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Old City’s Best Restaurants Are Throwing Down at This Block Party

Old City is ushering in the summer season with an outdoor block party featuring eats from more than 20 of the neighborhood’s best restaurants. The third […]

Property

Old Bones, New Heart in Old City for $1.55M

Can a 200-year-old house have a midlife crisis? Maybe the analogy is inapt, but what AGA Developers did to this old carriage house just above […]

Property

5 Great Homes in Hot Neighborhoods for $300K or Less

The good news for those looking to buy their first home is: There are good finds available even in the highly sought-after neighborhoods. Most of […]

Be Well Philly

Where to Find the Best Healthy Food and Workouts in Old City

Philly has an insanely wonderful fitness scene, but the truth is, many of us tend to stick to our own neighborhoods — we’ve all got […]

City Life

Being Ben and Betsy: The Double Lives of Philly’s Historical Interpreters

It’s mighty easy to get swept up in revolutionary fervor while walking the cobblestones by Independence Hall, especially once the tourist high season hits and […]

Property

A Look At The 5 Most Expensive Rentals in Philly

Last week, we offered a sampling of apartments in Washington Square West that would be ideal for an individual or household that’s just starting out. […]

Property

So You Want to Live in Old City

The neighborhood where Philadelphia began is called Old City — please, none of that faux-Colonial e-on-the-end business — for a reason: This was the earliest part of […]

Philadelphia Wedding

This Old City Winter Wedding Makes Us Feel So Cozy Inside

The cozy Old City union of Susannah Dusch and Matthew McInerney is giving us serious winter wedding feels this AM. Filled with personal touches — nodding to the name […]

Restaurants

Glory, a Beer Bar from a Eulogy Alum, Is Coming to Old City

A new craft beer pub with a menu built around Sunday roast-style dishes is slated to open at 2nd and Chestnut in the next few […]

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City Life

Cow Escapes Old City Nativity Scene Twice, Makes a Run for It on I-95

Forget Rudolph – Stormy the cow is going down in history. This morning, Stormy, a brown and white bovine belonging to Old First Reformed United […]

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Be Well Philly

Stripp’d Juice Is Closing Their Fishtown Location

https://www.instagram.com/p/BcDpwrIhoec/?taken-by=strippdjuice Last spring, one of Philly’s favorite juice-hub-healthy-eatery combo joints, Stripp’d Juice, opened their second outpost in Fishtown. Everyone was so stoked to have this hip […]

Things to Do

The Painted Bride Is Selling Its Old City Building

Anybody want to buy an arts venue? The Painted Bride is selling its property at 230 Vine Street in Old City, where the arts organization […]

City Life

The Death of Old City’s Horse-Drawn Carriage Business

The familiar sound of hooves on cobblestones may no longer stand as an enduring hallmark of Old City in tomorrow’s Philadelphia, and while I’m feeling like […]

Property

These Are The 10 Most Affordable Homes in Old City

Old City, where Philly began, may well be the closest neighborhood we have to those funky Manhattan districts like SoHo in architecture and appearance, thanks […]

Restaurants

Royal Boucherie Is About to Open in Old City. Here’s Everything You Need to Know.

It’s been a while since people were this excited about a restaurant opening in Old City — especially on 2nd Street. Broadly speaking, the Two […]