City Living
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 […]
Streets Department Can’t Pick Up Your Trash Because It Is Cold
Does your job let you slack off because it’s cold outside? No? Sucker. You should be working for the Philadelphia Streets Department.
Philly Has a Troubling Bedbug Problem
It’s well known–anecdotally at least–that Philly has a bedbug issue. Just do a Google search for “Bedbugs Philly.” Now, a Penn study published Wednesday in […]
SEPTA’s Been Lying to You
Has anyone out there ridden the Fox Chase-Newtown shuttle bus lately? Didn’t think so. SEPTA discontinued that replacement for the defunct Regional Rail train connecting […]
Philadelphia to Philadelphia Streets Department: You Suck at Plowing
The last time we checked, which was mid-2013, Philadelphia Streets Commissioner David Perri was earning a cool $140,000 per year, which is about $118,000 more […]
“Noxious Odor” Hits Northeast Philadelphia
NBC 10 reports that a “noxious odor” spread across Northeast Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon. “I think it smells sort of like manure or rotting organic matter. My […]
Photos: Cab Fire on Rittenhouse Square
With the roads in Philadelphia still a mess from Winter Storm Hercules, an All City cab caught on fire on Walnut Street on Friday afternoon.
Philly Police: No Saving Parking Spots With Your Lawn Chair
With any snowstorm in Philadelphia comes people trying to save the parking spots they’ve dug out on the street. They use lawn chairs. They use […]
Cool Photo: The “Billy Penn Signal” Above City Hall
Update: The photo, Larry West says, is real! Quoth: The photo is 100% real. I originally uploaded it using my phone, and wound up just […]