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JG Domestic Offers Lunchtime Blue Plate Special

Looking for quality food at affordable prices? Or just somewhere to eat near 30th Street Station when the food trucks aren’t at the Porch? Well, […]

Restaurants

Today: Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s

Everyone loves ice cream, especially free ice cream. Today is Free Cone Day at Ben and Jerry’s locations. It’s the 34th year in a row […]

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Food Trucks Making Wednesday and Friday Stops at the Porch

The Porch at 30th Street Station is back with another year of programming and Wednesdays and Fridays mean food trucks.

City Life

Don’t Look Now, But Drexel Women’s Hoops Playing for NIT Championship

While consumed with Kevin Ware’s horrific injury and Mike Rice’s abusive behavior, I suspect many of us missed the local NCAA angle: Drexel women’s basketball […]

City Life

Drexel Law Offering Students 2-Year, Vacationless Degrees

No, this isn’t some University of Phoenix type pseudodegree. Drexel University’s Earle Macke School of Law is giving students the option to graduate in two […]

City Life

Penn Sues Wharton…for Not Being Wharton

Last month we featured the Perelman vs. Perlman saga. This month, it’s Wharton vs. Wharton. UPenn is suing a California business education something or other […]

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Cheap Eats: In Defense Of Vegan Meatballs

There’s no end of reasons to hate on fake meat, but the ultra-processed, pathetically aspirational, environmentally shifty stuff does have one thing going for it: […]

Property

Staging 101: Do Not Cover Bong With Boxer Shorts

Actually, we can’t really tell what the boxer shorts are covering. The first thought was a lamp, but then, there’s a lamp right next to […]

Property

Weekend Picks: Kitsch Estate Sale + Antique Show + Tool Sale = Secondhand Rose

Deliciously kitschy estate sale: Sat., March 16, 9am-2pm; and Sun., March 17, 9am-2pm. 600 E. Fifth St. Florence, NJ 08518 Spring Garden Indoor Antique & […]

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University of Pennsylvania Food by the Numbers

Penn’s 34th Street magazine breaks down the Ivy League university’s dining options by the number. Everything from the price of coffee to what food trucks […]

Property

Development Around Drexel Endangers Professor’s Well-Being

Drexel professor Kathleen Volk-Miller, who heads up the Painted Bride Quarterly literary magazine and brought the international Literary Death Match to Philadelphia (the only city […]

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Cedar Park: Thrift Store Out, Little Baby’s Ice Cream In

Cedar Park in University City is undergoing more transformation. Now old bowling shoes depart and non-dairy milkshakes move in.

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The Porch at 30th Street Station Announces April Programming

On a day that won’t have you thinking about hanging outdoors, it might be nice to know about some outdoor events that are less than […]

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Green Garden, Tony’s Barbershop for Sale on Baltimore Avenue in University City

Tony’s Barbershop, where the mayor of Baltimore Avenue once worked, is for sale. And Green Garden restaurant’s business is for rent. Times are a’ changin’ in Cedar Park, University City.

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Right Now: $5 for 22-Ounces of Nugget Nectar

Troegs Nugget Nectar is one of the most sought-after beers of the year and the beer has started shipping in kegs from the Harrisburg brewer. […]