City Living
Mark Squilla’s Complete Streets Bill Is Good for Cars
This Thursday, City Council’s Committee on Streets and Services will introduce bill 120532, and many cyclists will cautiously rejoice. Better known as Complete Streets, the […]
Teachers at 14 PA Colleges May Strike
Cops Use FindMyRobbers to Nab Rite Aid Raiders. A GPS-enabled pill bottle swiped from a drug store in Northeast Philly last night led Philadelphia police […]
Petraeus Lives in Philly???!!!
If this isn’t an endearingly Philly headline, I don’t know what is: “Petraeus email trail has Philly link.” No matter what the big national story […]
What Happened to Philadelphia’s Missing Votes?
There’s no doubt that Democrats handily beat Republicans at the Philadelphia polls last week: Philly is Philly after all. Still, if one was a paranoid Republicans—the […]
Mitt Romney Didn’t Get a Single Vote in 59 Philadelphia Voting Divisions
Need proof that Philadelphia really, really, really a Democratic town? How about this: In 59 of the city’s voting divisions last week—mostly in West and […]
Daily News Unveils Redesign, New Neighborhood-Centric Reporting
The Philadelphia Daily News today unveiled a total redesign of the paper, complete with a new logo and and other design changes that try to […]
Is City Council About to Trade Away Philadelphia’s Walkability Advantage?
When my wife and I decided to move to Philadelphia from Kansas four years ago, one of the first decisions we made was to ditch […]
Petraeus Scandal Has Philly Connection
Drexel study is going to look into building a pedestrian platform to connect West Philly to Art Museum. You go, John Fry. [Inquirer] Strike at […]
Philly’s Walkability Helped City Survive the Recession. Really.
Center City Philadelphia has long had a reputation as one of the most “walkable” areas of the country—it’s easy to head out the door and […]
New Whole Foods Will Build at 22nd and Pennsylvania
Remember that vague story this morning about giant new Whole Foods store being planned for somewhere near the Philadelphia Museum of Art? The Philadelphia Business […]
You Will Lose Your Smartphone in Philadelphia
Philadelphia tops the list of cities where your smartphone is most likely to go missing—whether through theft or simple misplacement or your child being devious. […]
VIDEO: Watch Zombies Destroy Philadelphia in Brad Pitt’s World War Z
Which is scarier? Zombies destroying Philadelphia, or Brad Pitt’s decision to go the stringy-haired urban hippie father look for this role? The movie comes out […]
Don’t Let NYC Out-Tribute Philly on Our Own History
One man, two very different tributes. That’s the story of Louis I. Kahn, the iconic Philadelphia architect whose work has earned accolades and devotion around […]
Report: Jon Gruden Could Be Next Eagles Coach?
U.S. Supreme Court Halts Pennsylvania Murderer’s Execution. Hubert Lester Michael Jr.—death row guys always use three names—escaped lethal injection when the Supremes intervened Thursday night. […]
Nah’Easter Love-Taps City
Athena Wisely Avoids Philly. You can’t blame us for our Post-Sandy Stress Disorder freakout yesterday, but in the end the season’s first nor’easter pretty much […]