City Living
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 […]
What the Hell Is Up With All These Water Main Breaks in Philadelphia?
Just in time for Christmas, Philadelphia has suffered yet another water main break, this one causing major flooding and school closures. It seems like every […]
UPDATE: Water Main Break Disrupts Traffic, Closes Schools
Update: 11:41 am Philly.com reports: “A number of Philadelphia schools were closing at 11:30 a.m. due to the water main break, the school district said. […]
Reddit Has Some Etiquette Tips for SEPTA
Here are a select few SEPTA etiquette tips from the good people of Reddit.
Philly 109th on “Best-Performing Cities” Report
The Milken Institute has released its annual list of ‘best performing cities.’ Here’s how they came up with the ranking, per Richard Florida of the […]
The Original Charles Peruto Has Died
A. Charles Peruto Sr.—a legendary Philadelphia lawyer who was father to Chuck Jr., the flamboyant attorney—has died.
Confessions of a Gentrifier
A few months ago, toward the end of the summer, I was walking my dog near my house in East Kensington when my neighbor Franky […]