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Urban Planning

Selective demolition at South Kensington’s Gretz Brewery

13 years ago

 New Jersey businessman and co-owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, George Norcross, left, meets with attorney Michael Chertoff outside Judge Patricia McInerney's courtroom during a recess, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, at City Hall in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

UPDATE: Norcross to take the stand in Inquirer case

10 a.m. Update: As it turns out, George Norcross will not take the stand today. Go figure. Toda ...

13 years ago

 The Philadelphia Ethics Board is putting some new rules for giving gifts to city officials up for discussion (Photo illustration by Kim Paynter/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Philly ethics board gifts proposal angers watchdogs, invites discussion

Can Philadelphia’s Ethics Board really being saying it’s okay for a city official to accept cash from somebody he can help? You ...

13 years ago

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 Grave markers line Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pa. A skull, presumably that of a Civil War soldier, had been set for auction. After protests, the remains will be authenticated then buried in the cemetery. (AP file photo/Matt Rourke)
National Interest

The trolls assess the Gettysburg Address

Today marks the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, which framed our national aspirations in less than 300 ...

13 years ago

 Charlie DelMarcelle as the transvestite Charlotte von Mahlsdorf -- and as everyone else in
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: Two times around with ‘I Am My Own Wife’

Among several neat things about Charlie DelMarcelle’s current run at Theatre Horizon, as the singularly eccentric German transvesti ...

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

New mobile mural rolls on the Market Frankford Line

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

November 19: PA House votes down transportation funding bill | Demo and construction safety updates | Curbing speeding on Kelly Drive | Gettysburg Address at 150

13 years ago

 Former Republican city councilman Frank Rizzo Jr. arrives at the Democratic Headquarters in Philadelphia to change his party affiliation. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Frank Rizzo Jr. for mayor?

Just days after businessman Tom Knox took himself out of Philadelphia’s 2015 mayor’s race, former Republican City Councilman ...

13 years ago

National Interest

Thanksgiving with the Cheneys

  “The holiday turkey sure looks grand this year,” Dick Cheney said. “Why don’t we go around the tabl ...

13 years ago

Dave Davies: Off Mic

Val Arkoosh – headed to Congress?

Over the years I’ve met a lot of smart, committed people who decide to run for office for the right reasons, but have no clue what ...

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

From world’s workshop to hipster mecca: Northern Liberties artist curates community history exhibit

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

November 18: Four PA Govs beg for transpo funding | Lincoln Building redevelopment | Bingham Place construction | Feibush challenging Johnson | Fishtown wants bread

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

November 18-22: Planning Commission meeting | Food Fight! | Patrik Schumacher | Gray Area Germantown | Rethinking Trestletown

13 years ago

 Tom Knox is shown at a 2007 debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/George Widman, file)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Knox is out of the mayor’s race – again

Tom Knox must be hell ordering wine. “I’ll have the Pinot. No, make it the Chardonnay. No, wait…” J ...

13 years ago

 Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, speaks to reporters after Senate Republicans derailed Obama's selection of Georgetown law professor Cornelia Pillard to fill one of three vacancies on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., amd Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., listen. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
National Interest

Sabotaging court nominees and dissing democracy

At the recent memorial service for Democratic House Speaker Tom Foley, former Republican leader Bob Michel talked nostalgically about how ...

13 years ago

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