City Living
What the New York Post Got Wrong About Dating in Philadelphia
I thought I had more time. I turned 30 in January, but I did not fret about being single. Let’s be clear: Thirty is old, […]
Smooth Jazz Makes Philly Comeback, Proves It’s Immortal
Do you have a place in your heart that’s been empty for five years, one that can only be filled by Dave Koz, David Sanborn […]
Baby Dies After Five-Story Fall
Tragic: A baby boy has died after falling several stories from an apartment window in Philadelphia’s Powelton section Tuesday afternoon. Police were called around 12:45 […]
Security Cameras Planned for All Rec Centers, Playgrounds
NewsWorks: Surveillance cameras, along with other equipment designed to promote safety, are scheduled to be installed at more than a dozen recreation centers and playgrounds […]
32% of Your Income Is Spent on Rent and Other Super Fun Facts About Philly’s Rental Market
Real estate swami Trulia has crunched the numbers on the rental market in the nation’s biggest cities. Here’s what they found about Philly: Rents increased […]
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 […]