The Trouble with Old City

Why can't the iconic Philly neighborhood get past the blight?

 

It Ain't Brauhaus Schmitz

Adam Erace reviews Brü, Center City’s raucous, new indoor beer garden.

 

New owners bring fear and confusion to Philadelphia’s dailies.

 

Political Power and Consumer Pain in Comcast’s Philadelphia

The city's highest-grossing company flexes its might at all levels of government

 

How SEPTA’s New Trains Drove a Recording Engineer Out of Town

After eight months of working with the transit agency, Alex Dingley has yet to get a straight answer

 

2013 Writing Contest Fiction Runner-Up: Pauline Armstrong

 

PHILAPHILIA Empty Lot of the Week: Hidden shitty grass lot

 

A$AP Ferg

Sat., May 18, 8 p.m., $52, with Juicy J and DJ Sliink, TLA

 

PHILAPHILIA Empty Lot of the Week: Drexel Greenville Pre-NIMBY Lot

 

What Happens When a Decent Home Baker Rolls Into a Professional Bakery?

 

The Misanthrope/Arms and the Man

In rep through May 26, $15-$30, Sedgwick Theater

 

It Ain't Brauhaus Schmitz

Adam Erace reviews Brü, Center City’s raucous, new indoor beer garden.

 

2013 Writing Contest Fiction Runner-Up: Pauline Armstrong

 

Dance Theatre of Harlem

May 16-19, $20-$75, Annenberg Center