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Pulse: The Parking Crusade

Once again this year, some downtown parking providers pigged out on Flower Show traffic. As the streets around the Convention Center filled with fresh sheep […]

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Pulse: Q&A: Tall Tale

Wilt Chamberlain, raised in Overbrook and later an NBA star in this city, was the biggest athlete, metaphorically and otherwise, that Philadelphia has misunderstood (which […]

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Pulse: Affairs: Smoke & Cleaners

When City Council took up a ban on smoking in public places, we heard plenty from tavern owners as they showed their lobbying clout at […]

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Pulse: Affairs: Girls Gone Mild

As senior Sveta McShane strides the corridors of Radnor High School in typical teen gear — layered necklaces, skirt over jeans — she isn’t worrying […]

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Pulse: Affairs: The Philadelphia Falcons

When he climbs into the towers of the Girard Point Bridge later this month, Art McMorris will be hoping their most notorious resident is having […]

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Pulse: Media: Let Me Tell You About Betsy Ross

In March, when the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp. announced that a gaggle of bell-ringing, bench-­hogging storytellers — trained at the ­Benstitute — would be […]

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Pulse: Media: Sweeps Swan Song

A revolution is coming to Philadelphia television, and it could mean this month is your last chance to watch local TV news stations set up […]

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Pulse: Power: A Cult Hit

To some people, preserving the Art Deco treasures of West Philadelphia’s Convention Hall was a near-religious calling. So perhaps it’s fitting that during the building’s […]

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Pulse: Power: See Slots … Run

South Philly: What: Slots plus theater, retail, restaurants and a hotel, off Columbus Boulevard. Who: Vegas-based gaming barons Caesars Entertainment. Local power lawyer Lenny Klehr […]

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Pulse: Player: Marisa de los Santos

When talking about the things that can change a writer’s life, Marisa de los Santos cites the New Yorker and Oprah. Add Sex and the […]

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Off the Cuff

I write this just as a conclave of cardinals is set to begin selecting the new pope, a process that will provide an important answer […]

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Travel: Island Hopping: Villas Plus

All the privacy of a plush seaside villa, all the amenities of a top-flight resort: That’s the (trend-driven) idea behind Grand Isle Resort in Great […]

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Home: A Taste of Spring

When Jayson Grossberg, owner of Alphabet Soup Catering and chef/partner at 707, invites his Ardmore neighbors into his professional-grade home kitchen for a bite, they […]

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Pulse: Style: Marketplace: Makeover Story

Center City shoppers let out a collective sob upon hearing that Barneys New York Co-Op had decided not to open on Walnut Street back in […]

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Pulse: Style: Ragas Report

Shop Talk : MONKEY HILL“It’s nice for things to have stories,” says Bruce Imber, co-owner of Monkey Hill, Lambertville’s funkiest shelter emporium, located in the […]