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After managing to remain open as multiple casinos closed up shop along the once iconic Atlantic City boardwalk, Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort will meet the same fate, closing its flashy, extravagant ...
New York-based artist Jake Berman wants cities to start examining ways to bring their public transit systems into the future—by looking at the past. And for Philly, that means an oft-forgotten ...
Campus expansion plans from the likes of UPenn and Drexel are often greeted with mistrust and worry from longtime neighbors, even when it seems that the expansion plans might benefit the surrounding ...
From the outside, The Parker-Spruce Hotel on 13th Street looks like most other buildings in Center City—a towering brick facade with a worn limestone, metal overhang above the entrance. It blends in ...
Eater maps are curated by editors and aim to reflect a diversity of neighborhoods, cuisines, and prices. Learn more about our editorial process. Gates, aka Jon Voight, is Cages's dad, who's wary and ...
Independence Hall in 1952, after the demolition of a building to make way for Independence Mall. Photo courtesy of Independence National Historical Park Here in Philly, July Fourth involves an entire ...
When people make their midcentury modern pilgrimages, it's often to the west coast or the idyllic estates in New England like those in Connecticut. But Philadelphia? Not so much. Yet this region also ...
It’s a bright and crisp Saturday morning in early December, one of those “couldn’t have asked for a better weather” kind of days. A group made up of a little more than a dozen folks ranging from ...
A new report released by Center City District and the Central Philadelphia Development Corporation (CPDC) reveals startling statistics about the city’s growing poverty problem, revealing where in ...
Philly resident Julie Snell wasn’t too pleased when she saw that the Spruce Street bike lane was blocked by Philadelphia Water Department trucks earlier this week. But what originally started out as a ...
The 30th St. Station District Plan proposes to begin construction by 2020. Renderings via the 30th St. Station District Plan Here's your answer. The current draft of the 30th St. Station District Plan ...
All across the country, sacred spaces have for sale signs tacked onto their doors. At worst, they're at risk of demolition. At best, neighbors rally to save the property, with the help of developers ...