City Living
Bart Blatstein Opts for “Invisible Man” Over Brand Name
Somewhere between turning South Columbus Boulevard into an extension of South Jersey and turning Northern Liberties into a newer Old City, developer Bart Blatstein figured […]
I Tried New York’s Bike Share
Over the weekend, I tested New York’s weeks-old CitiBike bike share program. An unhealthy amount of my time was spent idling at intersections, bashfully deflecting […]
When It Comes to Collecting Back Property Taxes, Does Philly Have Hope?
In March, the Inquirer’s data-laden, three-part series on tax delinquency, by Patrick Kerkstra, essentially reaffirmed much of what we learned from Kerkstra’s data-laden Inquirer series […]
Philly Parents Want Elected School Board
The shocking idea of having free elections to choose a school board in the city of Philadelphia where free elections were born has flared up […]
Making Sense of the Fear Over Germantown H.S. Closure
When the School District of Philadelphia announced at the beginning of this year that it was closing 37 schools—a number later whittled down to 29—parents […]
Looking for Weed in the Italian Market
A couple weeks ago, someone on Reddit published a photo of this handmade sign advertising marijuana plants. He said he snapped it at the Italian Market. […]
Map Proves Philly Only City in the Country that Actually Says “Hoagie”
Everybody knows Philadelphians say things pretty…well, differently. Here’s a map created by North Carolina State grad student Joshua Katz that proves it. The blue parts? “Hoagie.” The […]
What Does Bart Blatstein Think of Philadelphia’s Future?
Few people have had a bigger impact on Philadelphia in the last couple of decades than Bart Blatstein, who’s not only re-imagined and revitalized Northern […]
Don’t Blame Philly for Being So Small-Business Unfriendly
I must apologize to the City of Philadelphia. Just this week, a new survey put Philadelphia #27 out of 30 cities as “friendly” for small-business […]
Philadelphia Was America’s “Sin City” in the 18th Century
At least, that’s what a new piece at Huffington Post suggests: After the Revolutionary War Philadelphia experienced a sexual golden age, replete with casual sex […]
List: Philly Is Fifth-Best City for “Fresh College Graduates”
No, there aren’t that many good jobs in Philly. But hey: We’re cheap! That’s why the city ranks fifth in Nerd Wallet’s new list of […]
Philly Zoo Gets New Gorilla
Metro reports: Kira, a western lowland gorilla, will soon be leaving Franklin Park Zoo (in Boston) to make her new home at the Philadelphia Zoo for […]
How Small-Business Unfriendly Is Philadelphia?
Paying taxes this year made me understand the nut jobs in the Tea Party. A recent study shows that Philadelphia is about as hospitable to […]
Whatever Happened to Integration?
As Philadelphia readers and the rest of the city have been reminded again, bridging the worlds of black and white in this city is a […]
So, That Brooklyn Flea Philly Thing Happened This Weekend
Sunday marked the kickoff of Brooklyn Flea Philly, the local edition of the wildly successful flea market in New York City.