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Philadelphia’s New Boom

Were you here in 1987? (Actually: Were you even born?) If you were, maybe you remember the thrill of One Liberty Place rising in the […]

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Philly Food Truck Wars

Crammed inside the galley kitchen of a converted box truck, Robin Admana forms a mass of dough into a baseball-size wad and plops it onto […]

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What Is Going On at the Chester County SPCA?

The allegations were shocking: mass killings of dogs, sadists abusing innocent creatures, maimed and ill animals suffering in squalor. They surfaced repeatedly on Facebook, on […]

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Bruce Robinson: Neumann-Goretti’s Turnaround Artist

Inside a near-empty auditorium at Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti High School in South Philly, roughly 100 adults are sitting in a sea of […]

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My Biracial Life: A Memoir

It’s 1:30 a.m. on a Saturday night at the barren 24-hour Melrose Diner in South Philly. I’m there alone. The hostess is hawkeyed at the […]

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Natalie Guercio’s Mob Rules

Natalie Guercio lives in a funeral home. Carto, on South Broad Street. Her family has owned it forever, and until recently she was full-time there, […]

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Lynne Abraham: Can a Woman Win the Philadelphia Mayor’s Race?

It seems an unlikely thing to be doing with Lynne Abraham. On a cool, breezy Friday in New York in December, we’re at the Frick, […]

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How a Northeast Native Turned 30 and Learned to Love … South Street?

In retrospect, I should have known I would turn 30 in Philadelphia. As is customary with Northeast Philadelphia natives, I have never lived more than […]

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Introducing … Ask Liz: Your Philly Conundrums Solved

If the taxi I’m in gets into a fender-bender, do I still have to pay the fare? — D.W., Northern Liberties The Public Utilities Commission, […]

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Philly Love Stories

Love can be hard. (Sigh.) But despite all of our modern day distractions — Tinder! Free Porn! Facebook Flirting! — it is still worth seeking […]

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Philly Love Story: Steve Duross and James Langel

PM: How did you two get together? James: It was January 2003, walking dogs early, early in the morning, 6:30. Unbrushed hair, unbrushed teeth. We […]

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Philly Love Story: Elizabeth Wellington

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Philly Love Story: Jeniphur and Michael Pasquarello

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Philly Love Story: Todd Carmichael and Lauren Hart

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75 Perfect Philly Dates

It may be a many-splendored thing. It may be all we need. It may be patient and kind, and any number of beautiful things lovers […]