City Living
PHOTO: What Are These Giant Lines In the Philadelphia Sky?
UPDATE: Can HAARP, chemtrails or Cecily Tynan explain any of this? Read the followup here. Original: I don’t mean to alarm anyone, but while in […]
Two Dudes Will Bike the City’s 72-Mile Border Tomorrow
Shawn McKenna–a triathlete (and market researcher) and a friend, James Huth, are embarking on a 72-mile (give or take) expedition tomorrow to cycle the entire […]
Q&A: Franklin Flea Founder Mark Vevle
The same day that we learned that the Brooklyn Flea brand failed here in Philadelphia, we also learned that its locally based manager, Mark Vevle, […]
SEPTA Might Finally Have a Half-Decent iPhone App
Oh, thank God. Philadelphia Business Journal reports: “SEPTA launched a new iPhone app that shows — in real time — the arrival times of trains, […]
“I Was the One Who Found the Eye”: Tales and Photos From the SEPTA Lost and Found
I’ve been riding the West Trenton line to and from work for six years. That’s roughly 3,120 trips, or, as I’ve come to realize, 3,120 […]
Handyman 2.0?
So, you need that coffee table from Ikea assembled? Hot soup delivered to your sick brother? The next cubicle wrapped in cling wrap on April […]
Center City’s Paul Levy Leads Philadelphians on Innovator List
Via Philadelphia Business Journal, we see that Paul Levy, executive director of Center City District, leads the list of Philadelphians in Top 100 City Innovators Worldwide […]
Zillow Ranks Philly’s Top Trick-or-Treating ‘Hoods
Our old friends at Zillow have released a list of the country’s top Trick-or-Treating cities. Philadelphia comes it at #9 (S.F. is number one). Our […]
10 Things Montreal Has That Philly Desperately Needs
Montreal is a great city. Philadelphia is a great city. Here, some things that our great city should steal from theirs, based on observations from […]
RIP Carl Goldenberg, Peanut Chew Mogul
Carl Goldenberg, who headed the family that made Goldenberg Peanut Chews, has died at age 85.
What Philadelphia Lost When it Lost Dr. Walter P. Lomax Jr.
On this past Thursday at 8:30 a.m., 81-year-old Dr. Walter P. Lomax Jr. passed away. “So what?” you ask. “What’s the big deal?” you ask. […]
Uber Lowering Prices in Philly
Since Uber debuted in Philadelphia in 2012, the minimum fare has stayed constant at $15. Today, the limo/alt-cab service announced it was lowering that […]
Philadelphia Deserves a Better Flag
I know this fellow from Washington, D.C. No, not the guy who tried to help me dispose of my trash over Labor Day weekend. This […]
Catcalled Woman Photographs Her Catcallers
Photographer Hannah Price had never been catcalled until moving to Philadelphia and was so fascinated by the experience of being harassed that she decided to […]
WATCH: TEDx Drexel Got Pranked This Weekend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yFhR1fKWG0 On Saturday, Drexel University hosted its third TEDx symposium—independently organized TED talks showcasing the same flavor of futurism and technological wowing as the flagship, […]