City Living
Philly Insider Arthur Makadon Dead at 70
The Inquirer (paywall) reports: Arthur Makadon, 70, one of the most influential figures in Philadelphia’s legal and political realms for the past three decades, died […]
Do Philly Drivers Honk Their Horns Too Much?
“Zenvolt,” a relatively new resident in Philadelphia, thinks so. Zenvolt posts to Reddit: Having moved to this city a few months ago, I can’t help […]
“Crowdfunding” Helps Philly Squatter Buy Home
NBC 10 reports: At a Philadelphia Housing Authority auction last week, a squatter placed the winning bid on the home she’d been living in for […]
Living In Philly Will Get You Killed … By A Car
The Inky says that Philadelphia is more dangerous than other big cities, but totally not for the reason you think. Even though cities have higher […]
In Shocking Development, Philly Ranked “Worst City” In Which to Perform Comedy
Comedian Chris Gethard, who performs with Amy Poehler’s Upright Citizens Brigade, has declared Philadelphia the worst place in the country to perform comedy. Here’s one […]
Four Reasons Philadelphia Isn’t Detroit
That didn’t take long. I’d barely just heard the news Thursday afternoon that Detroit had declared bankruptcy — the biggest municipal bankruptcy in American history — […]
WATCH: SEPTA Video of Market Street Building Collapse
The Inquirer reports: “A compelling video of the Market Street building collapse was captured by a camera on a SEPTA Route 31 bus traveling east […]
Philly Zoo Giraffe, Abigail, Celebrates Third Birthday
CBS Philly reports: Despite the sweltering heat, a crowd gathered to help one of the Philadelphia Zoo’s animals celebrate her birthday on Thursday. Abigail, the […]
Up There in the Sky! Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? No, It’s … Bacon!
I’ve been out of school for 35 years now, but while my work world runs straight through the calendar, I’ve never stopped thinking of summer […]
Ori Feibush Is an Evil Monster
Man, oh man. A lot of people really hate developer Ori Feibush, don’t they? It seems that not a week goes by without some story […]
City Rolling Out Major Anti-Poverty Plan
Yesterday the city unveiled a blunt, powerful document detailing the extent of poverty in Philadelphia–and its new plan to combat it, called “Shared Prosperity Philadelphia.” […]
Your Official Hipster Heat Map of Philadelphia
Sometimes, something is amusing purely because it is utterly unsurprising. Anthropologists call it the “Yup” phenomenon. The crowd sorcerers over at Yelp have devised a […]
July 4th Fireworks for 2013
July 5th: See New Hope/Lambertville and Lower Gwynedd, below. July 6th: See Philadelphia/Camden waterfront, Newtown, and Florence Township, below. Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia Orchestra Free Neighborhood […]
Philadelphia, Let’s Secede From Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, it’s time: Let’s secede from Pennsylvania and make our own state. Sound crazy? Maybe. But as we neared the legislature’s budget deadline in Harrisburg […]
Philly Comic Doogie Horner Makes Inevitable Move to New York
30-something Philly comedian Doogie Horner, once named Philly’s “Phunniest” man, is decamping for New York. (Maybe if we didn’t insist on putting a friggin PH […]