North Philly
Kevin Johnson Resigns at Bright Hope Church
It’s been a stunning rise and fall for Kevin Johnson, the pastor of Bright Hope Baptist Church: He started the year preparing to run a […]
North Philly Residents Chase Down Driver of Cadillac That Hit Bus
Residents of North Philadelphia chased down the driver of a Cadillac that had hit a CCT bus, causing it to overturn. The driver has been […]
Philadelphia Gets $30M for Neighborhood Near Temple
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced $120 million in grants to four cities, including Philadelphia. The city will get $30 million from […]
Morning Headlines: Strawberry Mansion Building Collapse Leaves One Injured
An operational database of L&I complaints/incidents will be up and running by late 2015 — hopefully. Until then, building complaints and collapse incidents get public […]
Temple Gets a New Bar with a Second Floor Study
Temple University’s campus will get a new bar this spring when Masters Bar and Restaurant opens at 15th and Oxford Streets. The Temple News has more […]
Morning Headlines: It’s Cold Outside, But Inside Shop Rite, There’s Dancing in the Aisles
There were some who mourned the closure of the Tasty Baking factor in North Philadelphia, and wondered about the viability of Bakers Square, the shopping […]
The Possibly Powerful Mayoral Candidate You’ve Never Heard Of
Kevin Johnson (not the ex-NBA player and mayor of Sacramento) is forming an exploratory committee to run for mayor. Johnson is the pastor at Bright […]
A Train Derailed in Philly This Morning
At 3:30 a.m. a CSX freight train–no passengers–derailed around 22nd St. in the Nicetown/Tioga section of North Philly. Below a screenshot of the damage.
Zillow’s Very Racist Reason for You to Move to Philly
Update (2:15 p.m.) A Zillow representative has called to inform me the website has taken the photo down. Better late than never! Original post Real estate […]
Penn Study: Philly Bodegas Are Slowly Killing Us
PennDesign professor Amy Hillier has a study out today that documents a large volume of ads for sugary drinks and cigarettes in the corner stores […]
Three Dudes Dress Up as Utility Workers, Terrorize Philly Couple
Well this is mildly terrifying. Three guys posing as utility workers, wearing bright green t-shirts and red and orange caps, allegedly stormed into and burglarized […]
Headlines: Is L&I Mismanaged? Plus, ANOTHER Collapse
As we reported, City Council hearings on the building collapse at 22nd and Market continued yesterday with a raft of testimony from former L&I personnel, […]
Fumo’s Halfway House Digs: Quite a Distance From His Fairmount Mansion
Here we have the building where Sen. Vince Fumo will stay now that he’s getting out of prison. The Kintock Group halfway house is such […]
Bernard Hopkins Comes to Stunning Realization That He’s “an Alien”
48-year-old North Philly product Bernard Hopkins, the oldest world champion in boxing history, has decided to retire … his nickname. Shedding his longtime tag “The […]
Property’s Morning Obsession: An Earthship Is Coming to Philadelphia
It was January of last year when a nonprofit formed with the goal of bringing an earthship–a unique sustainable-living dwelling constructed from found objects–to urban […]