was, more boringly, broken down. Either way, we love […]