City Living
In Philadelphia, GPS Gives Turn Instructions at “Site of Shooting”
We’re going to assume this isn’t a Photoshopper with a grim sense of humor: A Philly Reddit user posted the following image of the instructions […]
WATCH: A Flash Mob Dances to Inspire Philly
From the description: “Watch as 50 dancers, ages ranging from 5-25 years old, flashmob all over the city of Philadelphia. Devin put SinCity Danco, Sterling […]
Undercover Officers Set up “Stings” for Philly Bike Thieves
The Daily News reports today that Philly Police set up occasional “stings” to trap bicycle thieves. This is normally where we’d make a joke—”Now that […]
Put the R Back in Regional Rail! Readers Respond.
Last week in this space, I launched a campaign to urge SEPTA to reverse the decision it made last year to drop the R-number route […]
WATCH: Blind Singers Bring Soul to Philly Streets
This is fairly striking: Singin’ Soul Philly from justjohnny on Vimeo. This looks to be some of the same group of people that City Paper […]
Are College Students Inflating Philly’s Poverty Rate?
City Paper reports: A census report, quietly released in May, revealed some interesting statistics about student populations and urban poverty rates. The report found that, […]
Joan Shepp Gets New Boutqiue on Walnut Street
Six months after announcing she was leaving her longtime Rittenhouse outpost (“We’re definitely not wanted here.”), Joan Shepp has found a new home. And it’s […]
Three Reasons Bike Share Will Succeed in Philly
I am thrilled that Philadelphia is getting a bike share program. And I am terrified the city is going to screw it up. Let’s face […]
Mayor Nutter: Bike Share in Philly by Summer 2014
Just got a long press release from Mayor Nutter’s office (see below). Basically, the city’s ready to start a bike-sharing program of the type that’s […]
Segways to Keep Terrorizing the Sidewalks of Philadelphia
While bikes are ghettoized in their bike lanes, everyone’s least favorite two-wheeled monsters have permission to roam free among the pedestrians, the city has declared. […]
6 Phantom SEPTA Subways, and Where to Find Them
The Roosevelt Boulevard subway isn’t the only rapid transit line Philadelphia was supposed to have but never got. There are actually a whole bunch of […]
Riding a Skateboard Is Not Like Riding a Bike
It seemed like a very bad idea. I’d recently watched Bones Brigade: An Autobiography, an excellent documentary about the skateboarders I’d idolized as a kid, […]
School Crisis: Not Just a Problem for Parents
In Sunday’s Inquirer, Brian Hackford, a 41-year-old Philly father of three says that he is divorcing the city, citing irreconcilable differences over public education. Hackford, […]
South Philly’s Boot and Saddle to Re-Open Sept. 9 with Aimee Mann and Ted Leo
At long last, South Philadelphians who’d resigned themselves to the long slog to Northern Liberties to get their fix of indie rock club shows have […]
Why Gtown Radio, the Little Internet Station with the Global Reach, Wants to Jump to Low-Power FM
Jim Bear, the founder and station manager of Gtown Radio, “The Sound from Germantown,” was an early and enthusiastic adopter of Internet radio. In the […]