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7 Ways You Can Be the Best Broad Street Run Spectator Ever

I don’t have much interest in running the Broad Street Run. Maybe this makes me a bad Philadelphia runner. I hit the pavement four or […]

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Finally, New Details on Philly Bikeshare

During a bike share forum the city hosted Tuesday night, the crowd at the Academy of Natural Sciences was fed a few precious morsels of […]

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WATCH: The Italians Of Philadelphia

New to Vimeo is this well-produced pitch for a new Italian Museum of Philadelphia. The Italians Of Philadelphia from Romeo Photo on Vimeo. Does the […]

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10 Signs You’ve Moved Too Many Times in Your 20s

I am writing this post while sitting on my couch, which is wedged between a bookcase and an armchair in the corner of my cluttered […]

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12 Great Moments at the Penn Relays

Today, the first guns will go off for the Penn Relays, which each year draw the country’s top high school, college, professional, and masters track […]

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American Lung Assn.: Philly Air Is Dirty, But It Could Be Worse.

Via CBS Philly, we find a list that doesn’t seem to suggest that Philadelphia is the absolute worst place to live in the United States. […]

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It’s Time For An Isaac Asimov Memorial In Philadelphia

Boing Boing’s Cory Doctorow reports: Science fiction author Michael Swanwick sez, “In my adopted hometown of Philadelphia there’s a move afoot to put up a […]

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Watch Jeffrey Christie Tap Dance His Way Through Philly

Extreme Street Tap Philly from Adam Reynolds on Vimeo. From Vimeo: “Tap Dancer Jeffrey Christie takes to the streets of Philly tearing it up with […]

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America Is Soft on Terrorism

The cowardly murderous attack on innocent and defenseless men, women and children at the Boston Marathon on April 15th was terrorism. Accordingly, if preliminary reports […]

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Photos: Philly Runs for Boston

  About 2,000 Philadelphians ran from City Hall to the Liberty Bell last night in what Philly Mag health and fitness editor Emily called “the […]

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8 Shark Tank Ideas Perfect for Philly

Attention Philadelphia entrepreneurs! Shark Tank is coming to town and holding open auditions on May 11th. Don’t you want to be the next startup sensation? […]

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WATCH This Epic “Hyperlapse” Of Philadelphia

Put together by the folks at Moho Creative, it’s just a test for future projects, but the seeming hyperactivity around sturdy old Philadelphia institutions combined […]

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World’s Most Crowded Trader Joe’s Expands

Man, have you been to Trader Joe’s lately? Instead of the cramped, clogged aisles that used to fill me with despair as I sought out […]

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Rosenbach, Free Library Are Merging

NewsWorks reports that the Rosenbach Museum—probably best known as, but not limited to, the repository for the works of the late artist and author Maurice […]

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More Hearings Planned For Proposed Philly Casino

6ABC reports the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has added a another day of public hearings as it considers which of a half-dozen proposals it might […]