City Living
WATCH: Fox 29 Gets Mooned on Live TV
You’ve got to feel sorry for Fox 29’s Omari Fleming right here… …especially since this video has been bouncing around the country for several days, […]
A Subway on the Boulevard? Keep Dreaming.
Rapid transit for the Northeast is once again a live issue. So, as the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission commences the umpteenth feasibility study of […]
Philadelphia Is Growing, But the Car Population Is Shrinking
Next City writer John Geeting has been crunching numbers, and he says that Philadelphia—never a car oasis to begin with—is seeing a substantial rise in […]
When Tracing Your Ancestry Becomes a Murder Mystery
My cousin, Saul ‘Sonny’ Shister, was shot to death in 1955 in Montreal in an apparent game of Russian Roulette with his buddies. He was […]
Eat at Joe’s: How to Show Your Support For a Less Racist Cheesesteak
When you think about it, Joe Groh’s sin—if he can be accused of such—is that he decided to be a smart businessman. Racial slurs, after […]
Three Reasons to Oppose “Clear Cutting” Poor Philly Neighborhoods
The late, acerbic comedian Sam Kinison had a routine about the problem of world hunger. He’d start out quietly musing about commercials that showed starving […]
30-Year-Old Woman Dies After Fall From Window of Luxury Condo
At 4:20 a.m. this morning, a still unidentified 30-year-old woman fell from the 12th story window of the luxurious Dockside Condominiums on the Delaware River. […]
WATCH: Scarlet and Andrew’s Proposal Flash Mob in Washington Square
This is adorable. “On July 21st, Scarlet was expecting to dance in a flash mob, but she wasn’t expecting what her boyfriend Andrew had planned!” […]
No More Private Parties at the North Shore Beach Club
The Daily News‘ Molly Eichel reports: NORTH SHORE Beach Club just got itself into hot water. The Northern Liberties members-only swimming pool canceled all of […]
How Americorps Teaches Philly to Outsiders
Redditor mreliotrosewater says: “My girlfriend is doing americorps in Kensington and snagged one of the pamphlets they give out-of-town participants.” Serious question, though: Does anybody actually […]
Will the Roxy Theater Ever Reopen?
When we first learned last September that Sansom Street’s Roxy Theater was closing, it was sad — though not entirely unexpected — news. Center City’s […]
When Selling Station Naming Rights, SEPTA Can Learn from New York
Not overheard at a station somewhere along the Broad Street Line: “I’m psyched! I’ve got these great seats for the Flyers home opener at the […]
WATCH: Philly Is Ugly Trailer Disproves Title’s Assertion
Philadelphia photographer Nathaniel Dodson has created a timelapse film called Philly Is Ugly, to be released Aug. 15. Judging by the trailer below, the title […]
Slate’s “Scientific” Study Ranks Philly Drivers 2nd-Worst in Country
Slate is tired of unscientific, totally subjective studies about the country’s “worst” drivers? (I am too: My hometown of Boston always seems to wind up […]
Butkovitz To Probe Deadly Demolition Collapse
The Inquirer reports City Controller Alan Butkovitz is planning to probe how L&I handled demolition procedures that led to the deadly buildig. collapse on Market […]